RIVERHILL COUNTRY CLUB

The Hill Country's limestone bluffs and spring-fed creek crossings create legitimate strategic questions on this classic Texas layout, where elevated tees demand precise club selection into greens protected by native oak mottes. Water comes into play on seven holes, but it's the dramatic elevation changes—some tee shots drop 60 feet—that separate competent ball-strikers from weekend hackers. The par-3 14th plays downhill over a ravine to a peninsula green that rewards courage and punishes the tentative.