A Rich History
1926
The club was originally founded in 1926, designed by John Bredemus, and named Colonial Country Club.
John Bredemus often called “The Father of Texas Golf” was the state's first resident architect. Bredemus is best known for his design work at The Lido Club & Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth. Throughout his career, Bredemus consulted on projects with C.B. Macdonald, Seth Raynor, Alister MacKenzie, Perry Maxwell, and Ralph Plummer.
His design philosophy was very minimalistic and very little earth was moved to build his courses. Harvey Penick said the Bredemus taught him "it takes the eyes of an artist to design a course, but the skills of an engineer to build one. John was both."
1929- 1931
A group led by Jack Burke, Sr., John Bredemus, and Sid Van Ulm purchased Colonial Country Club from the original developer for $60,000 on October 1929.
BraeBurn Country Club was officially established on May 5, 1931 and is the 4th oldest course in Houston.
1936 - 1941
Demaret’s introduction to BraeBurn came in 1926 as an employee of course architect, John Bredmus, during the construction of Colonial Country Club. Demaret became head professional at BraeBurn Country Club in February 1936.
Demaret won his first PGA tour event in 1938 in the San Francisco match play event defeating Sam Snead by 4 and 3.
Events Demaret Won While At BraeBurn
1938 (1) San Francisco National Match Play Open
1939 (1) Los Angeles Open
1940 (6) Oakland Open, Western Open, New Orleans Open, St. Petersburg Open, Masters Tournament, San Francisco National Match Play Open
1941 (1) Inverness Invitational Four-Ball (with Ben Hogan)
1942
The game of golf, and the sites where it was played, were dramatically changed by World War II. Members of private clubs were drafted into the armed forces, as well as the staff at clubs, causing a reduction in income for clubs and difficulty in maintaining service levels.
Pictured on the 1st tee, now the 10th, 5 of golf's biggest icons played an event to benefit the war effort, and for the pleasure of the members.
1950
BraeBurn Hosts PGA Tour Event – Houston Open
Golf Hall of Famer, Carry Middlecoff , wins the 1950 Houston Open held at Braeburn.
1952
BraeBurn Hosts LPGA Tour Event – Houston Weathervane Open
Golf Hall of Famer, Betsy Rawls, wins the 1952 Houston Weathervane Open held at Braeburn defeating Babe Zaharius by three strokes.
1954
BraeBurn hosts 1954 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship
1967
US Ryder Cup team played their practice rounds at BraeBurn.
1988
BraeBurn hosted Greg Norman’s annual Miracle Golf Tournament with Miller Barber, Dave Marr, Mark O’Meara, Jay Haas, Willie Wood, JC Snead, Mark McCumber, David Graham, George Burns, Fred Couples, Steve Elkington, Blaine McCallister, and Steve Fergus.
1995
Braeburn hosts the Texas State Amateur, won by Brad Elder.
2021
In 2020 BraeBurn Members approved the golf course renovation and golf architect, Tripp Davis, was hired to lead the project. Tripp's view to implement new infrastructure, add yardage for longer hitters, and create movement throughout the course is a design that will maintain the historic landscape while creating a unique Houston golf course.
2022
BraeBurn completed a full course renovation project led by golf architect Tripp Davis
1926
The club was originally founded in 1926, designed by John Bredemus, and named Colonial Country Club.
John Bredemus often called “The Father of Texas Golf” was the state's first resident architect. Bredemus is best known for his design work at The Lido Club & Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth. Throughout his career, Bredemus consulted on projects with C.B. Macdonald, Seth Raynor, Alister MacKenzie, Perry Maxwell, and Ralph Plummer.
His design philosophy was very minimalistic and very little earth was moved to build his courses. Harvey Penick said the Bredemus taught him "it takes the eyes of an artist to design a course, but the skills of an engineer to build one. John was both."
1929- 1931
A group led by Jack Burke, Sr., John Bredemus, and Sid Van Ulm purchased Colonial Country Club from the original developer for $60,000 on October 1929.
BraeBurn Country Club was officially established on May 5, 1931 and is the 4th oldest course in Houston.
1936 - 1941
Demaret’s introduction to BraeBurn came in 1926 came as an employee of course architect, John Bredmus, during the construction of Colonial Country Club. Demaret became head professional at BraeBurn Country Club in February 1936.
Demaret won his first PGA tour event in 1938 in the San Francisco match play event defeating Sam Snead by 4 and 3.
Events Demaret Won While At BraeBurn
1938 (1) San Francisco National Match Play Open
1939 (1) Los Angeles Open
1940
(6) Oakland Open, Western Open, New Orleans Open, St. Petersburg Open, Masters Tournament, San Francisco National Match Play Open
1941 (1) Inverness Invitational Four-Ball (with Ben Hogan)
1942
The game of golf, and the sites where it was played, were dramatically changed by World War II. Members of private clubs were drafted into the armed forces, as well as the staff at clubs, causing a reduction in income for clubs and difficulty in maintaining service levels.
Pictured on the 1st tee, now the 10th, 5 of golf's biggest icons played an event to benefit the war effort, and for the pleasure of the members.
1950
BraeBurn Hosts PGA Tour Event – Houston Open.
Golf Hall of Famer, Carry Middlecoff , wins the 1950 Houston Open held at Braeburn.
1952
BraeBurn Hosts LPGA Tour Event – Houston Weathervane Open
Golf Hall of Famer, Betsy Rawls, wins the 1952 Houston Weathervane Open held at Braeburn defeating Babe Zaharius by three strokes.
1954
BraeBurn hosts 1954 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship
1967
US Ryder Cup team played their practice rounds at BraeBurn.
1988
BraeBurn hosted Greg Norman’s annual Miracle Golf Tournament with Miller Barber, Dave Marr, Mark O’Meara, Jay Haas, Willie Wood, JC Snead, Mark McCumber, David Graham, George Burns, Fred Couples, Steve Elkington, Blaine McCallister, and Steve Fergus.
1995
Braeburn hosted the Texas State Amateur, won by Brad Elder.
2021
In 2020 BraeBurn Members approved the golf course renovation and golf architect, Tripp Davis, was hired to lead the project. Tripp’s view to implement new infrastructure, add yardage for longer hitters, and create movement throughout the course is a design that will maintain the historic landscape while creating a unique Houston golf course.
2022
Braeburn hosted the Texas State Amateur, won by Brad Elder.
