Exhibit 3.40(a)

STATE  OF  DELAWARE

SECRETARY  OF  STATE

DIVISION  OF  CORPORATIONS

FILED  09:00  AM  03/15/1999

991099549  —  3016710

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

CLUBCORP GEN PAR OF TEXAS, L.L.C.

The undersigned, an authorized natural person, for the purpose of forming a limited liability company, under the provisions and subject to the requirements of the State of Delaware (particularly Chapter 18, Title 6 of the Delaware Code and the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and known, identified, and referred to as the “Delaware Limited Liability Company Act”), hereby certifies that:

FIRST: The name of the limited liability company (hereinafter called the “limited liability company”) is ClubCorp Gen Par of Texas, L.L.C.

SECOND: The address of the registered office and the name and the address of the registered agent of the limited liability company required to be maintained by Section 18-104 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act are Corporation Service Company, 1013 Centre Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19805.

Executed on March 15, 1999.

/s/ Thomas T. Henslee

Thomas T. Henslee, Authorized Person