Blackhawk Golf Club

Blackhawk is one of the Austin area's better golf experiences for the money. While not the longest or most challenging corses in the area, Blackhawk usually has great greens and some challenging par threes. I first played Blackhawk in the '80's and played it recently for the first time in years. It was a nostalgic and entertaining 18

Took a chance considering the previous reviews about the course being wet, but was pleasantly surprised. Didn't see any wet spots except for some of the bunkers that hadn't been filled in and sodded over. Greens were the best part of the course. Fairways are being worked on as well as filling in some of the bare spots between fairways with Zero landscape. Fairways 3,5,6,10 has bare spots and holes that could be filled in and sodded. Can see progress with the new management.

Greens good, but fairways have bare patches, some traps have little sand in them and do not drain. Traps need trimming, Clubhouse very dated, range balls awful. Parking lot has big pot holes.

Greens were in great condition but the fairways were very rough.

Great greens... Fairways and tee boxes not so much

Played yesterday (2nd time playing) and was a little disappointed in how wet the course was. My friend recently told me that they over water the course. The first time I played (about a month ago), I didn't see that except in the bunkers a little. Yesterday, the course was literally underwater in spots and I don't believe we had a thunderstorm of that magnitude the previous night. More than once I hit the ball in the fairway and was literally in a puddle of water or a puddle of mud. It wasn't every hole but it was enough to cause minor frustration. If it was rain the previous night, fine, if not, then they need to get the irrigation under control because the water was borderline ridiculous.

Other thing, there was a father and son foursome in front of us (2 dads and what appeared to be 2 kids maybe 6-8 years old). They were playing crazy slow. While I understand playing with your son and the importance of it, I don't get the cavalier attitude they showed the entire round even when not hitting. They were incredibly slow and it felt like there was justification for the martial to at minimum ask them to speed up on things like walking to your ball, number of practice swings, walking off the green etc.. Our round was 5 hours and we were a two some. Though being slow and having a noticeable line backed up behind them, they took a 10-15 minute break on the turn which ultimately caused our round to have a 20-25 minute delay on the turn. We literally had to get out an warm up again to keep from tightening up. Didn't see a marshall once and the slow pace affected our play... Situations like this, although delicate, need to be better regulated especially on days when you know there will be a crowd (labor day). Still a nice course but there are a few annoyances..

Course has potential but is in rough shape. Evidently new ownership is pouring a lot of money into improving the course conditions but they still have a long way to go. Started our round a little after 10 am and course was still overly watered. Will try this course again in a couple months to see if the improvements have taken affect.

The course could be great if they would fix the grass on most of the fairways..most of it's thinned out. Traps barely had sand and underneath it was hard as a rock. Greens were pretty decent however and the course at least had grass on majority of it making it possible to enjoy a round. Cost is a bit much for what you get. The two municipal's in Austin are cheaper and nicer maintenance wise.

Got a great "hot deal". It's cheap and the course was great. Wasn't held up. Didn't get pushed. Over all it was great. Played this course plenty of times, this was by far the best time. They do need more shade trees.

I've always heard bad things about this course so I never went but now that I've played most of the courses around here I decided to give it a chance and it was worth it. Fees were solid and the course was in good shape. I will be playing here again and bringing friends along.

There is mudd in the middle of pretty much every fairway. Sand traps were completely muddy. I assume it's from their sprinkler system. Mudd all over the golf cart. Grass was also grown up in the fairway, hasn't been cut. Where's the maintanence crew? Overall Not good value for $$$ spent.

The staff was friendly enough, the course wasn't bad, all in all it was a good experience. The course is in good shape but not great. The clubhouse is depressing and limited in offerings. The marshall misjudged the pace of play and really jammed things up once, but it looked over booked so it wasn't completely his fault. But outside of that it was fine.

We played here for $16 a player. The course seemed to be a bit jammed up, but I would imagine that is due to the price. Hancock would cost more with a cart for 9 holes.

This course needs help with bunkers. Several old bunkers were just filled with dirt and had no grass on them. It looked horrible and made it impossible to play out of if you got caught on one of these old bunkers. Also, the new bunkers were filled with sand that was very hard. Not exactly the typical bunkers.

I played on a hot Thursday afternoon. The course was very dry and beat up in several locations. Pace of play was quick despite playing behind several groups. If you're looking for an inexpensive round, it's nothing spectacular but still has some challenging holes.

This is a nice reasonable course with pretty decent maintenance. The sand traps were full of water so if you hit one you had to fish your ball out and hit from a drop.

The course fairways are mostly lined with homes. There was a couple in their yard and my friend hit her ball over their fence from the tee box. They got mad at her. I cannot imagine living on a golf course and not expecting to have encounters with balls.

Other than that, a nice course!

Blackhawk Golf Club is an 18-hole Championship layout, featuring a links-style course that challenges all levels of golfers.
Blackhawk offers four sets of tees ranging from 5,507 to 7,072 yards. The... Read more
Blackhawk Golf Club is an 18-hole Championship layout, featuring a links-style course that challenges all levels of golfers.
Blackhawk offers four sets of tees ranging from 5,507 to 7,072 yards. The fairways are flanked by strategically placed trees and water hazards, which minimize the Central Texas winds. The bunkers are strategically placed and the Tif Dwarf Bermuda grass greens with mild slopes are large and well-manicured.

what a disappointment. the fairways on this course are in terrible shape. one of the worse coures i have played.

Great pace of play with 3 people, course was in good shape , loved the greens. Course is fairly short but still difficult,gotta be careful off the tee box and some approaches , water is somewhat hidden from view.

Lots of tall grassy fairways, water, nice long pars with room.