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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: 72.9/128 | 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: 72.7/126 | 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
Over priced
Course was poor shape. Fairways like cement greens small and lots of dead greens. Over all not a good course for your money
Great scenery
Great water views, grass driving range, greens well kept. Staff was very friendly, left my wedge on 9 and they retrieved and got it back for me. Carts in good working order ice provided, assistance to the cart with bags, some grass spots on the course were cut out probably for future sod. Other then that great course would love to go again.
Too many dirt areas
Found too many dirt areas where grass hasn’t grown. Greens in pretty good shape. The aprons and fringe areas in bad shape. Great layout, a lot of holes the shot to the green has trouble if you are not accurate. Too much money for for condition. Tierra Santa much better Riverbend much more value
In Great Shape For a Course Near the Coast
(Out of Towner/Vacationer Review)
The course was in good shape and well maintained. The greens, fairways, and tee boxes were not as cut back as one would look for at a typical course. But I think this is just a product of being a course near the ocean and trying to keeping the grass from dying. There were a few greens that had some rough spots, but again overall in good shape and roll pretty true.
