Avery Ranch Golf Club

The course was empty. Likely due to quality of greens and the price for the round. The price isn't an issue when the course is in great shape.

They were hosting a junior PGA tournament event for kids 8-14 year old. I was caddying for my son. On the 4th hole we played, right before a kid was about to swing.. the marshall called out "you need to pick up the pace as you are on pace for a 6 hours round of golf". I think that comment is uncalled for. We were about 10 mins behind pace, but a simple "please pick up pace" should do the job. After our round, I went to the Pro shop and told them about the rude comment and the Pro shop assistance simply said "I stand by my marshall and doubt he said what you claim he said.. " We have 3 parents witness that and this is EXCELLENT customer service from the Pro shop guy to call me a liar. His attitude was "why are you here playing at our course?" My suggestion to Avery Ranch is, Don't host any event and make your course private. Take some customer service/ hospitality training. There are so many good golf course in the Austin area, this is definitely NOT one of them.

but greens needed some work and some traps had water puddles and some needed new sand. Good challenging course but like someone else noted the greens and fairways had too many unrepaired new divots and ball marks. My 1st time playing but a member was in our group so had some pointers about blind shots. Watch closely when hitting off the fairway or else bring an extra sleeve or two. Played on Thursday late afternoon and got straight back to parking lot after a slooow 5 hour round. Will return to play some more as the course is challenging and the shortness brings out some different clubs to hit and also the need for good course management. Pointer: weigh the risk vs. reward carefully.

Course was about 20 minutes from town (45th and shoal creek). The fairways were surprisingly a bit dry (considering all the rain we have seen recently) but the greens were fair. There seemed to be a huge amount of unrepaired ball marks on just about all of the greens...they looked fresh, so I cant fault the course for it. Please please please repair your ball marks and rake your traps. Not a great walking course. I have walked it in the past and they holes are a bit spread out. Fun place to play when you are heading out by yourself...lots of friendly people in the area.

Several blind shots, a little bit of research beforehand would have made my life a lot easier.

This is a very nice scenic course. The fairways were in excellent shape. The majority of the greens were in very good shape a couple need a little work. Staff is always friendly and the food at the grille is always good.

Enjoyed my round. Excellent course and lots of views and wildlife.

Okay that may be an exaggeration because I haven't played every course. But, the higher green fees here are actually worth it compared to some others in that range. Beautiful views, deer all over the place and lush green fairways.

The challenge is there but not evil. Maintained my typical handicap.

Overall not a single complaint

Had a great time at the course staff was really nice and the round was good .

My second time to play this course and I enjoyed it once again. Great layout, scenic holes and plenty of wildlife to see while playing. Greens were a little sandy due to recent rains followed by the humid Texas heat but still was able to score and they held well on approach shots. All in all great day.
Jim

They are losing their greens.Almost no grass on em. Un-puttable. Obviously,they are trying to save em cause they had just dumped about a quarter inch of sand on em...horrible shape.I am absolutely shocked they said nothing to us and charged us a full green fee!! Pace of play was horrid,Marshall did nothing. We cornered another Marshall about the greens and he said " yea, they are gonna have to reseed em!". Omg in June. I d stay way clear of this poor excuse for a golf course. And to think their rack rate is $85.00. They ll feel the heat for this for some time. If I was a member here, I d be very mad.

Great course, but recent hard rains and sanding of greens hurt course conditions

I always enjoy playing Avery Ranch. Only issue this time was all the greens were heavily sanded. Obviously this seriously effected our putting. I would have liked to have been told that before I bought my Golf Now round. I would have played somewhere else had I known about the greens. Otherwise nice round. Fairways in great shape. Nice facility with very pleasant staff.

Tee to green the course is in very good condition. The greens are in horrible condition right now and are it is not looking like they are going to recover soon. Time to stop touting them as the best greens in town

Green needs to be better and bunker is the worst.. For what they charge, would rather go somewhere else

I play this course often because it's always a good challenge and it's always in great shape. My only disappointment is usually with the staff. Pro shop folks could be friendlier and more welcoming. Starters are usually less than chummy. This is still a customer service business am I correct?

Took over 2.5 hours on the front. Back was thinned out and faster. Staff was great as was course.

The course was overall in good condition. The greens could use a bit of touching up but the tee boxes and fairways were in spectacular condition. The only downside to my round was the 3-some in front of me refused to let me play through in the middle of the week so there was quite a wait behind me. I ended up pairing up with a member who was also a single which made the wait bearable but the marshall should have done his job and informed the group of their middle of the week pace was holding up a large number of groups. I guess the only other downside was the recent weather had caused the bottom of the bunkers to be almost cart path hard.

Water everywhere, but enjoyed the course would like to play under dryer conditions

I've been playing Avery Ranch for years. It is in good shape, but I was disappointed that they over watered a couple of greens to the point where there was standing water on the greens. On the plus side, got out early and played a quick 3 hour round. Normally I expect a 4.5 hour round.

My brother and myself were in from Cleveland to
move my daughter home from Austin and we
planned on playing a couple rounds of golf. We
given some choices from some local golfers and
selected Avery Ranch based on location. We were
pleasantly surprised with course layout, condition,and
the staff that were helpful and friendly.We were so
pleased that we booked a starting time for 5/4/15, the next morning. My brother and I have be playing
golf for 120 years combined.