Avery Ranch Golf Club

This would be 3rd time playing Avery Ranch. I play at least 3 days a week. I never write reviews but I just finished paying a green fee that is so overpriced for the condition of the course. The simplistic responsibilites of keeping the water cooler full to picking out the driving range balls that have no dimples to not seeing the cart girl for 13holes. The staff must have been directed my new managment not to care about customers. As I see more reviews on this Im happy to know that im not the only person that is concerned about the horrible new managment at Avery Ranch. We will never spend one more Dollar at this course.

This is by far one of the worst golf course to play up North. The green fees are so overpriced for the condition of the course. At $70 you can play Falconhead with a better course and by far better Staff. The range is so sandy with little to no grass. The range balls or horrible for the price point the course is trying to achieve. Every other ball is so bad you don't even want to hit them. The staff does not have ANY customer service skills nor do they understand player rettion. A happy golfer will always come back to friendly staff. Avery Ranch Golf Club new managment looks to be heading the wrong direction.

645am tee time today, and as you might expect, caught the ground crew. Patiently waited for them to complete their task on each hole. As a 2.2, played quickly, was stopped by the ranger on 13 tee, and harassed for playing too fast. Asked if they always harassed their customers, especially since I was waiting on the ground crew on each hole, they replied "when I am told to." After a few unsuccessful attempts to reach the pro shop, I let them know that I would play somewhere else from now on. As a CEO of a local company, I will take this opportunity to share one thought with course management. Don't care if you are running a bank or a golf course. Never make your problem into your customers problem. You wont keep them very long.

Very challenging course . Very enjoyable.

The course was in good shape. You better bring your game when you play here. This course is not for golfer trying to find his or her game. I look forward to playing here again.

We were members here for six years. Pace of play is one of the reasons we dropped membership. Just expect a five hour round any time you play. Other than that, everything else is great

I played Avery Ranch while in Austin for a conference. Avery Ranch was extremely accomodating for me offering me a tee time at 6:45am (just as the sun came up) so that I could get out on the course and be back downtown by noon that day.

I paired this course with a round at Wolfdancer the previous day. Wolfdancer is a resort course out in the hills outside of Austin. Definitely worth a play (see my other review). Avery Ranch is built in a suburb outside of Austin and is what I would call a "neighborhood" course (even though I say a number of deer in the fairways during the early morning hours).

Avery I would classify as an "everyday" course, and I mean that in the best sense of the word. I would play this course everyday and enjoy it every time I play. There are tons of different ways to play each hole and you can use every club in your bag (unlike Wolfdancer which is very difficult and you have to be more selective and deliberate in your shotmaking). On the back I even played two balls, trying to use two different strategies on each hole. This is what I do at my home course, so it shows how much I liked the course, and how comfortable I felt playing it.

Challenging par 3's. A couple of gettable par 5's all make for a extremely FUN round! I would put this course right up there with The Quarry in San Antonio as my favorites I have played in Texas.

First time playing Avery Ranch and it was everything and more than I had expected. Pace of play was great and I was paired up with very nice people. Conditions were what I was expecting from a course of this caliber. Fairways were tight, traps were groomed well and the green were moderately fast. Driving range and practice greens were kept up nicely and placed within walking distance of the 1st tee. The starter was pleasant and called us to our tee time on time. No complaints at all and will look forward to playing here in the future.

Living in Austin, I love Avery Ranch. Best bang for your buck course. Green fee's are under $90 and the course is always in excellent condition. You can usually find a good deal on Golf Now as well if you are looking to play for cheaper.

Front 9: Tough with scenic driving holes

Back 9: 3 par 3's, 3 par 4's and 3 par 5's. A lot of fun and scoreable

Course is in good shape. Weather was perfect after frost delay. Staff is very friendly.

