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4.2
547 Reviews (547)
5 Stars
147
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.1
Value
4.4
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.2
89.8%
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461 out of 547 reviews
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3.9
10 Reviews (10)
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Conditions
3.7
Value
4.4
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.5
80.0%
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4.3
20 Reviews (20)
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Conditions
4.2
Value
4.4
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.6
90.0%
Recommend this course
18 out of 20 reviews
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Course Highlights
Morris Williams delivers a highly rated layout with varied challenges and course conditions that consistently impress returning golfers each season. Friendly pro shop staff, smooth pace of play, and a well-regarded on-site cantina make this a standout city course value.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7023 yards
Slope 124
Rating 73.0

The “Mo Willie,” Austin’s third municipal course, has some character: it served as the home of Harvey Penick’s legendary golf teams, two of which won NCAA Championships back when Tom Kite and Ben Crenshaw graced the fairways. And it’s named after Morris Williams, Jr., one of the best golfers to ever come out of the city. Now Austin’s airport has moved south, and this difficult Leon Howard design is a bit more peaceful.

Howard’s layout requires all types of shots, and is known for its small, slightly elevated greens. The best hole on the front is the dogleg left, 540-yard No. 2, even though some would argue that the 187-yard No. 3 is one of Austin’s all-time best. It drops 50 feet from tee to green over a pond. The back side is highlighted by water holes 11-14, with both 11 and 12 requiring approaches over the wet stuff.

Getting there : From the Austin Airport, turn left on Manor Road and the clubhouse is 100 yards down the street. The entrance is on the right.

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Course Details

Year Built 1964
Golf Season Year round
Architect Leon Howard (1964)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Yes
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
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Reviews

4.2
547 Reviews (547)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 17
Patio Dining 11
Watching the Game 11
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 31
Undulating Greens 28
Bunkers 25
This course/club is great for:
Locals 44
Walkers 30
Advanced Golfers 17
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 55
Near the Airport 16
Near Local Attractions 11

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I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
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Plays Once a week
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solid Austin muni

First time at Mo Williams. About 6600 yds from the Blue tees (71.9/128). Only a couple of holes had water, but some of the tee shots were a bit tight or needed a big carry. Was pretty slow, but expected for a weekend. Followed a group playing the tips who should not have been. No marshals on the course, no water, and didn't see a drink cart until #16. Bottleneck at #3 which is a long and challenging par 3 over water. Tee boxes and greens all around need some attention. Overall, enjoyed the round and will go back soon.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Wonderful Time

Fairways and rough are in great conditions. Greens were in fair condition though a small number of weeds. Pros and cart vendors were nice and informative. Only negative would be that you can't share golf bags. One couple (guy and girl) were teeing off to start a walking round when told they are required to rent a second bag to play. Think it was around $6. Not entirely sure why but they both nailed it down the middle of the fairway. Gotta make those extra bucks where you can.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

bucket list

It has been almost 40 yr since I played Morris Williams and a lot had changed.

The course layout is basically the same. The vegetation has changed dramatically but over all still a great course.

I was a bit unhappy with the greens though. They hadn't smoothed out yet from the Aeration and were still very ruff..

Still looking forward to my next round here.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
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Greens

Absolutely garage greens!! I would rather go play Hancock golf course all day for a fraction of the price!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Good Course

Course in good conditions, considering coming out of the winter. Some greens were a little rough but it is understandable. Should be in great shape in two weeks, will come back again then! Staff was great and the pace was good. Will be back!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

Love Austin’s Munies

This was my second time playing here and the course was a lot of fun! The greens had been sanded so they were a bit rough condition wise.

I enjoyed playing here, but I have to say one of the two woman in the pro shop was about as welcoming as a f@rt in a spacesuit. She wanted to penalize me for using GolfNow to buy my round and charge me the full course price for a re-play fee at the end of the day when no more tee times were being sold. She told me I have to keep a receipt next time (when I wasn’t given one).. there are other jobs, if you’re THAT unhappy… leave, mam, otherwise just try being be a kind person.

Thankfully the other woman was kind enough to tell her to just let me pay the $12 repay fee. Thank you!

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not ideal greens conditions

The greens aren’t in great shape and the pin placements don’t make a lot of sense given the conditions.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 33
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Don’t go by

Nice course in good condition. Just don’t gauge your putting of the practice green. I rolled a few prior to the round and practice green was like putting on a pool table. The course greens are much slower. Played with a good group of guys and the pace was good for a Friday afternoon.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great course

Played this course in high school!! Fun course green fairways and greens

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Frost delay

I would’ve given five stars, but we had a frost delay and several days before they had freezing conditions. So they obviously had to let the greens grow and they were hairy. This was not their fault, it was Mother Nature. Great time!! We finished 18 holes in 3:45 minutes!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 27
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Front desk ladies were very unpleasant.

The two older ladies working the front desk made our initial experience very unpleasant. While waiting to pay for our tee time, an individual walked in without a reservation and asked for any availability. The workers treated this gentleman like he was a burden and his presence was an inconvenience for them. Keep in mind the course was almost empty because a rain storm just passed through the course. Arranging a tee time should have been super easy and extra money for the course.

When we started our round of play my partner and I shared a golf bag with all our individual clubs inside our rented golf cart. Right as we were starting the tenant lady came to us with attitude and mentioned each golfer needs their own bag to play this course. We explained that we had our own clubs but we’re sharing a bag since we walked to the course and our pace of play would not change because we are in the same cart and having another bag of clubs would not make a difference. The tenant continued to say we cannot play unless we have two bags on the cart. To end the nonsense we bought a rental bag and she provided another set of clubs.

We told her politely that we felt her and her colleague were rude and the attitude that they were showing was very unpleasant on this holiday week. She continued to say that the rainy weather and slow day was a factor for her behavior. The attitude we noticed portrayed someone who disliked their job and could care less about the experience each golfer has at the course.

The course is always amazing; however these two ladies made the start of our game frustrating due to the lack of customer service.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 27
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good value

Really enjoyed it. Everything was good. The only negative was one of the guys who they paired with me was brutally slow… not the course’s fault of course. Will definitely go back!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Cold weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Muni!!!

Love this course. Third time playing it. Consistently good.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Mo Willie in late October

Greens were in their best condition ever. Very impressed

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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