The best public-access and private golf courses in Texas, ranked
Looking to play the best golf courses in Texas? Welcome to our annual Golfweek’s Best ranking of public-access and private courses.
Following are the rankings for both types of courses, as judged by our nationwide network of raters. The hundreds of members of our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them on 10 criteria on a points basis of 1 through 10. They also file a single, overall rating on each course. Those overall ratings are averaged to produce all our Golfweek’s Best course rankings.
- Best public-access courses in each state
- The best private courses in each state
- The details: How we rank courses
The courses on the first list allow public access in some fashion, be it standard daily green fees, through a resort or by staying at an affiliated hotel. If there’s a will, there’s a tee time – no membership required.
KEY: (m) modern, built in 1960 or after; (c) classic, built before 1960. For courses with a number preceding the (m) or (c), that is where the course ranks on Golfweek’s Best lists for top 200 modern and classic courses in the U.S.
* indicates new or returning to the rankings
Best public-access courses in Texas
1. Lajitas Golf Resort (Black Jack’s Crossing)
Lajitas (T143m)
2. Omni PGA Frisco Resort (Fields Ranch East)*
Frisco (T187m)
3. Omni PGA Frisco Resort (Fields Ranch West)*
Frisco (m)
4. Omni Barton Creek (Fazio Canyons)
Austin (m)
5. The Rawls Course at Texas Tech
Lubbock (m)
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6. TPC San Antonio (Oaks)
San Antonio (m)
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7. Memorial Park
Houston (c)
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8. Pine Dunes Resort & GC
Frankston (m)
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9. Omni Barton Creek (Fazio Foothills)
Austin (m)
10. TPC San Antonio (Canyons)
San Antonio (m)
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11. GC of Houston (Tournament)
Humble (m)
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12. TPC Four Seasons Las Colinas
Irving (m)
13. Cowboys
Grapevine (m)
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14. Omni Barton Creek (Crenshaw Coore Cliffside)
Austin (m)
15. La Cantera Resort & Spa
San Antonio (m)
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16. The Tribute
The Colony (m)
17. Old American
The Colony (m)
18. Horseshoe Bay CC (Slick Rock)
Horseshoe Bay (m)
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19. Texas Rangers Golf Club
Arlington (m)
20. Wolfdancer
Lost Pines (m)
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Best private courses in Texas
1. Whispering Pines
Trinity (T30m)
2. Dallas National
Dallas (39m)
3. Wolf Point GC & Ranch*
Port Lavaca (m)
4. Bluejack National
Montgomery (T75m)
5. Brook Hollow
Dallas (c)
6. Austin GC
Spicewood (T97m)
T7. Colonial
Fort Worth (T108c)
T7. Boot Ranch
Fredericksburg (T107m)
9. Spanish Oaks
Bee Cave (T122m)
10. Austin CC
Austin (T138m)
11. Escondido
Horseshoe Bay (T147m)
12. Trinity Forest
Dallas (166m)
13. Club at Carlton Woods (Fazio Championship)
The Woodlands (T181m)
14. Driftwood Golf and Ranch Club*
Driftwood (m)
15. Oak Hills CC
San Antonio (168c)