Olympia Hills GC: #11
View from the 11th tee at Olympia Hills Golf Course.
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3.9
1244 Reviews (1244)
5 Stars
401
4 Stars
426
3 Stars
199
2 Stars
111
1 Stars
107
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.9
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.9
79.7%
Recommend this course
926 out of 1244 reviews
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3.5
46 Reviews (46)
5 Stars
8
4 Stars
20
3 Stars
9
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
4
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.5
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.3
69.6%
Recommend this course
32 out of 46 reviews
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3.7
70 Reviews (70)
5 Stars
19
4 Stars
28
3 Stars
12
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
6
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.7
Layout
4.4
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.4
75.7%
Recommend this course
53 out of 70 reviews
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Course Highlights
Olympia Hills impresses with a meticulously maintained layout, beautiful greens, and course conditions that consistently earn high praise from recent golfers. The welcoming pro shop staff and smooth pace of play make this a must-play value in the San Antonio area.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6743 yards
Slope 133
Rating 73.4

Olympia Hills Golf Course is very exciting and enhances San Antonio's reputation as a golf destination. A unique combination of natural topography and man-made mounds and bunkers make this a super course. Native South Texas vegetation and golf course grass seed formulations on fairways and greens will provide state-of-the-game playing surfaces. The views are spectacular, with several holes playing to greens well below the tees, while other lead to a significant rise to reach the putting surface. Fairways, which on some holes are tight, are often sloped and guarded by bunkers. The tips will not be played by the faint hearted, but with four sets of tee boxes, the course can be enjoyed by all levels of players.

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Course Details

Year Built 2000
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Finger Dye Spann (2000)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fee (with GPS)
GPS Yes

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

Available Facilities

Conference Facilities, Banquet Facilities

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3.9
1244 Reviews (1244)

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Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 6

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Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

just ok

course was fairly good considering the construction but that was expected the problem was the greens if you can call them that without grass the worst ihave ever seen them

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens and construction are HORRIFIC

Greens are diseased and unplayable, even at a discount! They are packed mud. The drainage construction on the course makes it not worth playing also.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Don’t expect to putt well

Fairways were great. Greens were worst I have ever seen. Would have been nice if the person taking my money for my tee time to have at least mentioned that the greens are basically unplayable. Such a shame.

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

avoid like the plague until they’re done with renovations

- was never notified about the condition of the course

- every single green was unplayable

- backed up on hole one and didn’t really open up until hole 7 or 8. even then we were waiting for the group in front of us. ended up being a 5.5 hour round

- there was a lady on hole 6 or 7 asking for donations. normally i don’t mind listening to these but she was very rude and disrespectful

overall very disappointed with the condition of this course. played here multiple times last year and always had a good time. i won’t be returning anytime soon. maybe i’ll give it another chance after the renovations, but it’s not high on my list anymore.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens are horrible

Every single green is horrible. Fairways are in great shape but the greens are the worst I’ve seen since last year. The pace is horrendous but it’s made worse by “members” driving into you and standing on the tee box when you tee off. The starter was cool and even admitted he wouldn’t pay to play there. Shut it down and fix the greens or drop the rates to make up for the horrible greens.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Worst course I have ever played

Hands down the single worst course that I have ever played. The course is currently under construction, and it should be shut down during this time instead of taking people’s money. First off, the greens had no grass and was only mud. In addition, stacked tee times led to waiting at least 10 minutes in between shots. Finally, there was a person on one of the par-3’s that was asking for donations for a non-profit which I found incredibly strange. While the non-profit is for a good cause, having someone ask for donations on the course is incredibly awkward and strange. Will never play this course again.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Will be better after construction

Course has great character and potential, but the current construction really dampers the experience. The greens are nonexistent for the most part. Pace of play is ridiculously slow. 6 hours when I played.Marshall’s were no help.

Needs leadership and the construction to be completed badly.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Terrible greens beatiful course under repair.

Loved the views and most of the course. Greens are thebwort ive played.

