Top 10 golf course(s) in Texas?

What are your favorite PUBLIC golf courses in Texas? Any city, any region, any price, but please limit your choices to public/Texas courses only! Looking forward to some great feed back.

Happy golfing amigos!

The answer with the top 30 listed is not accurate because it includes private courses (like Dallas National).

Here are top 10 public courses in the state of Texas:

1) Barton Creek Golf Course
Located in the rolling hills of Austin, Barton Creek Resort offers two of the top ranked golf courses in Texas.

2) Palmer Course at La Cantera
The Palmer Course at La Cantera is the first Arnold Palmer designed course in South Texas. It has been rated as one of the top public courses in America.

3) Quarry Golf Club
The back nine of this unique San Antonio golf course is located within the confines of a century old rock quarry, hence the name – Quarry Golf Club.

4) Tour 18
The unique concept of using hole layouts from 18 of America’s top golf courses to make one great course has come to be known as Tour 18. This concept proved so popular there are now two Tour 18 courses in Texas – Dallas and Houston.

5) Golf Club at Horseshoe Bay Resort
Located on the shores of Lake LBJ, Horseshoe Bay Resorts offers all a golfer could want, including three courses designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr.

6) Cowboys Golf Club
The only NFL themed golf course in the country.

7) Cedar Crest Golf Course
One of Texas’ oldest golf courses, Dallas’ Cedar Crest Golf Course was the site of the 1927 PGA Championship. Today, it remains a popular course for Dallas area golfers.

Golf Club of Texas
Texas’ only Lee Trevino signature course, San Antonio’s Golf Club of Texas, claims to offer the “Best Golf Experience in Texas!”

9) Painted Dunes Golf Course
Painted Dunes Desert Golf Course offers 27 of the most scenic holes in the American Southwest.

10) Rancho Viejo Country Club
Rancho Viejo has long been known as one of Texas’ premier golf destinations. This small golf course community, located just north of Brownsville, actually features two courses – El Diablo and El Angel (the devil and the angel) – as well as a vast array of other ammenities.

Chase Oaks Golf Club – Allen, Texas

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