Buford T. Justice said:

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I used to love to play the Bastrop course that is along the river.

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That's Lost Pines Golf Club. I haven't played there in years, and it was getting pretty goatie 15 years ago.

Prexys Moon said:

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TMfrisco said:

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Rolling Hills CC in Arlington
Sleepy Hollow south Dallas
UNT course in Denton
TWU course in Denton
ZBoaz Ft Worth
Lake Country on Eagle Mountain Lake
The tree farm course between Canton and Athens
Willow Springs in Haslet
9 Hole McKinney CC
Great Southwest in Arlington - probably the only loss in this list

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I'm from the area. Twin Lakes. Gorgeous course and lots of great memories there. The story there is, after the big Canton tornadoes in April 2017, there was a provision in the law that a landowner could immediately reclassify property taxes to Ag after a disaster like that, instead of doing the gradual phase in (I think it normally takes 10 years?). So the owners took advantage of that. Great pro at the time, Randy Wade, he is now at the Tempest in Gladewater which is a similar course, daily fee but very nice property. Randy had a great junior program and my kids learned golf from him. Just a solid gold guy and the Tempest is worth a trip out to Gladewater.

Periodically I will drive out there. Seeing it as just pastureland with cows all over it makes me ill. I remember in June of 17, getting the email that they were closing and it was a real gut punch.

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The guy that designed that course was a Golf Course Superintendent with no training in course design. I only played it a couple of times, but thought he did a tremendous job.

High Meadow Ranch will be closed…………for the remainder of the day and possibly tomorrow.

Columbia Lakes
Fort Bend

My BIL was pro at both of them

I guess he's bad luck

DargelSkout said:

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-Golf Club of McKinney (former member and had an ace there)

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Also a former member, loved that little old course

AggieIce said:

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DargelSkout said:

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-Golf Club of McKinney (former member and had an ace there)

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Also a former member, loved that little old course

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Yeah, it was the best bang for your buck membership. Great layout and really good greens. Probably the hardest opening tee shot of any course I've ever played though.

Same!

Aggie95 said:

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Bryan Muni
Raveneaux
Heron Lakes
Treeline Golf Club
World Houston/H&H Ranch

I'm sure there are many more

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Sorrell Booke said:

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Inwood Country Club in Houston.

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Haven't seen Glenbrook listed yet. I bet I could still find at least six of your tee shots down in the bayou.

Connally - Waco
Western Oaks - Waco
Greenbrier - Moody
Los Rios - Plano
Bryan Muni - Bryan

Probably several others that I no longer remember. I know that there are several par 3s that no longer exist, one I played frequently in Waco.

I always joke with my wife that my plan is to buy the Bluebonnet property, bring it back to life, and it will be only be open to the public after I tee off that morning. Or in winter when it's colder, block out about 2+ hours of tee times ahead of when i want to play in the afternoon so I never run into traffic.

DargelSkout said:

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Tony Franklins Other Shoe said:

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Kelly AFB. Really liked the layout.

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I forgot about that one. I think I played it many years ago, but I don't remember much about it.

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Nothing spectacular but it was nice with a lot of holes along Leon Creek. It had one of the finishing holes way up on the bluff and you hit down toward the clubhouse, usually some really good air traffic in the area. A number of holes were built on the old landfills so they had natural swales in the fairway as well as the cart paths. A small rad disposal area was marked off, but it was just off the women's tee box. Even as a contractor, good cheap golf and beers after.

Trinity Forest was a bust as a "Tournament Course", but it is thriving as a Private Golf Club.

Fairway Farms - San Augustine, TX




https://www.facebook.com/allthingssabine/videos/fairway-farm-once-a-magnificent-golf-course-in-san-augustine-county-texas/1868400883436134/

for you guys who are much more attuned to this stuff, I wonder, are there courses in the same general geographic area and same price range that have opened up to offset these closures or are we talking about a net loss of available golf to the general public?

Interesting thing I discovered last night, Wolfdancer has taken over the name. So, Wolfdancer is now named Lost Pines G.C.

