Vaaler Creek Golf Club

6hr 20min round, was brutal. Course layout is great, amenities are great. Love this golf course, but pace of play that day was poor

6hr 15 min round, due to a girls high school tournament. Course set up way to difficult for their level of play. Poorly marshalled, and poorly planned. Great course under normal circumstance.

I have always enjoyed playing at Vaaler Creek. It’s a well-designed course with a challenging layout. As an experienced golfer in San Antonio, it is very frustrating, however, to see courses in the area charge full price for greens overgrown by Poa grass. Something needs to be done about this from a legal standpoint because it happens every spring. Unless you enjoy paying $90 to three-putt 8 times, save your money until May.

First of all, keep in mind that mid March may not be best time to evaluate course. Played in a TXGA womens tour so many of the complaints will be directed at them. Area appears to be really suffering from drought. . Good shots often end up in hazard as rough simply does not hold. Greens are dealing with two types of grass, bumpy.Bunkers good.

Not sure what rate the TXGA got but $70 per round too much. But if club can get it, go for it.

Hope the conditions do improve….

the only negative I have is "the rough does not need to be US Open Caliber. The pace of play and on-course frustration is effected when a player constantly loses balls that are off line be a very small margin, resulting in Balls being lost that missed a fairway be 10 feet. I know,, if we don't like losing balls, hit em the fairway. That is a fair statement, but the rough is way to penalizing and "is unfair" in of itself. Other than the rough being too deep and thick, the course is really nice.

I enjoyed the layout of the course. Hole # 1 is drivable especially down wind.

The overall conditions are good. The fairways have a nice covering and the ball sits up. The rough is dormant now so easier to get good contact. I found that I hit 3 woods and hybrids on many tee shots from blue tees. I like that a few par 5s are reachable in 2 with the correct angle with a well placed tee shot. I found the par 3s to be challenging. The #9 green slopes severely to the front of the green and Birdies or Pars are much easier from the correct position on tee shot. Super fun #18 finishing hole! It’s a blind (trees) tee shot with a forced water carry (220-240) to the flat landing area for a much shorter approach to the green. Great grass range and practice area. The pace was 3.5 hours on a windy day so that was a big plus! FYI - the greens roll nice however they are slower than they look! Great course overall!

Love the layout. Not a long course but a premium on shot selection. I have played it multiple times but this was the first time I’ve played it with a lot of wind. Quite challenging