Salado Del Rio at Fort Sam Houston Golf Course

Husband and I played the course on a day after it had rained the night before and the morning of our afternoon round. The course was still a little wet so it was cart path only for the round, even though there were several who either didn't get that info or just didn't care. The round was enjoyable despite the oppressive humidity of that day. The pro shop staff was super friendly and explained to us that going from #3 to #4 is quite the trip and that we would not be back at the clubhouse until we finished our round. He was not kidding!!! Number four is fairly easy to find if you're a white or blue tee player. For those of us who play gold or red, it was a little more difficult. If you fall into the red or gold group, just keep going down, down, down the hill to the bottom. Once you're down there you'll play 4-8 before you climb back up for #9. After number 9 you will still be way out on the course. From #9 and #10 you will be able to see Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery. Quite an experience to hear a 21 gun salute and then TAPS while playing a round. Once you finish #12 you'll cross the street somewhat headed back to the clubhouse.

One thing we would have liked to have was a better idea of where we were hitting. There are several blind holes and having a better understanding of how far the corners were from the tee box or how much was needed to carry certain areas would have been nice. The only place we had an idea was from a sprinkler on the long par 5 #14. The sprinkler just short of our tee shots said "RIP IT!"

Overall we had a great experience and look forward to another round at Ft. Sam.

From the time we tee off the group in front of us was talking in the fairway, on the greens and teeboxs. No respect for others. This isn’t the first time playing this course. It took almost 5 hrs to play. Wasn’t to happy about the situation.

The golf course closed Salado on Monday without notice, forcing everyone onto Laredo. My tee time through Golf Now was for 8:33 AM, finally tee’d off at 9:15. Pace was ridiculously slow. Finished 18 in 6.5 hours! Thursday of the same week, they closed Laredo for a junior tournament without any notice. Rate of play was horrible with many novice golfers and no staff on the course! I’ll pay more to golf somewhere else.

The greens were aerated, sanded and, evidently, left to bake w/o any water. They were roughly as firm as the parking lost though quite a bit bumpier.

The layout is nice enough and the overall condition about what you'd expect.

Nice folks in the pro shop and excellent pace of play (4 hours, 5 minutes on a Saturday)

Course layout was horrible. Had no idea which hole I was playing or which course I was on. Couldn’t find the 15th hole so we just called it a day and drove back to the clubhouse. Fairways and greens were ok.

Just know that you can get bumped for a military player.

We booked 3 slots at noon. Somehow another 2 some was booked and one of players was going to get bumped as the other 2 players were soldiers.. Then they said we could move to 12:33. Which was fine with us, but luckily the 2 some ended up running late and we went off at our scheduled time. We were told that it was a military installation and soldiers had priority. Which I am okay with, just know the risk going in.

Great track, but a lot of blind shots. Unless you have played this course, you will be guessing on shots until back nine.

First time playing this course & will play it many more. Thanks Golfnow:)))

Front desk was annoyed that a golfnow printout was not provided even though I had the confirmation on my phone through the golfnow app. They should focus more on customer service if they offer external booking options and wish to keep those new customers.

The showed the results of the recent freezing spell.

When my friend and I played, though it was winter golf, the course was very dry and only a few greens rolled well. The course has parts which are under construction, such as number 16 ( I think) which had a cup placed in the middle of the fairway. While I did enjoy the creativity of that hole it was impossible to put on. Not the worst course for its value, but there is better golf in SA.

Played long after 5 days wet weather. You have many doglegs. Greens were slow due to dampness. Great fun and met some real nice people.