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South Padre Island Golf Club - 18 Holes Course
About
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
Enjoyable
I enjoyed playing this course! There could have been a little more care put into the greens and some minor manicuring, but overall, not bad for being the only one close to South Padre. On this day the mosquitoes were on the prowl!!
Nice course great scenery
Course is in good shape fun layout and excellent views throughout. I’ve had a certain member of the staff be pretty rude on a few different occasions but most are friendly and welcoming.
Course was beautiful but I felt wr were harrassed
We were told to play faster considering we were already playing fast for a 4some bcause local members who were playing from red and white in group of 3's kept calling the marshall to tell us to go even faster. How fast can u play golf?. We made finished 9 hole in 1hour 42 minutes. The marshal would not listen to our reason. Not going back again. I can't recommend the course sorry.
Golf course is beautiful but...
We were 4some healthcare frontliners trying to have fun and we were playing fast but we were forced to play faster than recommended pace because golfers behind us kept calling the marshall saying we were holding back other groups. We made our turn in 1 hour and 42 minutes. That's pretty fast for a 4some. We reasoned that we're pacing really fast but the marshall just wouldn't take our side. $50 bucks × 4. We were there to get away and relaxed but instead we all felt harrassed. Not worth it. Not going back again. River Bend is much much better.
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.
