Best public golf in Texas.

TX · Lajitas · Resort · Par 72

Lanny Wadkins routed this through rock canyons on a remote resort wedged between Big Bend and the Rio Grande. Worth the long drive for the most cinematic golf in Texas.

TX · Frisco · Resort · Par 72

Gil Hanse's caddie-required, walking-only flagship already hosted a major and feels like it. Panther Creek snakes through the rolling hills, so bring your A-game and good shoes.

TX · Frisco · Resort · Par 72

Beau Welling's West tackles the property's big central hill three times and rewards you with whimsical greens and a more forgiving day than the East. The fun one of the pair.

TX · San Antonio · Resort · Par 72

The signature 7th, The Rattler, plunges eighty feet off the tee with Six Flags rides spinning in the distance. A former tour stop carved into Hill Country limestone.

TX · Austin · Resort · Par 72

Tom Fazio's signature Barton Creek course threads cliff-lined fairways past limestone caves and waterfalls, ten minutes from downtown Austin. Hill Country drama with a city close by.

TX · San Antonio · Resort · Par 72

A Pete Dye design at the JW Marriott with wide fairways and big views across a 700-acre preserve, bookable with a resort stay. The Oaks next door hosts the tour; the Canyons is yours to play.

TX · Grapevine · Public · Par 72

The first and only Dallas Cowboys-themed course, with star markers honoring legends and Super Bowl trophies in the clubhouse. Public seven days a week, just north of DFW.

TX · Horseshoe Bay · Resort · Par 72

The prettiest of the Horseshoe Bay three, with sweeping Hill Country views and a back nine running along the shore of Lake LBJ. Save your camera for the closing stretch.

TX · Horseshoe Bay · Resort · Par 71

Narrow, rocky, and full of teeth, including a demanding island-green par-3. Ram Rock is one of the toughest resort courses in Texas, the challenger of the three.

TX · Horseshoe Bay · Resort · Par 72

The most playable of Horseshoe Bay's trio, a 1973 Robert Trent Jones Sr. layout with seventy-plus bunkers and his trademark easy bogey, hard par feel. A relaxed Hill Country start.

TX · Cedar Creek · Resort · Par 72

Formerly Wolfdancer, this Arthur Hills design rolls through prairie, climbs a wooded ridge, and drops into the Colorado River valley near Austin. The downhill par-3 12th opens up a 180-degree view.

TX · Houston · Public · Par 72

Doak's bold revival of a Houston municipal course turned a city round into a genuine PGA Tour venue, the people's tournament course.

TX · The Colony · Public · Par 71

A Tripp Davis and Justin Leonard collaboration styled like a classic golden-age course, set on Lewisville Lake north of Dallas. A former LPGA host that anyone can walk up and play.