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Conditions
2.4
Value
3.2
Layout
3.6
Friendliness
3.9
Pace
3.6
Amenities
2.7
50.9%
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Layout
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Pace
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3.9
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Course Highlights
This course delivers outstanding value with a beginner-friendly layout featuring gentle water features and generally straightforward tee shots. Friendly staff and a smooth pace of play make rounds here consistently enjoyable.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Links
Par 72
Length 7072 yards
Slope 125
Rating 74.5

Blackhawk rests on the site of an old dairy farm, where the rolling terrain is suited for this links-style layout. This wide-open course features lots of water, loads of bunkers, and huge greens that are easy to three-putt if your approaches are off and you don’t have that feel for lag putting.

Each side has a punishing finishing hole. No. 9 is a monstrous par 4 that plays 464 yards. Off the tee, the narrow landing area is not conducive for the necessary booming drive, and the water causes problems in the fairway and around the green.

Hole 18 plays 430 yards, requiring a tee shot into the dogleg-right fairway that must thread two bodies of water.

The club prefers that you walk only on weekdays.

Getting there : Take I-35 north out of Austin, then exit FM 1825 east. Drive 5 miles to Hwy. 685 and turn left. Drive another 2.5 miles to Kelly Ln. and turn right.

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Course Details

Year Built 1990
Fairways 419 Bermuda
Greens Tiff Dwarf Bermuda
Golf Season Year Round
Architect Charles Howard

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Caddies Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Collared shirts and appropriate golf attire

Food & Beverage

Grill

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

2.8
923 Reviews (923)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 10
Patio Dining 6
Watching the Game 6
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 14
Bunkers 8
This course/club is great for:
Locals 20
Beginners 15
Seniors 13
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 16
In the 'Burbs 16
Worth the Drive 6

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Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
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Previously Played

Course full of weeds and water puddles, no drainage. Cart path only and shoes muddy walking course. Greens were horrible, full of sand and mud. Mounds of mud balls rolling into. Overall needs major maintenance especially for the price they are asking. Home course but in bad conditions right now.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Pitiful

Driving range is closed and putting greens are rotted out and the parking lot would be better practice with less bumps.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
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Blackhawk Golf Club Review

The aesthetics of the course are great, but once you tee off is where this course falls off. The tee boxes are in decent condition, but the fairways are balding in spots, and the greens are the worst I’ve seen in my life. $65 for a golf round in Austin is a value but not for what this course put out as it stood. Hopefully the rains can assist where the fairways came up short and the greens need love asap. Wouldn’t recommend to a friend but if it’s the only option with the way the city courses have their tee times set up you may have no choice like I did for an early tee time on a Saturday.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Worst Course I’ve Ever Played

I can confidently say Black Hawk is the worst course I’ve ever played. Most of the fairways looked more like an artillery range than a golf course and it was a coin flip if you were going to have actual grass on the greens. Today was cart path only and I believe that was more so about keeping the carts in good condition than the course. Absolutely will not be back.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
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Previously Played

Course conditions

Greens were in terrible shape. I woukd not even call them greens. Very on even and mostly sand and rough grass. Been there before and the greens were alot better. Layout of course is good.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Horrible

There are weeds on the greens and weeds everywhere. Very minimal real grass.if someone put some money into it. It could be nice.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
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Previously Played

Didn't even finish round

You saw the title, it was so bad and slow I had to leave. I went to the clubhouse and had them put me on the banned list so I wouldn't make the mistake of booking a round here again

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Worst "Golf Course" I have played in my 10 years of golf

First review I have ever written for anything.

This is genuinely the worst golf course that I have ever played in my life. I was playing with two buddies who don't get out much so we decided to play somewhere that was on the cheaper side and had plenty of tee times available.

We got paired up with Ed who turned out to be the only bright spot of the day. The tee boxes are a joke, the fairways have chasms in them that have been carved out by heavy rains. There are a few that we almost got thrown from the cart on because we were looking for a ball driving down the middle of the fairway and out of nowhere a 3 foot drop hits us. Its like Indiana Jones out there.

The greens...I have not seen greens this bad since Bob Does Sports brought Joey Cold Cuts to the links at victoria. im talking 3-6 inch craters all over the greens. Absolutely no grass to speak of. This place is a minefield.

To top it all off, the Marshall was a total dick and told us to speed it up twice when there was maybe 5 other souls on the course and no one behind us. We were even playing a scramble and played the front in an hour 50. Despite that, he still came up to us a second time telling us to speed it up saying "there is a hole open ahead of you" to which I responded, "we have had a hole open in front since we teed off." To his credit he apologized and moved on, but the audacity to move people along on a course in this type of shape is insane. I felt like they should have been paying us for playing the course at all.

They also don't have a liquor license and the beers are surprisingly expensive. All in all, I would not pay 5 dollars to play here again, let alone 50.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 98
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice staff. Terrible course.

Pretty much the whole course is dead grass which is expected for a public course in Texas. But the “greens” were absolutely atrocious. They had patches of grass but mostly sand or hard dirt. I don’t know how this course can justify $60 green fees. Would never play this course again unless they invest some money and effort in repairing the greens.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Worst course we have ever played. It is definitely crossed off our list.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Not worth $43.00

Paid 43.00 for a round here today. First time playing this course.

Staff was super friendly and very flexible on tee of time.

Course conditions are a completely different story. Fairways are just bad….lots of just bare dirt spots no grass.

Greens were worse! More than a hand full were unplayable at all.

I get it’s early in the season. I’ve played a dozen rounds already this year and other courses for similar price pints were in much better condition.

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