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4.0
603 Reviews (603)
5 Stars
146
4 Stars
250
3 Stars
140
2 Stars
37
1 Stars
30
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.2
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.9
86.1%
Recommend this course
506 out of 603 reviews
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4.8
8 Reviews (8)
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6
4 Stars
2
3 Stars
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0
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Conditions
4.6
Value
5.0
Layout
4.9
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.7
StaffFriendliness
4.8
100.0%
Recommend this course
8 out of 8 reviews
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4.5
31 Reviews (31)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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Conditions
4.4
Value
4.8
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.5
100.0%
Recommend this course
31 out of 31 reviews
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Course Highlights
Jimmy Clay consistently delivers well-maintained fairways and greens that stand out for a municipal course, offering exceptional value. The challenging layout rewards players of all skill levels, from long hitters to seniors.

About

Holes 18
Type Public/Municipal
Style Links
Par 72
Length 6931 yards
Slope 126
Rating 73.8

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.

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Course Details

Year Built 1974
Golf Season Year round
Architect Joe Finger (1974)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $14
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Collared shirt required

Food & Beverage

Food & Beverage

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

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Reviews

4.0
603 Reviews (603)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 6
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 24
Bunkers 18
Elevation Changes 16
This course/club is great for:
Locals 27
Walkers 21
Beginners 16
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 34
Near the Airport 24

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Played On
Reviews 27
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course condition

Greens are terrible, greens are mostly painted sand with patches of grass. This coures should only be charging for the price of cart rentals. I can say that fairways were in decent condition along with tee boxes. For this time of year here in Texas, greens should be 100% grass and not painted sand.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

Horrible greens

They should be ashamed of themselves charging full price only to find out the greens are unplayable. Even the staff felt sorry for us. Don’t spend your money here for a very long time.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0

Interesting layout

The greens are just horrible, it makes it pointless to even keep your score.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Played On
Reviews 27
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens Are Absolutely Horrendous

There’s no grass on the greens. You are actually putting on dirt. And there’s no excuse for not having green greens. And they still charge like they had greens.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Greens don’t exist

I played Jimmy Clay today after not playing it for about nine years. The course overall was great BUT the greens were nothing but dirt. The grass must have had some fungus but there were patches of fuzzy grass over about 10% of each green, the most having about 30%. Putting on dirt was not fun! The tee boxes and fairways were in great shape, the greens were unacceptable. You would think this would come with a discount, nope. The staff at the pro shop didn’t even mention it. It was like a surprise they were proud of and wanted you to be surprised by it. We were shocked once we got to the first green alright. None of us could believe it. Stay away and call before you go to see if this problem has been fixed.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
3.0
Previously Played

The greens are destroyed. The course has some of the worst greens I have ever played on and I play muni courses on a regular basis. The course itself is a standard mini course, but I would wait for the greens to be repaired before I would pay money to play here.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
1.0
First Time Playing

Greens are unplayable - Mud

Greens are embarrassingly bad. All are completely mud/ burned out grass by weather.

Course should be embarrassed. Terrible experience.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Please fix greens

By reading previous reviews, it obvious that something went wrong at Jimmy Clay's greens earlier this year. Not enough water? Too much fertilizer? Wrong chemicals? Greens don't completely die without a good reason. This was a fun course to play, except for all the greens. Someone needs to figure out how to bring the greens back. IPLEASE GET THIS FIXED. This is a great course and just needs some tender loving care on the greens.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
2.0
Previously Played

Greens

Usually a pretty solid golf course, but the greens were browns. On every hole…

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Disappointed

I love this course however the putting green are a disaster. Very little grass so you’re putting on sand painted green. I won’t play here again until I read some reviews stating the greens are fixed. I’ve heard both Kizer and Morris Williams are in similar condition.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Walked

Greens suck

The greens are mostly dirt. The green need a complete redo!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Greens

the course is awesome. I am just disappointed with the greens. I know it's hard to maintain, but it's putting on concrete. Gotta hit the ball still, but it does not feel like a putting surface.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 70
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

Greens are dead

Greens are fried. Mud with green spray paint. The rest of the course looks pretty good, guess I’ll have to skip out this summer.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Greens were unplayable

Very disappointed with the condition. Fairways were bare, and greens were bad. Flag positions were impossibly set for condition of greens - when you putt uphill and the ball stops and rolls back to your feet, something is wrong.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

Rough shape

Course conditions are not great right now. Play here a lot but the greens are as bad as I have ever seen em. I’d probably wait until the spring.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 45
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a year
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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