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About

Holes 18
Type Private
Par 71
Length 6724 yards
Slope 136
Rating 73.1

Located west of Austin near Lake Travis and the Pedernales River, LakeCiff Country Club features an 18-hole golf course designed by Arnold Palmer. The course opened in 2003 and is located near another Palmer-designed club, Lakeside at Barton Creek. LakeCliff winds up and down rocky Hill Country terrain and plays over 6,700 yards from the championship tees. One of the most notable aspects of the course is that it is features bent grass greens, a rarity in the Hill Country.

Course Details

Year Built 2003
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Arnold Palmer (2003) Ed Seay (2003)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper golf attire required.

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Available Sports

Fitness, Tennis
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Reviews

4.4
87 Reviews (87)
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Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 10/19/2020

Thank you for visiting us at Lakecliff Country Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

15 handicap index

Course was in really good condition. Good hole set up. Challenging enough for 16 handicap.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 10/09/2020

Thank you for your review, u717972916. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Lakecliff Country Club. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice layout, but lousy condition. Fairway. Bunkers not maintained. Green traps were somewhat maintained. -not great but ok. Greens were bumpy. We were expecting much better for the money. At $120 this is Extremely overpriced.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 09/21/2020

Hi pmoran1000! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back!

Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not good

This course was disappointing for the money. Not enough grass on the fairways and greens had spots with no grass. Hard to chip because no grass around the greens in places.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 09/18/2020

Hi RickGentry. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting Lakecliff Country Club. We hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0

Great Greens

The course is in great shape, with the greens qualifying as excellent.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/25/2020

markakeene, thank you for your kind words! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Lakecliff Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Super dry

Greens were immaculate, other than that the course was super dry and some bunkers were sand less and seemed to be out of commission. Very disappointing Palmer course.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/24/2020

Hello Kameron5526. Thank you for taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass along your feedback to the staff. Thanks for visiting us!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun Layout

A very nice Palmer design. The bent greens are fantastic.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/21/2020

Gary3221058, thank you for your kind words! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Lakecliff Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/17/2020

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, Richard3105239! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Lakecliff Country Club!

Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

great track!

Great layout and fun course, especially when the wind is up 20mph. My complaint isn't with the course but with the jerks who are either too stupid or too lazy, etc to fix their ball marks. The greens are a true gift to us in central texas but leave it to the general public to not fix their pitch marks. They are ruining the bentgrass greens and will ultimately cause Lakecliff to put in lame bermuda. PLEASE FIX YOUR BALL MARKS.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 08/17/2020

Hi u000006098733. We appreciate you leaving a review and rating us. We will inform the entire team, so they know their hard work is paying off. And we absolutely agree about the duty of a golfer to fix their ball marks! We look forward to having you back at Lakecliff Country Club!

Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Great course, worth the drive

The course is in great shape right now. The bent grass greens are excellent, definitely among the best in Central Texas. Fairly forgiving layout with several great risk/reward par 5's and a couple of short par 4's. Nestled in the hill country with a few holes with views out over Lake Travis. Probably will get more play now that ACC did not continue their lease agreement, which is good news for public golfers. If you see a hot deal for this course jump on it, you won't regret it! Give yourself enough time to get out there so you aren't rushed to start.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/10/2020

Hi mizell99. We appreciate you leaving a review and rating us. We will inform the entire team, so they know their hard work is paying off. We look forward to having you back at Lakecliff Country Club!

Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/03/2020

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, Chad5772066! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Lakecliff Country Club!

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Pure!

Have played most courses in and around Austin but this was our first time out at Lakecliff. Great facilities and staff. Bentgrass greens were so pure and super soft (granted it rained the night before). There were some bunkers that needed some serious work but other than that course was excellent! Will definitely be back

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/03/2020

Thank you for your review, Erik4637188. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Lakecliff Country Club. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Fantastic

Wow I waited too long to play this course! Greens were the best I've seen in years kudos to their maintenance staff!! Very friendly staff. Brandi an employee there answered my questions about the greens and she's not too hard on the eyes either! Great experience don't hesitate to play this course!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 07/31/2020

Wow, we are so happy you enjoyed your round, u000006317637! We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 07/20/2020

Hi u314160427847. Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Lakecliff Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/13/2020

Hi u314159695998. Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Lakecliff Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Amazing course

Challenging but rewarding. It’s not a course that hurts you on terrible shots off the Tee. Amazing greens. Staff was nicest I have experienced in all of Austin. A true hidden gem!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 07/13/2020

Your feedback is important to us, u314159703791. Thank you for sharing your 5-star experience. We look forward to seeing you again at the course soon! Thanks for choosing Lakecliff Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

Bunkers look bad

It's been a while since I've played here but this time, was shocked to see the course condition not as great as before. Bunkers were mostly unplayable and clearly no maintenance being done on them. Greens looked nice but they were slow compared to before but they looked nice. The rough was kind of bad too. This was such a great course but not worth $90 a round. Hopefully it changes around but not worth the drive from Austin anymore.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 07/13/2020

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting Lakecliff Country Club. We hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Another Splendid Round on a Gem

Great course. Greens are just so much fun to putt on as most of the Hill Country is bermuda. Wonderful layout with some good challenges mixed in with scoreable holes.

Always enjoy rounds out here!

If coming in from out of town out this on your Hill Country list.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/13/2020

gespos01, thank you for your kind words! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Lakecliff Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Miserable Customer Service! Over Priced! Over Rated!

Paid $273 for two in green fees and had reservations more than a week out for Father’s Day with my husband. We checked in at 10:05am for our 10:30 tee time. After paying in the pro shop we were escorted outside to get our golf cart. That’s where things went awry.. Nobody could find the keys to our golf cart, apparently the only one left.... Everyone went fumbling along and left my husband and I standing on our curb. After 20 mins my husband went back into the pro shop and spoke with the initial individual who we paid. He proceeded to get argumentative with my husband telling him it had only been 5 minutes. My husband came out really frustrated and still no cart. I went into the pro shop at 10:30 our tee time and still could get no answer regarding the status of a cart and the young gentleman arguing still that it had only been 5 mins even though our receipt had clearly shown at that point that we had been standing on the curb for over 30 minutes with NO indication what was going on. I proceeded to get a refunds and we left! We have played this course under the previous management years ago at a fraction of the cost and loved the course and the service. This was completely unacceptable, the worst service we have ever received at a course. Absolutely disappointed!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 06/25/2020

We're very sorry to hear about your experience with us! We never want our golfers to feel anything less than valued and respected. We will speak to our staff about this instance and use it as an opportunity to improve training.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Worth the travel from Austin

50 minutes drive from downtown Austin. Green is in good shape and runs true. Course layout is interesting and awards / punishes risk takers. Played from back tee with another player early afternoon and finished Within 3hrs and 20 minutes.. could be faster if not waited front 9.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/25/2020

yugolf98, thank you for your kind words! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Lakecliff Country Club.

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