Spring Branch golf course on the market Nancy Sarnoff

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The 121-acre Pine Crest golf course has hit the market, a sign of the times as interest in golf has been declining for years and courses have been closing in large numbers.

The Houston property, located inside Beltway 8, east of Gessner between Clay and Kemp Forest, is the "last major redevelopment opportunity in the rapidly gentrifying Spring Branch neighborhood," real estate brokers listing the property said.

The site is within the Spring Branch Independent School District and is not subject to any use restrictions, according to HFF and CBRE, the commercial real estate firms marketing the property. They said the land is best suited for housing and commercial development.

In Conroe, the owner of the Wedgewood Golf Course recently announced the nearly 30-year-old property would close. Residents are now trying to save it from being sold to developers.