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

Poor Experience

While the fairways were in excellent shapes the greens were horrendous. Muddy and bare spots on almost every since green. To top it all off, there were many temporary tees as the course was under construction. The fact that they still opted to charge their normal rate is absurd. Will NOT be playing his course in the foreseeable future.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

No as advertised

With moving back I used to love this course. Saw an ad on fb for it so I went to check back out and play 18. Wanted to leave after 1. They are redoing a few holes so gps is off. The greens as you can see in the attached photos were horrible. Every green was torn up with streaks of dirt though it. They need all new greens and until that happens I won’t be back. Not even close to worth what they are charging.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

Course is in bad shape

All of the greens were in bad shape with dirt patches throughout. Major construction across 8th and 9th holes (appears to be for drainage) so these holes were converted to ~100 yard par 3’s. Course layout is difficult, especially for a municipal course. A few holes have blind tee shots and slopes on some fairways can cause a lot of slightly off shots to roll into the woods.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Do NOT play!!

Buddy came in to SA and wanted to play a nice course. This was NOT it! Website says there was temporary holes on #8 & #9 due to construction. We accepted that. What the course failed to say was that other holes were also shortened and temporary, the tee boxes were so hard tees were breaking, and the greens were made of mud. The fact that there were a lot of tee times available should have given us a hint the course was a piece of crap. The first guy I complained to didn't even know anything was wrong with the course. The manager came in and said, “we’re re-evaluating.” Don’t waste your time; go to a muni and save some money or pay a little more and go to a real course. Absolutely disappointing. The coarse should be embarrassed and GolfNow should discontinue offering the course.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

I will not be back anytime soon

I am very disappointed tn this course...I have played rounds here numerous times in the past.. But this time was way differetnt

FIrist of all i was not informed that there was construction goiing on on the front 9. 2nd...The staff did not say or tell me that the holes some holes were blocked and that there are temp holes set up, even after i told the front desk person that i have not played here for over a year or better. So after hitting a warmup bucket, i was sitting at the supposedly first tee waiting to tee off, when i noticed a sign that pointed to the number 1 hole around the corner. So i FINALLY found the temp. #1 hole...was teamed up with 2 other gentleman. So we made it thru the construction and the temp holes finally...The other thing that was annoying is that a lot of the greens were terrible, hardly any grass on them, lots of bare spots..It was very disheartening to have to try and putt on such terribly maintained greens. Try putting some money into the course and fix a lot of it and it would be a awesome course to play. but not now...IDK if its the city of Live Oak that is funding the construction or the golf course...but who ever it is should be worrying about the condition of the course not how the water flows from one end to the other. I know for sure i will not be back anytime soon for what they charged to play..on a MONDAY afternoon. You want to have people flock to your course., FIX IT..tee boxes (which are not flat), bunkers (get rid of the rock sand and put in REAL sand). Actually make some cart paths from the fairway to the sidwalk, so that the carts dont chew up and kill whatever grass was there( its mostly hard dirt and not level with the sidwalk..and most of all FIX THE GREENS...they were horrendus...

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Awful Greens!

The greens here are AWFUL! Dirt patches everywhere that make it impossible to putt the ball consistently. I shouldn’t hear dirt crunching under my shoe when walking on a green… I think there was ONE green that was 1/2 decent.

It sucks too because the fairways and bunkers were in pretty good shape, just the greens make this place unplayable.

Not even worth the $36 hot deal.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Terrible

Greens aren’t green. Area near greens hard dirt no grass. This course is in trouble and that makes me sad because it was such a gorgeous course a few years back. Plus at 5 pm was told kitchen was closed for the night. My response: Lady look outside! It’s not night yet.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens may never come back!

Currently some construction for drainage improvements. So, front 9 has some temp Par 3s replacing holes 8&9. Greens have not been good for awhile. Maybe the summer droughts have been too much. One of my favorite courses to play. I wish they would just shut it down and repair all of the greens. It’s always a challenging course, so I hope it can get back to its heyday.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

Sad

Course used to be in decent shape…worth the 50 or so dollars to play. In recent years the course has fallen apart, the staff always say “it’s getting better, the greens are coming back.” They aren’t. The greens are 50% grass, and putting is pretty much obsolete on this course. The layout is actually very interesting and a challenging course, but when you make no improvements to your greens, you can’t sit and charge 65 for a 30 dollar municipal course. There are much better options in the area from Buckhorn, Landa Park, Bandit, even Northern Hills.

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