MEMORIAL PARK GOLF COURSE
🇺🇸 Houston, TX, USA
Designed by John Bredemus
Memorial Park Golf Course stands as a testament to accessible championship golf, a rare municipal layout that dares to challenge the world's best. Situated within Houston's sprawling urban parkland, the course's original John Bredemus design reflects its 1930s origins, a product of the Works Progress Administration.
A 2019 Tom Doak renovation transformed Memorial Park into a more strategically demanding course, one favoring a power fade with wider fairways framed by native grasses and strategically bunkered green complexes. While devoid of dramatic elevation changes, the course subtly tests every aspect of a player's game; the course has hosted the Houston Open since 2020.
Beyond its professional pedigree, Memorial Park remains a vital hub for Houston's golfing community. Accessible and affordable, it is a place where seasoned pros and weekend warriors alike can test their mettle. Its robust play and popularity is a key reflection to the city it lives within.
Reviews
Can't believe I forgot to post this round. Got to play a few days after the Houston Open this year. Course was empty and it is SO good. Doesn't feel like Texas golf at all.
One of the best municipal courses in the country. It is a course you can play everyday and never tire of the challenge. Doak did a great job w his renovation of the Bredemus original. Very few bunkers, as the challenge for the masses are the green complexes. The greens will challenge the better player’s ability to control their approach, while giving the lesser skilled players some tricky chips and pitches. A neat thing about the course is that each green is visible from the tee, in terms of sight line. However, Doak moves or shifts the fairways to create doglegs and slight variation of the target line. 5 par 5’s for regular play are all reachable from the middle tee, w the #16 being most memorable for the peninsula green. The 5 par 3’s are what makes the course. With two Redan style greens and various shot lengths being required.
Infill. So pure when in tournament conditions.
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FAQ
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Memorial Park at Memorial Park Golf Course has a Course Vaults score of 8.2 out of 10 based on 41 explicit golfer ratings.
Memorial Park was designed by John Bredemus.
Yes. Memorial Park at Memorial Park Golf Course is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.
Par at Memorial Park is 72.
Memorial Park plays 7,305 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Memorial Park is 130.
