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Conditions
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Value
3.2
Layout
3.4
Friendliness
3.7
Pace
3.4
Amenities
2.6
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Style Links
Par 72
Length 6532 yards
Slope 119
Rating 71.0

Editor's Note: Course closed for business in 05/2019.

Northcliffe Golf & Country Club is one of the most beautiful and well maintained golf courses in the San Antonio and New Braunfels area. The par-72 golf course is enjoyable for the average golfer, yet a challenge to the low-handicap players.

Lots of water, trees and rolling fairways and greens make Northcliffe Golf & Country Club a fun course to play. Players of all skill levels will find this golf course a challenge. It's the closest course to Retama race track, so you heavy betters can have a full day and night. The Northcliffe Golf & Country Club staff is user friendly and professional.

Course Details

Year Built 1979
Golf Season Year round
Architect Joe Finger (1979)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Food & Beverage

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards
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Reviews

2.7
391 Reviews (391)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 13
Watching the Game 6
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 26
Water Hazards 26
Elevation Changes 17
This course/club is great for:
Locals 30
Beginners 18
Seniors 18
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 29
In the 'Burbs 22
Worth the Drive 17

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Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Cow Pasture Golf

This course is in horrible condition. They water NOTHING. Rather than players paying, the course should be paying players for showing up so they can say someone played .... good grief! Fairways are hard pan to the point you would probably sprain your hands trying to take a divot. The greens are rough and I mean rough!! Large brown spots, crab grass growing in them, bumpy and please avoid the "sand" traps because there's no real sand .... they too are hard pan AND there are weeds growing in them. Seriously, this course should close up or be taken over by a real golf outfit that could improve its condition to the point it would be worth playing. They cut the tall weeds along the tee boxes and fairways and just left the stuff all clumped up everywhere. When I say cow pasture, I doubt that even the cows would want to graze this property. Oh, and their mower guy even mowed over one of our player's balls and cut it to shreds. Amazing experience .... one we won't take a mulligan on!!!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
FDL
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

FUN TIME

Greens very poor, layout and distance average. I played with my 12 year old son and he had a very good time

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Course

I've played this course several times and this is the worse its ever been in. I would not recommend playing this course. I will never play it again!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

rough rough shape

All the staff were extremely nice, best part of experience. The course was brutal- greens were awful, hadn't been mowed in a while and bunkers were rock piles. We got a great Hot Deal price otherwise probably would've been diappointed. it could be a nice tract and has women friendly yardages (my wife's comment), but grounds need major help. I don't think I would play it again

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Come before it gets too hot..

We like coming to Northcliffe in the Summertime.

Really friendly people and you can play at your own pace early in the day..

...Very cool that the course intersects the flight path

of the pilots training school at Lackland AFB.

The F 16 - 18 flyovers overhead while you play are spectacular. You will never feel more secure.

Even the T's are cool..

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

greens need help.

I wont be back any time soon. The greens were terrible.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

An ok course but could be much better

An ok course but could be much better

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

Bad greens stay away from this course for a while!

Terrible greens, fairways are ok the course has some room for improvement.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
2.0
Previously Played

They don't seem to care about the condition

Too much recent rain for this pace to be this hard and terrible. Two tee boxes were so hard I couldn't even get a tee in the ground. Greens are atrocious and the bunkers are worse. No sand. They play like hard pan. Greens are half dead. Putts bounce all the way to the hole. You'll be punished over and over with terrible lies when you've hit the ball well. The really funny part was how the starter spent 5 mins telling us where not to drive the cart. No way they water with any regularity. Too bad as the layout is pretty good and would be a course to play to work on a lot of different shots.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

The Greens Uggg

The Greens destroyed the round. It was as if they were all temporary greens that were terrible even for temporary greens. Otherwise the rest was good.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Goat Ranch

Played Northcliffe for the first time in several years and regret it. We stopped playing because of the course conditions and will again refrain from playing due to course conditions. Greens are almost not puttable, they are fast but spotty grass and lots of weeds make it impossible to keep a putt on line. Rough, fairway, and tee boxes are mainly clover. Once it gets hot that will all die off and maybe things will be better but maybe it will be a desert.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
TonyIzaguirre10
Commented on 05/07/2016

I agree with that all the way...i played 5-5-2016...same thing bad conditions

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Going Downhill

Have played this course many times. It seems they have let it go a bit. Fairways are a little rough and the greens are in awful shape. Many square patches where there isn't even grass. Ball bounces around and makes it tough to read the easiest putt. But overall, you get what you pay for. It's a decent course, hopefully they will make a comeback!

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Nice Layout

The course is very well designed and has an appropriate number of challenges. The greens need some help. Most were bare is many spots.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

OK for the price

Played with my wife. Seeking fairly easy track and good price for play. This fit that bill. Layout is decent except for one hole on back nine where no true landing zone for tee shot. Staff was friendly. Fairways very bumpy. Greens with a lot of slope but not a lot of grass. Good for our needs this day and the GolfNow price was great. But course needs attention to improve conditions.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 34
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

cow pasture

this was probably the worst course we ever played. the tee blocks need attention, the fairways are in need of grass, same as the greens. in fact the greens have sand where there is no grass. this course needs a lot of tlc. even for the low price they are asking, it is not worth it.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Stay away

This course was not worth the money. While it had a good design it is poorly maintained, especially the greens. They were full of crabgrass and had large bald areas that were smoothed over with sand. they were bumpy and would not hold an approach shot. The staff was nice but I don't go to a course for the staff, but for the golfing.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

slow play

Greens were in ok shape for the time of year. Grass was in spring like condition. It had just rained 2"" over night so was pretty wet but still played well. Would go back again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

Course is now in bad shape

I played this course today and found the fairways are very dry and hard. Most of the grass on the green is in poor shape. Sand traps are hard as a rock where you are hiring packed dirt and not sand. Basically a bad experience. This course used to be a hidden gem. Now I won't return until I hear someone compliment the course.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Was bumped and not refunded

I had booked through Golfnow, my tee-time was canceled and I did not receive a call. I happen to check my e-mail and saw the tee-time was cancelled. When I called the course they told me there was a tournament that was larger than expected. The person in the pro-shop was not empathetic or very friendly. To top it off, I was still charged by Goldnow.

Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
1.0
Previously Played

Course needs improvement

Course is in pretty bad shape :(

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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