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Best golf courses in Texas, according to GOLF Magazine's expert course raters

GOLF's Course Ratings Panel — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 21:59:41 +0000

For every great course that made GOLF’s 2020-21 ranking of the Top 100 Courses in the U.S., dozens of more must-plays were left on the outside looking in — including at least a handful in your home state. Some of these designs just missed out on a Top 100 nomination, others finished deeper down the ranking, but all are worthy of your time. To shed light on the best courses in every state, we broke out the full results of our Top 100 Courses polling into state-by-state lists. Here’s a closer look at Texas.

Texas golf by the numbers:

Number of courses and U.S. rank: 835 (4)*
Number of golfers per capita rank: 32*
Average public-course greens fees: $$ out of $$$*
Average daily temp and rank: 64.8 (4)
Annual precipitation and rank: 28.9 (34)

*Source: National Golf Foundation

Best Texas golf courses (2020/2021)

1. Wolf Point (Port Lavaca) [1]

Built as a wealthy rancher’s private playground, “The Saint Andrews of Texas” is one of the world’s most exclusive courses with only six hundred or so people having ever played it. The layout looks flat and harmless, but architect Mike Nuzzo’s brilliant cloverleaf design makes the wind a constant challenge and brings Keller Creek into play on eight holes. You won’t find ball washers, tee markers or yardages at Wolf Point, but there are camels and a private airstrip. Tom Doak says the special dwarf Bermuda greens are the best in Texas.

2. Whispering Pines (Trinity)

3. Colonial (Fort Worth)

4. Trinity Forest (Dallas)

5. Austin Golf Club – Coore & Crenshaw (Spicewood)

6. Dallas National (Dallas)

7. Oak Hills (San Antonio)

8. Bluejack National (Montgomery)

9. Brook Hollow (Dallas)

10. Shady Oaks (Westworth Village)

11. Champions – Cypress Creek (Houston)

12. Barton Creek – Canyons (Austin) [3, P]

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13. Austin Country Club (Austin)

14. Memorial Park (Houston) [P]

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15. Spanish Oaks (Bee Cave)

SYMBOL GUIDE

1 = GOLF Top 100 Course in the U.S.
2 = GOLF Top 100 Course in the World
3 = GOLF Top 100 Resort
P = Resort/public golf course

Ed. note: Some courses were omitted from our rankings because they did not receive enough votes.

Course spotlight: Whispering Pines Golf Club (Trinity, Texas), ranked 2nd in Texas. Nicklaus protege Chet Williams worked with owner Corby Roberston Jr. to produce a standout design in the Lone Star State. Caney Creek and Lake Livingston give the secluded course a phenomenal six-hole closing stretch, but its green complexes across all 18 holes are what elevate the course to star status. — GOLF Top 100 Course Rater

Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Courtesy Photo

How we rank America’s best golf courses

For the newly released 2020-21 U.S. list, each panelist was provided a list of 489 courses. Beside that list of courses were 11 “buckets,” or groupings. If our panelists considered a course to be among the top three in the country, they ticked that box. If they believed the course to be among Nos. 4-10 in the U.S., they checked that box, followed by 11-25, 26-50, and so on.

Panelists were also free to write in courses that they felt should have been included on the ballot (we had fewer than a handful of such additions in the U.S. vote).

Points were assigned to each bucket; to arrive at an average score for each course, we divide its aggregate score by the number of votes. From those point tallies, the courses are then ranked accordingly. It is an intentionally simple and straightforward process. Why? Because it invariably produces results that are widely lauded. Like the game itself, there’s no need to unnecessarily overcomplicate things.

For much more on how we rate courses, click or tap here.

Meet our course raters

We empower and hold accountable a group of 97 well-traveled — and well-connected — golfers/aficionados, each capable of expressing their own sense of design excellence at the highest level. The group is seasoned and experienced — we look for raters who know what’s out there, what’s changing and what’s coming down the pike. And from judging posts across four continents, our panelists are positioned to place courses from different regions around the globe into proper context, one of the main reasons GOLF’s Top 100 Courses rankings are the most esteemed in the game.

Other ranking outlets employ thousands of raters. Our less-is-more approach creates a more meaningful and thoughtful list. Think about it: When you plan a golf trip, do you call every golfer you know for their take? No. You contact a handful of people whose opinions you value most.

Meet our full crew of panelists here.

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AT&T Byron Nelson: Total purse, payout breakdown, and winner's share

Pat Ralph — Sun, 12 May 2019 16:26:57 +0000

Due to inclement weather on Saturday that delayed play, third round action at the AT&T Byron Nelson will finish up on Sunday before the final round gets underway at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas. The purse for the event is set at $7.9 million, with the winner’s share slated at $1.422 million.

With the second place finisher expected to earn $853,200, the third-place finisher will walk away with $537,200.

The payout breakdown for the top 70 in the field at the AT&T Byron Nelson is below.

Matt Every holds the lead heading into Sunday's action at Trinity Forest.

