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South Padre Island Golf Club - 18 Holes Course
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This southernmost course in Texas, despite its name, is actually situated on the mainland in Port Isabel. Architects Chris Cole and Stephen Caplinger carved an outstanding layout out of the wild native Gulf coast vegetation, with several holes bordering the Laguna Madre. The club has hosted the Texas Senior Open and the South Texas PGA Southern Championship since its opening in 1997.
The design features wide fairways bordered by native yucca, mesquite, and cactus, and the windy conditions often make it challenging to keep it in the fairway. Errant shots will be lost for sure. Others that fail to find the fairway will bury in waste areas and deep rough.
For the most part, the longer holes seem to play more downwind, while the shorter ones play into the wind. The large greens are of championship quality. Three of them are multi-tiered.
No. 5 is the feature hole, a picturesque, 335-yard, par 4 with a tee shot that must carry the Laguna Madre into a sharp dogleg-right fairway. On the back, No. 11 is unique because of the giant mesquite tree that dominates the middle of the fairway. Hole 12 can be interesting: it's a short par 3 that is completely surrounded by water.
The facility has plans for slow expansion based on how quickly the residential lots are developed. A second 18-hole course is under construction, with three holes complete. Designed by Chris Cole and Jeff Potts, this layout will feature only par 3 and par 4 holes and play to 5,400 yards.
Getting there : The club is on Hwy 100 before you cross over the causeway onto the island of South Padre. Turn right on FM 520 and continue for 2.5 miles to the course.
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Conditions3.7
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Value3.9
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Layout4.5
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Friendliness4.6
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Pace4.3
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Amenities4.0
Golfer Photos
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Photo submitted by Apmagic on 08/08/2025
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Photo submitted by Apmagic on 08/08/2025
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Photo submitted by u314162228744 on 07/20/2025
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Photo submitted by Jakeorod on 04/20/2025
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Photo submitted by Sunburntgolfer79 on 03/21/2025
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Photo submitted by u000005322002 on 04/13/2023
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Photo submitted by u000005322002 on 04/13/2023
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A birdie! Photo submitted by u314163725067 on 03/01/2023
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Par 3 Photo submitted by Myaranda on 11/10/2019
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SPI golf club Photo submitted by vanessahersh on 06/09/2013
Golfer Reviews
Nice course watch for 4 hole players
Nice course; you will encounter retirees playing 3-4 random holes from time to time.
Great coarse!
Greens were great staff was very friendly piece of play was perfect
Play it! It is a fun course
It's a good layout, fair and fun. It was smacked by the Feb winter vortex and the course has recovered nicely. There are tough spots on the course grounds, but it's April. I am going to play it again this week.
The Pro Shop staff, Sean is exceptional in terms of his Customer Service, even to a tourist!
Decent and improving track
Getting a lot of play, and a lot of slow players recently.
Good news is that the ownership is plowing a lot if those green fees back into improvements.
Going to 10-11 minute intervals would help some, but still enjoyable round of golf with up to 5 different tee boxes to pick from
Best in south Texas
I just moved from Los Angeles and this is now one of my favorite courses.
Decent track. Convenient
If you’re on SPI for vacation this is the closest course and a decent track. Coming into Spring 2021,the management is obviously upgrading the fairways etc.
Bartender dude in restaurant “”Divots” is the only real downer. Everyone else is very friendly. He’s costing them a lot of sales.
Lots of potential—for what that’s worth
Fairways are hard and shaggy but probably expected for this time of year. Greens need a lot more work. Was told they lost several of them last fall so I guess they need time to recover but that doesn’t explain all the old hole marks you can see on every green. Their driving range is an open field with poles sticking up from the ground...no landing areas cut and their range balls are all old lost/water balls with very few dimples left. Still they charge a premium fee for their use...$6 for a small warmup bucket! Most disappointing thing is pace of play. Course is amid a housing community that caters to “winter Texans” so most of the groups I saw were seniors, women, and couples. No one is moving too briskly and always seem to be bunched together for everyone’s shot instead of going to their own ball and being prepared to hit when it’s their turn. Slow is an understatement but not in the looking for lost balls/poor proficiency kind of way. Too much lallygagging and BSing in the fairways and on the greens. Saw multiple “Rangers” driving around but no one talking to the slow groups about keeping up their pace. I’d recommend the course for its layout after the greens come in a little better but would warn not to expect to play in four hours or less. Would NOT recommend as a practice facility. Bar and grill is affordable and what we ate was very good
Excellent, fun design with tee boxes for all levels, it seems. On course staff was very friendly and pro shop staff Robert and Shawn went above and beyond. We will be back!
Nice course fairly priced
Course plays well and is in reasonable condition. Front nine offer more interesting holes. Hard ground with thin winter grass offered a lot of roll. Windy conditions made you think about the right shot and right club. Will return.