Several listed previously, actually played Evergreen and Old Orchard quite a bit.
Bryan Muni
Wedgewood
Bluebonnet

Then a handful here in the golden Triangle
DERA - Orange
Riverwood - Vidor
Iron Oaks(Rabbit Run) - Beaumont
Belle Oaks (Port Arthur CC)
the Palms @ Pleasure Island.

Western Oaks - Waco
Conally - Waco
Greenbriar - Moody
Leon Valley - Belton
Temple College
Country Campus - Huntsville
Waterwood - Huntsville
Bryan Muni

TMfrisco said:

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Trinity Forest was a bust as a "Tournament Course", but it is thriving as a Private Golf Club.

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Agreed (although what decent private club isn't thriving now). But Trinity Forest was billed as part of the "Grow South" initiative to generate hundreds of millions of economic development for South Dallas, and provide minority kids with access to golf. None of which has happened.

What did happen? Mayor Rawlings guilts his rich buddies into stroking $200k checks to fund half & the city funds the rest. One of the rich buddies is the CEO of AT&T the title sponsor, so yeah, let's move the PGA tournament to the new course. Turns out none of the rich suburbanites want to hang out in the swamp bottoms with nothing else around.

rednecked said:

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for you guys who are much more attuned to this stuff, I wonder, are there courses in the same general geographic area and same price range that have opened up to offset these closures or are we talking about a net loss of available golf to the general public?

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I have seen many more close than open, particularly in the lower end of pricing. The only mid to low course I can think of opening in my playing radius is Wildcat, and that is high end of cheap golf, potentially in the mid range.

Surprised nobody has mentioned Cape Royale on Livingston. Grew up playing it every summer.

At a macro level nationally, the overall number of courses has declined each year for over a decade, down approximately 12% total since 2010.

Closures have slowed and there has been an uptick in new courses opened/in construction/in development over the last 3 years, but overall net change is still negative (fewer courses overall).

Glenbrook municipal

High meadow ranch just opened up north but those are the only two recent ones I know of in Houston

HMR has been around since 99 or so. Similar timeframe for Wildcat.

Newest in Houston is Highland Pines - up on 99 between 59 and 45....just opened this year.

Prior to that, I'd guess Redstone Tournament Course as the most recent in Houston.

Poot said:

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Cypresswood Creek Course

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The best round of my life was there

gman-79 said:

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Several listed previously, actually played Evergreen and Old Orchard quite a bit.
Bryan Muni
Wedgewood
Bluebonnet

Then a handful here in the golden Triangle
DERA - Orange
Riverwood - Vidor
Iron Oaks(Rabbit Run) - Beaumont
Belle Oaks (Port Arthur CC)
the Palms @ Pleasure Island.

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Totally forgot about evergreen

AustinCountyAg said:

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Twin Lakes was a fantastic course. Arguably the best course in the state for the price. I LOVED playing it.

Opening tee shot on #1 was gorgeous. The short par 3 with the three tiered green was a ***** if you were above the hole. #18 was a great finishing hole.

Just a beautiful, well kept challenging course, but also fair and open off the tee.

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Here here for Twin Lakes. Badass course!

Interesting marketing move

Anybody else play Outlaw Gap in Huntsville? Old par 3 course.

Texas National Golf Club in Willis

Gol***93 said:

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Anybody else play Outlaw Gap in Huntsville? Old par 3 course.

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Lol my friends family owned it. Good times

Marauder Blue 6 said:

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Texas National Golf Club in Willis

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**** forgot about this one to. Tight ass course with mosquitoes so big they could **** a turkey flat footed

Marauder Blue 6 said:

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Texas National Golf Club in Willis

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I lost a lot of golf balls on that course between '93 and '97

Gol***93 said:

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Anybody else play Outlaw Gap in Huntsville? Old par 3 course.

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I forgot about that one, it wasn't bad for what it was, a cheap par 3 course for broke college kids like me

Yeah I meant highland pines or whatever the name is. Still haven't made it up to try out