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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.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 6931 yards | 72.8 | 130 |
| Blue | 72 | 6291 yards | 70.8 | 127 |
| White | 72 | 5542 yards | 67.6 | 121 |
| White (W) | 72 | 5542 yards | 72.9 | 126 |
| Red | 72 | 5239 yards | 66.7 | 114 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5239 yards | 71.6 | 120 |
| Gold | 72 | 4079 yards | 62.2 | 106 |
| Gold (W) | 72 | 4079 yards | 64.8 | 109 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 74.0/130 W: 81.9/151 | 396 | 403 | 190 | 571 | 335 | 163 | 528 | 415 | 455 | 3456 | 407 | 409 | 133 | 547 | 435 | 165 | 428 | 541 | 410 | 3475 | 6931 |
| Blue M: 71.0/129 W: 78.0/145 | 347 | 346 | 162 | 525 | 296 | 142 | 506 | 377 | 428 | 3129 | 364 | 357 | 116 | 504 | 393 | 140 | 395 | 503 | 390 | 3162 | 6291 |
| White M: 69.7/122 W: 75.9/138 | 318 | 336 | 155 | 494 | 255 | 135 | 480 | 363 | 392 | 2928 | 351 | 325 | 106 | 476 | 375 | 130 | 385 | 490 | 372 | 3010 | 5938 |
| White/Red M: 68.3/115 W: 74.0/130 | 318 | 301 | 155 | 494 | 222 | 135 | 480 | 325 | 355 | 2785 | 351 | 325 | 106 | 476 | 353 | 115 | 364 | 490 | 340 | 2920 | 5705 |
| Red M: 65.9/112 W: 71.4/118 | 288 | 301 | 102 | 460 | 222 | 117 | 443 | 325 | 355 | 2613 | 324 | 309 | 90 | 362 | 353 | 115 | 364 | 369 | 340 | 2626 | 5239 |
| Gold M: 62.4/97 W: 64.5/109 | 229 | 234 | 95 | 354 | 125 | 95 | 350 | 250 | 264 | 1996 | 232 | 244 | 86 | 348 | 240 | 103 | 254 | 363 | 213 | 2083 | 4079 |
| Handicap | 11 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 4 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 9 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 4 |
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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 Jakeorod on 04/20/2025
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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
A Little Beat Up
Overall the course was just Okay. Range was not in good condition and needed a lot of water. Tee boxes were very beat up and most greens needed some work. A couple of holes were missing a second tee marker on the blues.
Course didn’t have enough carts and people were waiting 10-15 minutes after their tee times for a cart, while locals (which there were a lot of them) continued to go. Definitely a course that caters to the community that surrounds it.
Fairways were in good shape and pace of play was excellent for a Sunday morning.
I left wishing for just a bit of a better experience.
Average Course
I used the Golf Now discount and glad I did as I wouldn't want to pay full price of $100 for 2. The front 9 was more scenic than the back 9 (a few holes along the Gulf).
Tee box ground was very hard, and they were redoing the course in many areas so had to stay on the cart path a lot.
Glad I played this course but doubt we'll be back anytime soon as I don't think it warrants the green fees.
Slow play
It was after we play the first hole and found out on number 2 hole that we were behind a 5 players and stay that way all the way thru 18, they were rude players sometimes hitting 2 balls off the tee box and then look for there lost balls almost a 5 hour round never ever will go back
Good winter golf
While usuauwindy the sun offset the cool weather. Grass was very short.
This course could offer some better teetimes earlier in the day
I have played the course before my three sons have not. We all enjoyed the course did not like how backed up it was the starter letting people off to early otherwise we had a great day
Very friendly staff
Nice course for the average player. Greens rolled very well and fairways in good shape to hit out of.
Best course in the area
Nice course layout, decent shape, nice greens, nice club house, etc.
Great Course!
Great course when the weather is nice. It had been raining for the past few days, but the course had minimal water on the greens and fairways.
One of the best in the valley
I played this course many times over the years and it is one of the best in the valley. Traps have real sand, greens are smooth and fairways are in good shape. Plus has challenging layout
Good value through GolfNow. People were friendly, course was in really good shape especially now that cart paths have been replaced or repaired. The day we
Played pace of play was good.
Beautiful
I have played this course several times. It is in the best shape in years. Real sand in bunkers and nice greens. Probably the best course for 50 miles.
Afternoon Golf
Great views.
Very nice course with great views in the front 9. Nice greens. Not too long.
Good
I have been playing the course for 10+ years. The course is almost back to 2009 condition. The front nine is done and back nine just needs work on Holes 10, 14, 16, 17, and 18. Bunkers And cart paths throughout are the best ever.
The #1 cheap thing to do is cut down the bushes on Hole 2 and Hole 9 so a player can see a great hole in front of them.
Great course Friendly People
This is a nice course for the money. Not crowded during the week. They even have water on the cart for you.
