Golf courses in Houston, TX.

Houston, TX

Memorial Park Golf Course is a municipal, 18-hole course inside Houston's Memorial Park, originally designed by John Bredemus and opened in 1936. Tom Doak led a full rebuild completed in 2019 that reshaped the greens and fairways and improved drainage for the site's heavy rainfall. The course plays to a par of 72 and stretches to 7,292 yards from the back tees, with water in play on several holes on both nines. It remains a city-operated public course, with tee times booked through Houston Municipal Golf, and serves local golfers of all skill levels.

Houston, TX

Gus Wortham Park Golf Course runs along Brays Bayou in Houston's East End, a few miles from downtown. The course dates to 1908, when the original Houston Country Club occupied the site, and is considered the oldest continuously operated golf course in Texas; early exhibitions there featured Harry Vardon, Ted Ray, and Bobby Jones. Architect Baxter Spann led a restoration completed in 2018 that rebuilt greens and bunkers and reworked the irrigation system, part of a partnership between the Houston Golf Association and the City of Houston. The course is public, with elevated tees and uphill carries that use the site's natural rolling terrain, and includes a clubhouse and practice range.

Houston, TX

Wildcat Golf Club sits on a former oil field just south of NRG Stadium in Houston, with two 18-hole Roy Case designs. The first course opened in December 2001. The Highlands is the shorter of the two. Both courses were shaped with up to 100 feet of elevation change, rare for Houston, and the high tees look out over the downtown skyline and the stadium complex. The style mixes open, links-like holes with hilly ground. Wildcat is public, with a range, a pro shop and the Vista Grill on site.

Houston, TX

The Lakes is the longer of the two Roy Case courses at Wildcat Golf Club in Houston, at about 7,000 yards from the back tees. Wildcat sits on a former oil field near NRG Stadium and opened in December 2001. The round starts from a tee close to 100 feet above the city, with skyline views. Lakes come into play on seven holes as the course works down the hill. Expect a few blind shots, a split fairway and fast, rolling greens. Wildcat is public, with a range, a pro shop and the Vista Grill on site.

Houston, TX

Hermann Park Golf Course is a municipal course in Houston, Texas, located in Hermann Park near the Texas Medical Center, Museum District and Rice University. Built in 1922, it is one of Houston's oldest golf courses and was the first course in the country to be integrated. The course underwent a renovation in 1999 and retains its historic clubhouse, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is open to the public seven days a week and is managed as one of several city-affiliated golf facilities in Houston, with tee times bookable directly through the course.