We won't be back to Avery, and it's too bad b/c it's one of the closer courses to my house. Arrived 40 minutes before my round to warm up, but it took over 20 minutes to get a drink from the bar, and it wasn't even that busy. The "bartender" clearly had no clue what she was doing, and there wasn't any food ready to go either. No breakfast tacos??? At the end of the front 9, the marshall told us we needed to pick up the pace, even though there was nobody behind us. Our foursome played the front 9 in 2 hours... We waited to tee off upon arriving at the #10 tee. While the greens were in good condition, the bunkers had beach sand and large rocks in them. We didn't see a cart girl until the back 9, and she didn't have anything except chips to eat. Carts had no gps either. For $90, there are so many other better places to go in Austin that have their act together. It had been 5 years since I played Avery. We gave them another shot b/c they were one of the only courses with any openings when we booked on Wed. Now I know why they had openings... this place is terrible. In the words of George W., "Fool me can't get fooled again." Adios, Avery Ranch.

Pro shop dude was not friendly at all. Driving range balls were worn out and $7 for small bucket is nuts. Lay out is fine but fairways very tight. Pace of play was terrible. Marshal kept apologizing but some groups were really bogging down the pace. Star Ranch better conditioned and better value overall.

Took three hours to complete front nine, no site of a marshal. By 4:15 our group sat at the 12 tee box for 15 minutes, knowing we would not complete the round called it quits.

Had not been to Avery since May 16 because the staff is rude and something always goes wrong. Decided to run by at lunch today and hit a bucket and try out my new mizuno irons. Went to get a bucket, counter guy acted like I disturbed him tossed the slip with the code said nothing. Got the balls and was shocked they had 1/2 of em the old Wilson yellow, hardly any dimples. Dumped the bucket out and absolutely no grass on this poor excuse for a range. Sandy mud!! Hit 3 balls and left. This place has no idea how to give customer service or put a decent product out. We have a Wednesday league starting up in March and even though Avery is close rest assured it'll go somewhere else. Horrible place

This was my 5th time at Avery Ranch, so I am beginning to know the layout better. This is a beautiful course in a hilly area of NW Austin with some holes bordering on Brushy Creek. There are many elevation changes and sloping lies. Fairways are fairly wide and will hold a good drive, but several do have a slope to one side that you must take into account in your aim. Trees line the fairways to challenge the second shot if your drive strays, and houses line many holes beyond the line of trees. The greens are large with significant contours, very smooth and nice. The course has 5 sets of tees that help with the forced carries on quite a few holes. Most people ride carts on this course, although they do allow walking (there is one long green-tee walk when you cross under Parmer Lane in each direction). Practice facility is very good, ample parking, gas powered carts, nice bar and grille, drinks cart. Only amenity missing that might be expected at this level is a GPS display in carts, so bring your phone GPS app or buy one of their great $3 course books. This course has been voted the best upscale course in Austin several times, and I would agree on that. They also have a great Player's Club that gets you one free round a month plus unlimited use of the driving range for little more than the cost of a weekend round of golf. One of my favorites.

Great course. I joined a group playing the white tees so it was a banner day coming in at 78. I look forward to trying it again a little further back.

Very nice place to play a round of golf. The pace of play was very fast. Greens were in great shape.

Beautiful course layed out in a great neighborhood. This course is somewhat challenging and very well layed out.
I highly recommend playing this course.
We found a great deal on GolfNow.

Very nice facility and friendly staff. The only negative is one hole (tee boxes and fairway) is currently shut down making a par four into a par 3.

booked this on November 4, played nov 8. Wasn't told during booking tee time or when checking in that the course was virtually undr water. Three holes were shortened an one closed plus a tournament going on. Played the front nine in three hours, lost six balls in flooded bunkers.

Wrote a letter to Mr. Brown who is noted as the general manager, and finally got a response that was very dismissive. From other reviews you can tell they had no intention of telling us of the problems before taking our $85 per person.

Not a way to run any organization - though it seems like a great layout we won't be back simply because of management actions!!