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3.2
988 Reviews (988)
5 Stars
128
4 Stars
279
3 Stars
233
2 Stars
155
1 Stars
193
Conditions
2.7
Value
3.5
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.6
69.9%
Recommend this course
569 out of 988 reviews
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3.7
33 Reviews (33)
5 Stars
10
4 Stars
11
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.2
Value
4.0
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.5
84.8%
Recommend this course
28 out of 33 reviews
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3.5
77 Reviews (77)
5 Stars
15
4 Stars
27
3 Stars
24
2 Stars
7
1 Stars
4
Conditions
3.0
Value
3.8
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.4
80.5%
Recommend this course
62 out of 77 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6579 yards
Slope 134
Rating 72.6

The Lago Vista Course is Lago Vista resort’s original track, designed by Leon Howard in the late 1960s and renovated by Dave Bennett in 1992. The golf course has four water holes, more than 40 bunkers, and dramatic elevation changes of up to 100 feet. Lago Vista is known for its demanding par 3s, which all go right at 200 yards. No. 10 is fun because it can be reached in two: a 495-yard par 5 with a creek that looms right.

Getting to Lago Vista: From Austin, take Hwy. 183 north to FM 1431, then turn west 11 miles. When you come to Lohmas Ford Rd. turn left and drive 3 miles, then turn right on Boggy Ford R. Veer to the right and follow the signs to the golf course.

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Course Details

Year Built 1971
Greens Bermuda grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards
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3.2
988 Reviews (988)

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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
1.0
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Worst Course I’ve Played

To say this course was in rough shape would be an understatement. I have never played a course in as bad of shape as this one. The greens were in awful condition. 2 were under construction and had the fairway hole instead. At least 4 other holes should have had this treatment because the greens were that bad. The tee boxes were awful as well. Some of them were more like playing out of the rough the grass was so long. If it was offered as a discount and if staff were honest about how bad the course was I’d understand. I paid full price and nothing more than a note in GolfNow when checking out. Don’t play here

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

DAVE Larsen

Course was in excellent shape, however play was very slow and we had to skip 4 holes due to slow play.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
1.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Course conditions

This was my first time playing out here. I read the reviews prior to going but I wanted to give it a chance. The course layout was really cool. Lots of cool holes. The greens for the most part are trash. 2 holes under construction which was ok but numerous other holes that looked like ski moguls. Those greens need to be completely replaced. The tee boxes are not much better. They were hard as a rock and difficult to place your tee. Again, great layout and a cool course but needs lots of work.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
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Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
1.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Greens are terrible

Course lay-out was great. Greens are in terrible condition that reminded me of pot-holes on a chicago hwy. Good course for the price

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
1.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Twice a year
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens

I know they are going to renovate soon but they should warn you about how bad the greens are!!!

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Love this Course!

It is a great value, beautiful.....greens need work, but every place I have been this year has.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Still No Greens

3 years now, no greens! From the road it looks like the greens are improving. Ughhhh, wrong! This city owned golf course simply will not employ people that can grow grass! It’s ridiculous! Don’t waste your time and money!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Brutal conditions

Only play this course if there's no other options. At times it was sad to see there was better grass on some of the fairways than the greens. It is such a beautiful course, but you can tell very little is put back into it. Avoid unless you are content with just being on the course with buddies and careless about actually playing golf.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Bad greens still…..

This course has struggled with its greens for 5+ years now… you’d be better off chipping with a wedge then using your putter…

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Much better than before

The condition of the course has improved so much comparing to last years. I would rate it 3.5 to 4 out of 5 stars.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
2.0
First Time Playing

Great view and course layout missing the greens

Not long course but great layout. Only if the greens are good… sigh 2nd game in Austin and I am starting to form a perception golf is either very expensive here or Austin just don’t have enough courses and good green courses.

Lots of blind spots. But the buggies come with GPS.

Overall rating is 2/5 purely because the green is horrendously horrible.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

Such a shame

What a beautiful golf course. The views are fantastic, however out of 18 greens there were only 3 that didn’t have large dirt parches and holes in the greens. The staff was friendly and the bunker restaurant was excellent . They need to completely redo all the greens and this place would be fantastic but for 60 dollars I could not recommend this course. The City of Lago owns this course . Come on guys invest in this course and it would be a great place to play. I have seen other reviews talking about the bad fairways but in all honesty the course other than the unplayable greens was in good shape. Please take the time , money and effort to fix this course .

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Awful course conditions

The fairways were so long you couldn’t figure out if you were in rough or the fairway, but the worst part were the greens. 60% of the greens were unplayable. Massive holes all over them. Awful experience.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
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