Jimmy Clay Golf Course
About
Jimmy Clay Golf Course opened in 1974 with a 6,931 yard Joe Finger design that incorporates Williamson Creek. This track is flat as well, and is noted for its generous fairways and large, elevated greens. The first and last holes are perhaps the most memorable. No. 1 serves up a blind approach shot over a hill into a skinny green, and the 400-yard doglegged 18th plays into the wind with water on the left side.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 6931 yards | 73.8 | 126 |
| Blue | 72 | 6445 yards | 71.8 | 124 |
| White (W) | 72 | 5900 yards | 73.6 | 124 |
| White | 72 | 5900 yards | 69.1 | 119 |
| Green | 72 | 5389 yards | 65.9 | 111 |
| Green (W) | 72 | 5389 yards | 70.9 | 122 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5209 yards | 69.8 | 119 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 73.8/124 W: 80.2/140 | 408 | 155 | 392 | 564 | 114 | 316 | 502 | 444 | 407 | 3302 | 519 | 426 | 227 | 405 | 204 | 378 | 559 | 437 | 474 | 3629 | 6931 |
| Blue M: 71.1/129 W: 77.5/134 | 385 | 134 | 361 | 546 | 105 | 291 | 468 | 425 | 386 | 3101 | 495 | 411 | 185 | 376 | 174 | 358 | 526 | 399 | 420 | 3344 | 6445 |
| White M: 68.5/120 W: 74.5/127 | 367 | 118 | 307 | 531 | 100 | 284 | 420 | 352 | 325 | 2804 | 474 | 398 | 167 | 336 | 160 | 342 | 501 | 320 | 398 | 3096 | 5900 |
| Green M: 65.8/113 W: 71.9/117 | 315 | 110 | 280 | 474 | 98 | 277 | 415 | 316 | 319 | 2604 | 408 | 378 | 138 | 331 | 137 | 333 | 438 | 293 | 329 | 2785 | 5389 |
| Red M: 64.9/111 W: 71.0/114 | 311 | 102 | 271 | 461 | 96 | 270 | 387 | 312 | 274 | 2484 | 406 | 374 | 133 | 303 | 133 | 326 | 434 | 290 | 326 | 2725 | 5209 |
| Handicap | 7 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
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Reviews
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Dirt greens at Jimmy Clay in Austin Photo submitted by JohnEverettJr on 05/07/2024
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Photo submitted by GordonATX on 02/23/2023
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#18 tree needs to be removed IMO Photo submitted by GordonATX on 10/07/2021
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Photo submitted by GordonATX on 10/07/2021
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Photo submitted by BrandonTuckerGA on 06/05/2019
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Photo submitted by BrandonTuckerGA on 06/05/2019
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Photo submitted by BrandonTuckerGA on 06/05/2019
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Jimmy Clay Photo submitted by crawfordj75 on 07/13/2013
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A beautiful design. Photo submitted by idream0fg0lf on 11/26/2012
Good Muni course
First time playing here, so didn’t know what to expect. Overall it was a good layout. Fairways a bit thin coming out of cold weather. Greens were moderately slow, but in great condition. Didn’t see any 100/150/200 yard markers - that would be helpful. Driving range, chipping green, and putting green we’re very good. Staff was very helpful, friendly, and helpful. I’ll play it again, but probably during the week when it is not completely full.
Jimmy Clay
Austin golfers should proud of this municipal course. I played as a single in 3.5hours on a 66°day.
Not that I reccomend visiting them, the bunkers were as well maintained as any I've seen. Very difficult to lose a ball here unless you go in the water.
Jimmy Clay
Jimmy ClayCourse was fun, staff was pleasant. People I played the round Will were very enjoyable.
Clay fun!
Clay is always a fun round. Marshals keep good pace of play. The course layout is fun. One of the best munis in town! Always a good tome. Highly recommend
Good local course
I live right next door to the course. It’s a very friendly course with a good bang for your buck. Staff is always friendly and tee times are convenient and cheap. It’s a good layout and has a couple of challenging holes but the rest will be more forgiving.
Greens in great shape
The greens were in great shape at this course considering it’s the middle of winter however the pace of play was exceptionally slow there was two groups of four in front of us that could not keep up at all even when the Marshall went out there to tell them to hurry we still waited on almost every shot
New to the game
I’m new to playing and this course is the perfect course to learn! A lot of hard holes and easy holes to boost confidence. I would play it again!
Winter time and wet
Played jimmy Clay for the first time since the course has transitioned to winter rye on the greens, surrounds and tees. I definitely like the course more when it's in summer shape. The overseed at this point has grown in fairly well but greens seemed inconsistent in speed. The other problem is that due to all the wet weather last week, the mowers seemed to do some damage around the greens, so a lot of balls were stuck in muddy tracks. Unfortunate.
All things considered I think I'd veer towards mo Willy at the moment over Jimmy Clay, even though I tend to prefer the total layout and facility at Clay more.
The good news is that we had a 9am tee time on a pleasant and sunny Sunday and despite the fact there were fivesomes ahead of us, we weren't slowed down too much. We finished in about 4 hours flat and I actually made it home before the time I told my wife I would there, which is rare.
Great Pace!!
Course in good shape. Pace was great and good thing because winter hit as we were finishing up.
Good Course but VERY Crowded
I like this course and have played here before, but today it was so so crowded. They started us almost 30 minutes late and we waited between 5 and 10 minutes every hole for the folks in front of us. They had people in front of them and we had at least two groups right behind us.