Best golf courses: Houston

Houston: the table below provides brief details about the top golf courses in and around this city. Each golf club has been visited and/or researched by Where2Golf. Click on the course name below to discover more. The course ratings below range from 5 highest, to 2 lowest. They attempt to provide an indication of the golfing experience you might expect at the course (based on its design, condition and surroundings). Hover your cursor above the Rating Key below for the rating definitions.
4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Houston
Bredemus, John

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Houston

Designer

John Bredemus (1884-1946) transformed the original 9-hole course into the current 18-hole layout. Significant modifications made by Tom Doak (2019).

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Houston
von Hagge & Devlin

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Houston

Designer

Robert von Hagge & Bruce Devlin

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Houston
von Hagge, Palmer, Player

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Private club

Nearest city

Houston

Designer

Tournament course: designed by Robert von Hagge & Bruce Devlin (1978).
Palmer course: designed by Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay - King & General nines (1990), Deacon nine (1995).
Player course: designed by Gary Player (2002).

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Houston
Lee & Von Hagge

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Houston

Designer

North course (formerly Panther course): designed by Joe Lee and Robert von Hagge (1975); renovated by Roy Case (2002).
West course (formerly Oaks course): designed by Joe Lee and Robert von Hagge (1975); redesigned by Jay Morrish (1999).

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Houston
Case, Roy

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Visitors welcome

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Houston

Designer

Roy Case

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Houston
Elkington, Steve

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Houston

Designer

Steve Elkington

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Houston
Nicklaus and Fazio

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Private club

Nearest city

Houston

Designer

Jack Nicklaus Signature course (2001); Tom Fazio Championship course (2005).

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Houston
Foster, Keith

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Houston

Designer

Tradition course (Keith Foster, 1988); Cypress course (Rick Forester, 1988)

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Houston
Norman, Greg

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Visitors welcome

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Houston

Designer

Greg Norman

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Houston
Edsall, Dave

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Visitors welcome

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Houston

Designer

Dave Edsall

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Houston
Williams, Chet

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Private club

Nearest city

Houston

Designer

Original design by owner Corby Robinson (1992). Full redesign by Chet Williams of Nicklaus Design Group (2000).

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Houston
Tour 18 Inc.

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Visitors welcome

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Houston

Designer

Tour 18 Inc.

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Houston
Jacobsen & Hardy

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Houston

Designer

Peter Jacobsen & Jim Hardy designed both the North & South courses.

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Houston
Woods, Tiger

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Private club

Nearest city

Houston

Designer

Tiger Woods and Beau Welling

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Houston
Plummer, Ralph

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Private club

Nearest city

Houston

Designer

Cypress Creek course: Ralph Plummer (1959). Jack Rabbit course: George Fazio (1964); later updated by George's nephew Tom Fazio.

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
(Closed in 2016)
Houston
Marr & Riviere

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(Closed in 2016)

Nearest city

Houston

Designer

Dave Marr & Jay Riviere

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Houston
Jones & Toms

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Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Houston

Designer

Tournament course designed by Rees Jones & David Toms (2005). Member course designed by Peter Jacobsen & Jim Hardy (2003).

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Tournaments

The Sentry: known for many years as the Tournament of Champions, the PGA Tour’s 2025 season-opener gets underway on Kapalua’s Plantation course (Jan 2-5). Chris Kirk defends.

Tournament of Champions: the LPGA Tour’s 2025 season is launched at Lake Nona with the their Tournament of Champions (Jan 30-Feb 2). The 2024 edition gave Lydia Ko her 20th LPGA Tour title.

Who's Who

Attahya Thitikul: also known as “Jeeno”, the Thai golfer won the LPGA Tour’s 2024 CME Group Tour Championship … and an eye-watering $4 million, the richest first-prize in women’s golf.

Rory McIlroy: scooped the 2024 European (DP World) Tour season-long Order of Merit title, joining Seve Ballesteros as a six-time winner of this prestigious award.

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.

Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.

Prince's Golf Club, Kent (UK)

Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.

Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available

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