What are some of the best courses you've had the chance to play and why? One of my personal favorites is Beacon Lake in Dickinson, Texas. Good value, pretty course, and has lights!

Rayburn Country in Brookeland
Wildwood in Village Mills
The Old Brickyard in Ferris
Garden Valley

Crown Colony in Lufkin; Havent played it in years, but it was immaculate.
Cypress Bend - Many, La. - Challenging and quiet and always in good shape.


Troon North - Pinnacle and Monument courses and Greyhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, AZ. Desert golf is a different game and I actually played well 2 out of the 3 days, so they top my list. The courses were in incredible shape, free yardage books, and range b.alls all day long. (however, don't look for b.alls you hit out of play)

Colonial Country Club. Should I explain why?

Longview Country Club located on HW 42 between White Oak and Kilgore . No matter how bad of a shot you hit you will still have a great look at the hole!

Eagles Bluff Golf Course, It is a wondreful course that can be challenging at times.

Texarkana Golf Ranch for the challenge
Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in 'Bama - all of them
Cowboys "king for a day" experience in Grapevine
Glenwood CC when the greens are right.

What is this Cowboys "king for a day" experience? Sounds interesting. My sister-in-law and I are always looking for new places to take our husbands to play golf. Where could I get more info?

that golf course at lake fork is one of my favorites to play at. so is pinecrest and oak forest

I must have been asleep when I posted earlier.
I left off Ross Bridge in Hoover, AL. Played it following the Champions Tour Event in 08. It was in incredible shape. Ready to go back.

Has anyone played on the new private course at Oak Forest in Longview - the Challenge, I think?

I'm not sure if they actually built a new course over there; I think they just did a little bit of renovating and changed the name.

The Links at Lands End...

All Oak Forest did was move some tee boxes around - changed a par 3 to a short par 4 (#11) and changed a par 5 to a par 4 (#16 i think).....

LV, I've played the cowboys club in Grapevine, it's nice. I don't know what the "king for a day" is though.

We stayed at the Gaylord and my wife got to hit the Grapevine mall. The whole thing was a little pricey for a weekend stay though.

My favorite course is La Cantera in San Antonio.

Local courses I like are Twin Lakes, Pine Dunes, Eagles Bluff and Garden Valley.

We LOVE La Cantera! Go after 3 and get the twilight rate during the summer - and still get treated like royalty.

Our new son-in-law has asked my husband to teach him to play golf. They had their first lesson last night. Too cool!!!

My wife and I met some of our good friends from Pearland in San Antone for a weekend on the Riverwalk this past weekend and went to Olympia Hills in Universal City and played. Outstanding course! Narrow fairways and some great elevation changes, especially on the front nine. Don't know about the cost, since we won the round in a benefit auction. Great place to play, though, and any excuse to go to San Antone is worth it!

Pine Dunes south of Frankston is nice!!
Also not a bad course is Mt. Pleasant CC, LOTS of water and challenging shots. Every team I took there hated it cause it was so hard, but I liked it.
Raven's Nest in Huntsville.....good price and nice golf holes. Their PGM program for SHSU keeps it up and looking good.

texarkana country club, has challenges similar to augusta. In fact back in the day players from all over used to travel there to play that course weeks before the masters..

Houston golf is hard to beat! Augusta Pines, Woodlands Resort, Tour 18, Westfork in Conroe, etc. The prices are very competitive and the courses are almost always in great shape!
Ditto on Cypress Bend and Pine Dunes. Actually the Longview area is pretty sad for quality courses if you consider all the amenities, complete cart paths, eye appeal, etc..............public courses that is.

I personally like Oak Forest in Longview...makes you keep the ball straight which is always a challenge for me!!
Pinecrest is by far the nicest. I would think a good golfer could be par there almost each day...does not seem challenging for a good golfer

I totally agree. When I live in Phoenix, my favorite course was one in Paradise Valley. Can't remember the name, but I have always loved the desert courses. Also loved TPC in Scottsdale.

Grew up playing Longview Country Club, and Gladewater Country Club, but my favorite in East Texas is Shallow Creek.

Some of the best golf instructors live here in East Texas. My first teachers many,many years ago were Buster Cupid, Rick Maxey. If you have young kids I would check into Mike Williams at Alpine, or Gloria Stafford. Great golfers and teachers.

There are some nice, well-kept and affordable courses for the average golfer in the DFW area. Four that I enjoy are Mansfield National, Tangleridge in South Grand Prairie, and Canyon West in Weatherford. For a nice change of pace, Coyote Ridge on Hebron Pkwy is a fun course with several challenging holes.

Chickasaw (sp?) Point in Kingston OK is one of my favorite places to play.

A big second to Glenwood Country Club if it is the one in Glenwood Arkansas. The winter time into early spring is a great time. When hunting season starts you sometimes have the course to yourself.

And some of the real gamblers from the old days would venture on up to Nashville Arkansas and get it on.

Turtle Hill CC just north of Muenster, TX. Great little course, some real challenges and a beautiful signature hole - No. 11 - where you can see into OK from the tee box.

Cheers for the tips, what kind of Golf MK1 Convertibles are good to be looking for, not looking for anything to boyed up

Not sure if there is just the standard Mk1 Convertible or if there are different varieties?

As you can see very new to this world

Cheers

Oakhurst in Bullard is a good one
Huntington is a good city park in Shreveport
Oak Forest in Longview
Garden Valley
I absolutely hate Cypress Bend in Many

For those of you traveling to Fort Worth, check out Fossil Creek off of Western Center Blvd.

If given the opportunity, the absolute best overall experience is the course at the Paradisus Playa Conchal in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. Beautiful, lush vegetation, challenging course (I actually found myself aiming for the cart path due to the rolling terrain and cart path only rule) and best of all: play in the afternoon and listen to and watch the monkeys in the trees around you.