Jimmy Clay Golf Course

There are pictures of just the top of the flag stick on #6 green out of the water. They are working hard to bring the course back but it will take some time.

My guess is they sanded the snot out of the greens after the storm a couple weeks ago, but wow, they're in terrible shape. The greens literally look like beaches (as do a couple of the tee boxes). A few of the fairways prohibited cart use due to significant water build-up. It's evident that there was damage from the storm, but I was surprised by the poor conditions two weeks later.

When this course is in better shape, I give it a solid 4 stars due to value.

Beautiful course layout and maintained. Fairways are excellant and traps and rough very playable.

The clubhouse staff was super, and rate of play was great. We actually finished in under 4 hours and had a rewarding afternoon.

The fairways were great and the greens overall were good. There were patches on the green where there was no grass and bumpy in places.

This course is a bit more challenging than Roy Kizer. More shade for mid day play. It is in average condition.

My son and I arrived for our tee time only to find that the course stacked tee times for a frat party outing. Slow play, very poor tee time management. After being a regular customer for years I will not be back. Not the first time this course puts too many groups off and does not monitor group playing time even though there are marshals driving around in carts (just so they get to play fee).

I HAVE LOVED TO PLAY AT THE CLAY FOR YEARS. VERY REASONABLE RATES FOR SUCH A FUN COURSE. GREATS ARE IN BETTER SHAPE THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN A WHILE. CLAY HAS ALWAYS HAD A PROBLEM ONA FEW GREENS, BUT ALTOGTHER GREAT VALUE AND EXPERIENCE.

Greens require either work or water. A number of dead spots.

Great course for a reasonable price. My new favorite. I think this is a fun course for anyone at whatever skill level you're at and it's really nice that you can play here without breaking the bank. I highly recommend the course and look forward to trying out the Roy Kizer course next door.

Course Marshall super helpful & beverage cart girls make their rounds, best shade trees from the 100 degree sun best value for the money. Super practice greens.

Have always liked the layout and at one time the greens were better than Kizer's. However, I haven't played this course for almost two years because the greens were so bad the last time I played it. I heard they had opened the three greens that had temporaries so thought I would try it again. Greens are terrible, more sand than grass. There was only one green that didn't have a rooster tail of sand when you putted.

I have played here many times in the past and love the layout of the course. The fairways were in really good condition but the greens could use a little more attention.

Jimmy Clay golf course in south Austin, TX is a very good course, but you need to have a lot of expertise to enjoy the round. There are a number of fairways that are quite narrow, and are lined with lots of trees on both sides. There are a number of holes that have out-of-bounds either to the right or left of the fairway, and it is quite easy to go out-of-bounds on these holes if you either slice or hook a moderate amount.
If you like lots of challenges, this is the course to play. It has been used for years as one of the courses for the Texas schoolboy playoffs.

The day I played, the greens had been sanded. The greens were very slow because of the sanding and were a little bumpy. But this is a overall good sign because it will help the greens run true in the long-run.

The course has some challenging holes and a couple of blind tee shots. Overall it is a very good value and the staff is super-friendly. it was a very busy weekend day and the pace was OK.

Sure it was hot, however being by myself, I played the front nine with someone from Oklahoma City, whose wife was attending a conference, and the back nine with a guy who recently moved here from Philadelphia, really enjoyed the folks I met, enjoyed the round, in addition I beat the Austin traffic back to my house.

So it had been a while since I had played Jimmy Clay because I had heard bad things about the greens until this past week when I heard they are now better. In general, this is a cool track and could be a great course but the greens are still holding it back. They seem to be in better shape than earlier this summer but still were super sandy and had recently been punched. As a result, putts are bumpy and un-true as well as extremely slow. I would play again at twilight after work but would never pay more than $20 to play this course until the green issues are resolved.

BA

They closed down three greens and they are the best on the course, the greens have patches of dead grass that have been there for over a year.

Pace of play was main problem; course should not take more than 4 hours, but it was a Saturday morning. Course in very good shape - better than last time, probably b/c of recent rains. Three temporary greens but I knew that in advance.

Sadly even after rebuilding all the greens...the staff has never found an answer to a grass killing fungus that plagues at least 75% of the greens. There are presently 3 temporary greens which I believe (when they comeback online) will be continually replaced with more temporary greens as the rest become unputtable.