Fazio Foothills

Fazio Foothills is the picture that sells Barton Creek: Tom Fazio carved it into the limestone hills west of Austin, complete with cascading waterfalls, cave-mouth cliffs, and greens perched above the creek. Golf Magazine ranks it among the top three courses you can play in Texas, and one look at the waterfall green tells you why.

At 7,087 yards it's a real test off the tee—long, accurate drives down the Bermuda fairways are the ask—but the theater is the point. It's the round every Barton Creek trip is built around.