USA Today Sports

AT&T Byron Nelson Payout Breakdown
1. $1,422,000
2. $853,200
3. $537,200
4. $379,200
5. $316,000
6. $284,400
7. $264,650
8. $244,900
9. $229,100
10. $213,300
11. $197,500
12. $181,700
13. $165,900
14. $150,100
15. $142,200
16. $134,300
17. $126,400
18. $118,500
19. $110,600
20. $102,700
21. $94,800
22. $88,480
23. $82,160
24. $75,840
25. $69,520
26. $63,200
27. $60,830
28. $58,460
29. $56,090
30. $53,720
31. $51,350
32. $48,980
33. $46,610
34. $44,635
35. $42,660
36. $40,685
37. $38,710
38. $37,130
39. $35,550
40. $33,970
41. $32,390
42. $30,810
43. $29,230
44. $27,650
45. $26,070
46. $24,490
47. $22,910
48. $21,646
49. $20,540
50. $19,908
51. $19,434
52. $18,960
53. $18,644
54. $18,328
55. $18,170
56. $18,012
57. $17,854
58. $17,696
59. $17,538
60. $17,380
61. $17,222
62. $17,064
63. $16,906
64. $16,748
65. $16,590
66. $16,432
67. $16,274
68. $16,116
69. $15,958
70. $15,800

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AT&T Byron Nelson betting odds: Favorites and underdogs at Trinity Forest

Pat Ralph — Tue, 07 May 2019 16:01:16 +0000

With the PGA Championship just a week away, the Tour heads to Dallas this week for the AT&T Byron Nelson at Trinity Forest Golf Club. It’s the Tour’s third of four events in the Lone Star State this year.

Brooks Koepka, who finished as the runner-up at this event in 2016, is the betting favorite to win this week with 13/2 odds. Koepka is looking for his first win on Tour since coming out on top at the CJ Cup this past October. His most recent appearance on Tour resulted in a T22 finish at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans last month. The Byron Nelson will serve as the three-time major champion’s final tuneup before he heads to Bethpage Black next week to try and defend his PGA Championship title.

The defending champion Aaron Wise enters with 20/1 odds to win this week at Trinity Forest. The defending PGA Tour Rookie of the Year has not won since his 23-under performance at the AT&T Byron Nelson last spring. Wise finished tied for 18th at this past week’s Wells Fargo Championship.

Dallas-native Jordan Spieth, who is still looking for his first victory since the 2017 Open Championship, has 18/1 odds to win this week at Trinity Forest. Spieth finished T54 at the RBC Heritage last month.

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The lowest odds to win this week at the AT&T Byron Nelson? Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo at 10,000/1 odds. The CBS Sports NFL analyst and commentator, who currently holds amateur status, received a sponsor’s exemption this past February to compete at Trinity Forest.

It will be Romo’s first time playing at the AT&T Byron Nelson and third appearance on the PGA Tour. He’s competed the last two years in the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship.

You can see a full list of betting odds for the AT&T Byron Nelson below, via golfodds.com.

Brooks Koepka is the favorite to win at Trinity Forest this week.

USA Today Sports

AT&T Byron Nelson Betting Odds
Brooks Koepka-13/2
Hideki Matsuyama-16/1
Jordan Spieth-18/1
Aaron Wise-20/1
Henrik Stenson-20/1
Marc Leishman-25/1
Patrick Reed-30/1
Keith Mitchell-30/1
Branden Grace-30/1
Sungjae Im-40/1
Ryan Moore-40/1
Kevin Na-40/1
Scott Piercy-40/1
Charles Howell III-40/1
Rory Sabbatini-40/1
Rafael Cabrera Bello-40/1
Alex Noren-50/1
Pat Perez-50/1
Ryan Palmer-50/1
Scottie Scheffler-50/1
Abraham Ancer-60/1
Thomas Pieters-60/1
Thorbjorn Olesen-60/1
Lucas Bjerregaard-60/1
Seamus Power-60/1
Russell Knox-60/1
Daniel Berger-60/1
Trey Mullinax-60/1
C.T. Pan-60/1
Jimmy Walker-60/1
Justin Harding-80/1
Kyoung-Hoon Lee-80/1
J.T. Poston-80/1
Bud Cauley-80/1
J.J. Spaun-80/1
Matt Jones-80/1
Kevin Tway-80/1
Brian Stuard-80/1
Dylan Frittelli-100/1
Michael Thompson-100/1
Kiradech Aphibarnrat-100/1
Russell Henley-100/1
Austin Cook-100/1
Nick Taylor-100/1
Beau Hossler-100/1
Sam Burns-100/1
Adam Schenk-100/1
Brian Harman-100/1
Nick Watney-100/1
Ollie Schniederjans-100/1
Brian Gay-100/1
Aaron Baddeley-100/1
Scott Stallings-100/1
Denny McCarthy-125/1
Martin Laird-125/1
Luke Donald-125/1
Bill Haas-125/1
Sung Kang-125/1
Wyndham Clark-125/1
Vaughn Taylor-125/1
Troy Merritt-125/1
Shawn Stefani-125/1
Kramer Hickok-150/1
Peter Uihlein-150/1
Mackenzie Hughes-150/1
Chris Stroud-150/1
Roberto Castro-150/1
Matt Every-200/1
Harris English-200/1
Kelly Kraft-200/1
Curtis Luck-200/1
Anirban Lahiri-250/1
Cameron Davis-250/1
Ernie Els-250/1
Padraig Harrington-250/1
Colt Knost-250/1
Chad Campbell-300/1
Michael Kim-500/1
Tony Romo-10,000/1

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