GRANBURY COUNTRY CLUB

The rolling hills of North Texas create natural elevation changes that Leon Howard exploited brilliantly in his 1960s design, particularly on the par-4 seventh where your approach shoots uphill to a plateau green guarded by ancient live oaks. Water comes into play on half the holes, but it's the strategic variety—not the penal ponds that plague modern courses—with Squaw Creek meandering through the property like a lazy afterthought. The Bermuda fairways reward precision over power, and the small, subtly contoured greens demand the kind of approach-shot accuracy that separates club champions from weekend warriors.