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October 24, 2026
The best golf course in Texas, according to golfers on TheGrint, is Dallas National Golf Club (98.1), No. 10 on TheGrint's 2026 Top 100 U.S. Private list. The best public course is Black Jack's Crossing at Lajitas (93.8), No. 63 on the U.S. Public list. Texas has seven courses on the 2026 Top 100, and six of them are private.
This guide covers all seven, the highly rated public and resort courses just outside the Top 100, and how hard each one plays. Rankings come from golfers who played the courses, not a panel.
Every course links to its page in TheGrint's directory of 850 Texas golf courses, with the full scorecard for every set of tees.
The best golf courses in Texas are the seven on TheGrint's 2026 Top 100, led by Dallas National. The six private clubs are also the six highest-rated courses in the state; Black Jack's Crossing ranks 26th of 667 well-reviewed Texas courses. Here they are with their list and rank, TheGrint Rating out of 100, and TheGrint Difficulty:
| Top 100 list and rank | Course | City | TheGrint Rating | Plays harder than |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Private, 10 | Dallas National Golf Club | Dallas | 98.1 | 99% |
| U.S. Private, 29 | Whispering Pines Golf Club | Trinity | 97.6 | 99% |
| U.S. Private, 33 | Vaquero Club | Westlake | 97.6 | 99% |
| U.S. Private, 43 | Brook Hollow Golf Club | Dallas | 97.2 | 84% |
| U.S. Private, 86 | The Club at Carlton Woods: Tom Fazio Course | Spring | 96.5 | 93% |
| U.S. Private, 95 | Shady Oaks Country Club | Fort Worth | 96.3 | Not shown |
| U.S. Public, 63 | Black Jack's Crossing at Lajitas | Terlingua | 93.8 | 97% |
Dallas and Fort Worth dominate the top of Texas golf: four of the six private Top 100 clubs are in the Dallas–Fort Worth area. Private clubs need a member invitation, so the next sections focus on courses you can book.
The best public golf course in Texas is Black Jack's Crossing at Lajitas, a resort course in Terlingua in far West Texas. It is No. 63 on TheGrint's 2026 Top 100 U.S. Public list and plays harder than 97% of rated courses on TheGrint.
After Black Jack's Crossing, the highest-rated courses golfers can book are resort and daily-fee courses spread across the state, each ranking in the top 100 of Texas's 667 well-reviewed courses:
Access types can change, and some resort courses limit play to guests, so check each course's page and the course itself before you book.
Dallas National, Whispering Pines and Vaquero Club all play harder than 99% of rated courses on TheGrint, so there isn't a single hardest Texas course in the data. Among courses you can book, Fields Ranch East and Pine Dunes Resort also reach 99%.
TheGrint Difficulty tops out at 99%, so it doesn't separate courses within the hardest 1%. For more, see the hardest golf courses golfers rank among the best. On courses this hard, move up a set of tees if you need to; our guide on what tees to play shows how to choose.
TheGrint Rating is a score out of 100 built from golfers' reviews and their head-to-head course rankings on TheGrint. TheGrint Top 100 uses those signals, including the Course Ranking Game, and gives more weight to golfers who have played more courses.
How we counted: ratings, difficulty and state ranks come from TheGrint's Texas directory and course pages on October 23, 2026. Ratings update as golfers add reviews and rankings. For more on the lists, see how TheGrint Top 100 works.
TheGrint has the scorecard, ratings and difficulty for every course before you go, and GPS and scoring when you get there.
Dallas National Golf Club is the best golf course in Texas according to golfers on TheGrint, with a TheGrint Rating of 98.1. It is No. 10 on TheGrint's 2026 Top 100 U.S. Private list. Whispering Pines in Trinity and Vaquero Club in Westlake are next, both at 97.6.
Black Jack's Crossing at Lajitas, in Terlingua in far West Texas, is the best public golf course in Texas on TheGrint, with a TheGrint Rating of 93.8. It is the only Texas course on TheGrint's 2026 Top 100 U.S. Public list, at No. 63, and plays harder than 97% of rated courses.
TheGrint's golf course directory lists 850 golf courses in Texas: 346 public, 220 semi-private and 284 private. Each course page has a free scorecard for every set of tees, plus TheGrint Rating out of 100 and TheGrint Difficulty, based on the scores golfers log there.
Seven Texas courses are on TheGrint's 2026 Top 100. Six are on the U.S. Private list: Dallas National, Whispering Pines, Vaquero Club, Brook Hollow, the Tom Fazio Course at Carlton Woods and Shady Oaks. One, Black Jack's Crossing at Lajitas, is on the U.S. Public list.
Dallas National, Whispering Pines and Vaquero Club all play harder than 99% of rated courses on TheGrint, along with Fields Ranch East and Pine Dunes Resort among courses you can book. TheGrint Difficulty doesn't rank courses within that top 1%, so no single course is the hardest in the data.
Pick a course, check the scorecard and your tees, then keep score in TheGrint with free GPS distances and live scoring for your group. Rank the course when you're done to help shape next year's Top 100. Get started with TheGrint.
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