Texas
Amarillo & the Panhandle Golf Courses & Tee Times
Around Amarillo, public golf means small-city municipal courses spread across the High Plains. Most are within an hour of town. Palo Duro Creek in Canyon is 10 minutes south. It is a Henry Hughes design whose front nine dates to 1959, and the creek is in play on 14 holes. Pampa's Hidden Hills, east of Amarillo, breaks the flat-plains pattern with more than 100 feet of slope and a creek through the back nine.
Good weekend tee times in Amarillo & the Panhandle go fast, and the ones that come back later (cancellations, groups that shrink) aren't announced. Yoink watches the tee sheets at 7 public courses here, from Canyon, Dumas and Hereford, and tells you the moment a time you want opens up.
The longest layout here is Palo Duro Creek Golf Club at 6,865 yards.
Who runs public golf in Amarillo & the Panhandle
Cities own the public courses here. Canyon owns Palo Duro Creek. Hereford owns and operates the 18-hole John Pitman Golf Club. Pampa owns Hidden Hills, which Ray Hardy designed and built with private donations and volunteers, Gray County and the city, and which opened in 1990. Dumas runs Pheasant Trails, an 18 dating to the 1950s. Its page lists $36 for 18 holes with a cart. The courses sell annual memberships as well as daily fees.
Public courses worth knowing in Amarillo & the Panhandle
- Hidden Hills Municipal Golf Course: Ray Hardy design, opened 1990, with over 100 feet of slope, bentgrass greens and a creek on the back nine. The Dallas Morning News named it the 4th best economy course in Texas in 2014.
- Palo Duro Creek Golf Club: City of Canyon course by Colorado architect Henry Hughes. Front nine from 1959, par 72, with Palo Duro Creek in play on 14 of 18 holes.
- John Pitman Municipal Golf Course: Hereford's city-owned 18, home to the Deaf Smith County Chamber's annual Tierra Blanca Classic two-person event.
- City of Dumas: Pheasant Trails, Dumas's 18 on Schuman Road. The front nine is links-style and the back nine is longer and tree-lined.
7 courses in Amarillo & the Panhandle
Other
Borger Country Club
Borger Country Club is an 18-hole regulation course in Texas, playing to par 72 across 6,199 yards.
Hidden Hills Municipal Golf Course
Ray Hardy's 1990 course has over 100 feet of slope, deep valleys and a creek through the back nine. Bentgrass greens, too.
Palo Duro Creek Golf Club
Henry Hughes built the front nine in 1959 on both banks of Palo Duro Creek, and the creek is in play on 14 holes. The back nine winds past houses.
Why tee times in Amarillo & the Panhandle are hard to get
In Amarillo & the Panhandle, the busiest months are spring and fall. In summer, everyone wants to finish before the heat, so early tee times go first.
Most public courses open their tee sheet a set number of days ahead, often 7 to 14, and many municipal courses give residents or card holders an earlier window. The best weekend-morning times usually go the day they're released. Leagues and outings take blocks of the sheet before the public ever sees them.
When tee time cancellations happen
A full tee sheet rarely stays full. Many courses let you cancel without a fee up to 24 or 48 hours before your time, so spots tend to reappear in the last couple of days. A bad forecast shakes more loose, and a foursome that drops to three opens a single. None of it is announced. The time just shows up again on the booking page, and whoever looks first gets it.
How to get a tee time in Amarillo & the Panhandle
Yoink
Every course in Amarillo & the Panhandle on one watchlist: all 7 of them
Pick the courses you'd play and Yoink keeps an eye on all 7 courses in Amarillo & the Panhandle. You see what's open in one place, and you hear about it the moment a time that fits your day, window and group turns up, cancellations included.
Doing it by hand? Here's what works.
- Know the booking window. Find out how many days ahead each course releases times, and whether residents get an earlier window. Be ready the morning it opens.
- Look again 24 to 48 hours out. That's when most cancellation deadlines pass and spots come back.
- Be flexible on group size. Singles and twosomes fit into gaps a foursome can't.
- Try twilight and weekday afternoons. They're the last to fill and often cheaper.
- Widen the map. If your first choice is full, check the next town over. Canyon has 2 courses on Yoink and Dumas has 1.
Read the full guide to getting a tee time when everything's booked
Tee times in Amarillo & the Panhandle: questions
How do I get notified when a tee time opens up in Amarillo & the Panhandle?
Set a watch in Yoink for the courses you want, the days you can play, a time window and the number of players. Yoink checks those tee sheets every few minutes and sends a notification as soon as a matching time appears, cancellations included. You book it directly with the course.
When do tee time cancellations usually show up?
Mostly in the 24 to 48 hours before the tee time, as golfers cancel ahead of the course's cancellation deadline, and whenever the weather forecast changes. They appear without notice and tend to be rebooked quickly.
How far in advance can you book a tee time in Amarillo & the Panhandle?
It depends on the course. Many public courses open bookings 7 to 14 days ahead, and town or county courses often give residents an earlier window. Each course's own booking page has its policy.
When is golf busiest in Amarillo & the Panhandle?
Demand is highest in spring and fall, and early in the morning in summer. Weekend mornings are always the hardest tee times to get.
Does Yoink book the tee time for me?
No. Yoink tells you when a time opens; you book it with the course on its own booking page, at the course's price, with no extra fee.
More golf in Texas
- Dallas–Fort Worth · 83 courses
- Houston · 53 courses
- San Antonio · 35 courses
- Austin · 34 courses
- East Texas · 21 courses
- Waco & Central Texas · 15 courses
- Lubbock & West Texas · 13 courses
- Rio Grande Valley & Coastal Bend · 13 courses
- Paris, Texarkana & Northeast Texas · 6 courses
- El Paso · 5 courses
- Lake Texoma & Southern Oklahoma · 1 courses
- More Texas · 11 courses
Sources
Facts on this page come from these pages, checked 2026-09-28. Rates and booking rules change, so confirm with the course.
- cityofpampa.org · government
- hiddenhillsgolfclub.com · official
- herefordtexas.gov · government
- palodurocreekgolfcourse.com · official
- dumastx.gov · government
Tee times in Amarillo & the Panhandle, without the refreshing
Watch as many courses as you like. When a time opens that fits your day, window and group, Yoink tells you first.