Texas is too big to play one course and call it done. This is the premium ten — the courses you build a weekend around, from desert canyon holes in Big Bend to PGA Tour-grade conditioning in Frisco. Black Jack's Crossing at Lajitas might be the most dramatic tee box in the state. Fields Ranch East and West at PGA Frisco give you two championship layouts in one trip.
Closer to Austin, the Fazio Canyons and Foothills tracks at Barton Creek deliver clifftop golf that rivals anything in the Southwest. TPC San Antonio runs two courses — Oaks and Canyons — both tournament-tested. Wolfdancer at Lost Pines, Horseshoe Bay's Apple Rock, and La Cantera round it out. Green fees run $150 to $330, and every dollar buys conditioning and design you won't find at the muni. Sometimes you need to splurge.
