
Northern Hills Course
Northern Hills Golf Club


About this course
Northern Hills Golf Club sits in the northern reaches of San Antonio, designed by Joseph Beleau and opened in the mid-1960s. Beleau, a Texas-based architect active during the postwar golf boom, created a number of courses across the state during this period. The layout occupies rolling terrain characteristic of the Texas Hill Country's southern edge, where live oak, mesquite, and native grasses define the landscape. The routing takes advantage of natural elevation changes, providing variety in stance and shot-making across the eighteen holes. The course serves a private membership drawn largely from San Antonio's northern suburbs. Like many clubs of its era in Texas, Northern Hills functions as both a golf facility and a social center for its members, with dining and family programming complementing the golf operations. The layout reflects design sensibilities of the 1960s, with tree-lined fairways and greens that have matured over decades of play. San Antonio's climate allows for year-round golf, though summer heat can be intense. The course has undergone periodic updates to maintain playing conditions and accommodate modern equipment, typical for layouts of this vintage. Northern Hills remains a fixture in the local golf community, offering members a traditional private club experience within the city's expanding metropolitan area.
Quick facts
- Location
- San Antonio, TX, USA
- Access
- Public
- Year built
- 1969
- Holes
- 18
- Designer
- Joseph Beleau
- Par
- 72
- Length
- 6,602 yards
- Difficulty
- 71.9/123
- Course Vaults score
- 7.3
Getting there
Most visitors to Northern Hills Golf Club arrive through San Antonio International Airport, a quick fifteen-minute drive north into the rolling terrain that defines the city's northern edge. The route from the terminal traces a straightforward path along US-281, where the urban sprawl gradually softens into the wooded hills and limestone outcroppings characteristic of the Texas Hill Country fringe. As you exit the highway and wind through the quiet residential streets of the Shavano Park area, the landscape opens to reveal the club's understated entrance - a discreet gateway to one of San Antonio's most respected private sanctuaries, where the game has been played with quiet reverence since the early 1980s.

FAQ
Common questions about Northern Hills
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Northern Hills has a Course Vaults score of 7.3 out of 10 based on 15 logged golfers.
Northern Hills was designed by Joseph Beleau.
Yes. Northern Hills is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.
Par at Northern Hills is 72.
Northern Hills plays 6,602 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Northern Hills is 123.



