Avery Ranch Golf Club

I played on 11/11/2023. I played 12 holes in 3 hours and 40 minutes. Started at 1:39 pm but didn’t get to finish because pace was very slow and it got dark. Don’t play after noon and expect to finish before sunset.

The course is in very good shape. They still need a little more time for all the greens to be perfect, but they are still very good

Conditions were fantastic. You could see that a handful of greens had recently healed but they were all in great shape when I played. Very challenging course for this mid-handicapper — the front nine was especially unforgiving to missed fairways — but I appreciated the test. I will absolutely be back!

Played on a monday with a start time of 12PM. There were no marshalls on the back 9. The group in front of us was very slow and drove the golf carts onto the green. There was no water in the water coolers (It was 100 degrees outside). The greens are absolutely ruined and more dirt than grass. On top of all of this, you will pay >$100 to play the second most expensive golf course in Austin. The Magnolia Golf Course Management company does not care about your experience at all.

Just checked times for tomorrow August 18th and they are asking $114 for green fee. I guess if they can get it good for them but the course is in really bad shape especially the greens. I would never pay $114 to play this course.

We teed off at 9:15 on a Sunday. Admittedly, a risky time to start. We were behind a foursome that each could give Patrick Cantlay a run (a slow one) for slowest play. After taking just under 3 hours to play the front 9, we happened upon a Marshall. I asked if he thought we could get a rain check for the back nine because we couldn’t take 6 hours to play. He asked, I paraphrase “if play was so slow, why didn’t we say something?” I thought that was his job!! Didn’t he notice the empty holes in front of the foursome ahead of us? 🤦‍♂️ Fortunately, we were given rain checks. The course is in good condition and very interesting. Will definitely try again, but hope the pace of play will be better.

He also said a couple of things my wife and daughter thought a little creepy, but as I didn’t hear 5em, can’t report on them.

I have been wanting to play this course for a long time.. but was very disappointed in my experience.

Greens weren’t maintained properly prior, so they had new sod and sand patches (big areas) on multiple greens. The sand traps weren’t consistent either. Some were good, others were rocky or hard.

Worst part was the entire back 9, we had to wait 15-20 minutes at each tee box, due to 1 slow team 3 groups ahead of me. We had as many as 4 groups stacked up on one tee box multiple times. The marshal was aware it was happening and still did nothing to keep the pace of play at a decent flow. Not impressed at all.

I will give this course another shot in the future, in hopes that this wasn’t how it is all of the time.

No one made us aware that the greens were sanded and in repair mode. Not worth the $95 per person green fee. Also, having just finished the round they closed the grill at 1pm.

The tee boxes and fairways are in great shape but maintenance forgot to take care of the greens. Majority of the greens aren't even puttable because the dead spots are SO bad. Greens are my number one priority and this was a very rough experience. I have seen Avery in 5x better shape in the past. For $42 it was do-able but I wouldn't play here for more than that.

The greens are in bad shape. The turf was scorched and most greens are really sandy.

Nice course - challenging & long. Had been highly recommended and looked forward to playing for 1st time.

It should be noted we were given a heads up by the Pro Shop when we checked in that a number of the greens were under repair due to grass dying, new sod being laid etc. Not sure we realized just how bad the greens would be however. 1-2 of the greens were in decent shape but the remaining holes were in extremely bad shape - difficult to describe just how bad and it was unfortunate as the course is well laid out & challenging but the greens were unplayable.

Two holes/greens under reconstruction. Condition of other greens was poor. Tee boxes were good. Fairways were great. No marshaling extremely slow players. Round took 4:45 to play. Full price was charged.

Upon arrival with no information prior- my playing partner and I were told that there is a temp hole, damaged greens and wasn’t a range available at 930 on a Tuesday.

Classy establishment

It was 105 degrees yesterday and I overheard the beverage cart attendant was sent home due to how quiet the course is… at least send your marshal around with waters…

Won’t be back… wish I could challenge the credit card charge

I understand we have to deal with this heat. And keeping the greens in good shape is a hard task. But the rate you guys are charging with the greens this bad is ridiculous. I've always had a great experience out here and that's why I came back. But this is a turn off and I'll remember it the next time I book a time. Won't be back for a while. Disappointed

Of the 18 greens I would say 3 are horrendous. and another 5 of issues on the fringes and the rest or ok. The three bad ones are just dirt and fertilizer grannuals on the dirt or patches of really thin grass and dirt so the ball bounces all over the place between the green patches and the dirt so nothing rolls smooth or remotely pure and true on these 3 terrible greens. As we were checking in there where guys asking for a refund and the csr they were talking to said no but nicely. So I would pass on Avery for at least a month or two so than can sort out there greens issues.