Salado Del Rio at Fort Sam Houston Golf Course

I’m a member here as I’m in the Air Force. I’m relatively new here and I’ve been told the course is normally in good shape, however it just isn’t right now. Can’t tell what’s fairway and what’s not from the tee box, tee boxes apart from hole 1 are in bad shape. Greens aren’t great at all, the course is pretty easy and can go low here. Pace of play can get pretty slow with all the retirees. Really hoping the course can get into better shape. Would be a great value if they do.

Tee time 8:33 am, showed up and asked for ID. Guy says uh oh, you need to be vetted to play here. Sends us to to visitors center, but turns out the wrong visitors center (10 miles from course). Wrong visitors center told us address of right visitors center (5 miles away from wrong one). Stated the wait and vetting process would be 1-2 hours.

It would have been nice to know the “paper work” it states you need to fill out in the agreement, was not on site. Also, if the front desk knew where to send you to do this “paper work”.

We didn’t even play, would have been dark by the time we finished getting vetted. Worst golf now purchase EVER!

This is my favorite Course in San Antonio. The Staff is always friendly, even w/ GolfNOW Reservations. Pace of play today was excellent-- the Wednesday Marshall was doing a good job out there. Salado del Rio is forgiving if playing to the course architect, but not if trying to cut corners. Paying attention and playing to the layout is rewarded by a generous number of pars. I was hitting 3-ft., 4-ft., and the occasional 8- and 10-ft. putts all day. LOVE SDR!

So months ago I went to play this course because I saw them on Golfnow. However, when I got there the attendant (who was quite rude I might add) told me that I needed to be military personnel to play the course. I was confused because they were on Golfnow. Being upset I just left and didn't feel like arguing. I called about 3 weeks ago and spoke to a Joseph who was the manager and he said that if anyone tells me that again, to call him and let him know because that was not right. I went the following day and played with no issues. Just this past week on the 28th I went to play again, however, the same rude attendant was working again and told me that it was military personnel only again. I asked to speak to a manager and a woman came out saying that the "General" says only military can play on the course. Here it is a week and a half later and they are still advertised on Golfnow not advising the public of this inconvenience. Please do not bother to book on this site or go in person unless you feel like wasting your time.

Effective Monday, March 4, 2019, the 36 holes at Fort Sam Houston are no longer open to civilians without prior issued permits.

In order to maintain tighter security at this large base you cannot just walk on here and play.

There will be a pass/permit issued to all non-DOD personnel after submission of an application with photo ID...

We had a tee time with Golf Now but were not allowed to play golf.

Of course, Golf Now knew nothing about the policy change.

There are good layouts here but they NEED more maintenance.

We played here last month. There was hardly anyone on the course so we had a 2.5 hour

round. They have so much maintenance to catch up on here. The weeds are winning the fairway battle, the greens were spotty and bumpy, and the tees were terrible.

Lot of elevation changes and each hole is unique.

Some of the fairways are a bit narrow.

Course needs some warm weather to thicken the fairways and start greening up the greens.

Enjoyed the day.

We really like this course and Joseph the pro shop manager is a very friendly guy.

This is a historic Tillinghast layout that’s close to 100 years old.

This time there does not appear to be much if any maintenance being performed regularly here.

The vast majority of the greens are messed up and the tees are not mowed. There is an infestation of weeds everywhere, much of the fairways have little or no grass.

Hole #4 through #8 you play the old course around ancient trees and then holes #9 to #18 you are wide open.

#17 is a tough par 3 with the green protected by a large berm and then a wide bunker. It plays into the wind to add to the challenge.

We like this old course and hope that the US government will do a better job of maintaining this historic gem.

If your in the San Antonio area bot the La Loma and Salada courses at Fort Sam Houston should be on your list.

This course was more of a challenge then La Loma, course conditions were very good for this time of year. Be prepared to put the driver away and manage your way around this course. Definitely one of our favourites so far in San Antonio.

Very little done to winterize course . The greens had bare spots and hard pan on all the fairways !!

The course was a little dry due probably of this winter time thus the greens are often uncontrollable.

Course conditions poor. Bunkers in very poor shape. Signage missing in several locations so you are having to guess which way to go to find the next hole. Many holes had no signage. Generally a poor, unforgiving layout, and poorly maintained. Definitely will not play this course again.

The fairways still had a lot of moisture, making it hard to get better distance. The fairways are somewhat narrow making it more challenging but adds to the beauty of the course. The greens were very good and somewhat fast.

Weekend play made it slower than normal and the lack of course marshals did not help.

For the price either of these courses are a great deal.

It had been raining the past days thus the grass are so thick that if you hit outside the fairways you can hardly find your ball.Some fairways were just mowed and was not blowered thus they are rough.Other than that I love playing this course.

I reserved for Salado but it was closed for maintenance so they let me play the La Loma course.The course was cart path only due to the rains the past days.The course was still in good condition although there were still some areas of some fairways flooded.I definitely recommend this course.

This course is much nicer looking and challenging than La Loma, its neighboring course. Pros: really challenging, plays decently long, nicely kept greens, great design, and scenic looking holes. Cons: the fairways are pretty beat up, no GPS on the carts. I would probably play at this course again, but I would rank this course below the other munis in San Antonio. This course would be a last resort.

Course challenging due to design. Lots of fun. Greens in great shape for July. Some work being done but no very distracting. Very helpful and friendly staff.

Shot poorly, but still had a good time.

We had a great time would highly recommended!!

Thank you so much