Alpine Country Club is a Semi-Private 9 hole golf course located in Alpine, Texas.
Alpine Country Club golf course opened for play in 1947.
In the remote, small, mountain towns of Alpine, you can experience the benefits of altitude (4,481 feet above sea level) on "common man" courses that have been set up for average folk. What joy it brings to take your average golf game to a simple, straightaway course with minimal hazards and unleash a drive that might carry 12 percent farther!
Located in the foothills of the Davis Mountains in northwest Brewster County, Alpine is sometimes referred to as the "Alps of Texas." Alpine is the hub of a huge ranching area, home to Sul Ross State University, and a jumping-off point for excursions into Big Bend National Park. The climate and remote location make Alpine a popular vacation spot.
The greens are extremely small, dome-shaped, and in superb condition. Their unique shape means that no matter where they cut the hole, you'll never have a simple pin placement. The key is being aware that your bail-out area is always short of the green, enabling a chip from below the hole rather than from the side or behind the green. Chip shots that are close to being perfect, but not quite there, will skim by the hole and roll down off the green, often into a bunker, leaving a more pitiful predicament out of the sand. The 9-hole course that is routed around the pesky Kokernut Creek, which doesn't have much water in it. But the club is surrounded by a Grand Canyon-esque gorge that sucks in golf balls like a magnet.
# 1 hits over the creek and plays straight away to the first mounded green. The par-5 No. 7 (formerly No. 3), is tough because it's impossible to determine how to negotiate the creek and its surrounding gorge. Lay it up close and be ready to hit a solid second shot to carry it. # 8 is a par-3 that plays downhill to a challenging target. # 9 is the perfect finishing hole-a tight fairways lined by danger, playing into he largest green on the course with tons of subtle undulations.
Much of the course's charm comes from the natural-rock clubhouse that sits below the hills and beside the wide Kokernut Creek bed. In those hills to the east lie a few interesting houses that overlook the course.
Alpine's pro shop is closet-sized but functional, offering only the basic amenities and cold beers for $1.50. The bar next door has a rowdy edge to it that must be experienced by any traveling golfer. Be sure to try the Longhorn Steak House just down the road, not the chain, but a local Mom & Pop restaurant for the chicken fried steak.
White tees: par-35, 2,788 yards, 33.7 / 115
Red tees: par-35, 2,135 yards, 34.3 / 109