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Golf Architecture of Texas is a website devoted to Texas golf. Looking at courses from an architectural

point of view and highlighting some of the great golf Texas has to offer.

John Bredemus

John Bredemus, often called The Father of Texas Golf, is a relatively unknown golf course architect to most people, even those in Texas....

The Needler at Whispering Pines

To go along with Whispering Pines Golf Club is The Needler designed by Chet Williams. The Needler opened in May of 2013 and is one of the...

Whispering Pines Golf Club

It's hard to believe there could be a golf course as good as Whispering Pines is in Trinity, Texas, roughly 90 miles from Houston. Having...

Template Holes: Redan

The Redan hole is arguably the most famous of all the template holes and is considered the finest type of hole in golf. The original...

Wichita Falls CC

Wichita Falls Country Club was founded in 1914 and was originally a nine hole course. Over the years the course has gone through many...

Texas 54

The idea of having a list of the best holes is nothing new. The Dallas Morning News has ranked holes in the past for the state of Texas,...

Royal Oaks CC (Dallas)

Royal Oaks Country Club is laid out along White Rock Creek in Dallas, Texas and measures 7,125 yards from the back tees. The course was...

Architecture and Match Play

Most golfers, including myself, look at courses from a stroke play point of view: it's all about the score. For this reason, so many good...