River Oaks Country Club was originally designed by Donald Ross in 1923 before undergoing renovations by Rees Jones in 1990 and then by the Fazio design group in 2015. The course is located outside of Houston and is home to open fairways built along the muddy riverbanks of the flowing Buffalo Bayou. With holes routed across high and low elevations, the course features a unique mix of undulating and challenging riverside approach shots. Hurricane Harvey removed gigantic swathes of trees in 2017, which allowed the club to reroute holes to interact more with bayou and lowland areas, resulting in the creation of new holes. The most notable additions came at the par-3 third, played to a peninsula green and at the par-3 17th (formerly a par 4), now played over an intimidating hazard.