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Brackenridge Park Golf Course

Courses rich with a history like Willow Springs, home to where golf legends like Ben Hogan and Sam Snead were crowned as Texas Open champions. Each course offers a unique experience with fun layouts, stunning views, good conditions, and plenty of opportunities to create your own Texas tall-tale golf story. We’ll back you up! BRACKENRIDGE PARK GOLF COURSE Let’s start at the oldest public course in San Antonio. “Old Brack” is an 18-hole, par 71 course with long smooth fairways lined with trees and treacherous bunkers. This is the perfect course for someone visiting or living downtown; it’s a mere seven-minute drive north of downtown and offers the convenience of booking online. If you are an aspiring pro golfer and have a love for the classic game, Brackenridge Park is the course for you. The 6,243-yard course was designed by the famous golf course architect A. W. Tillinghast in 1916, and was restored to its former glory in 2008 to reflect the original layout and to improve its conditions to compete with premier courses. Now you can enjoy Old Brack as intended. Eighteen holes of golf cost start at $61, and nine

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Brackenridge Park Golf Course

holes start at $27. The course also offers twilight rates after 2:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday at $38 for 18 holes and Friday through Sunday is $42. Brackenridge Park Golf Course was the home of The First Texas Open and is also the new site of the Texas Golf Hall of Fame. THE QUARRY GOLF COURSE Next, we are off to play a course with character and history. Located a short 15-minute drive north of downtown, this nationally recognized course

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