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3.8
1433 Reviews (1433)
5 Stars
452
4 Stars
596
3 Stars
208
2 Stars
93
1 Stars
84
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.6
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.9
76.1%
Recommend this course
1168 out of 1433 reviews
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3.9
32 Reviews (32)
5 Stars
10
4 Stars
15
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.9
Value
3.6
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.5
78.1%
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25 out of 32 reviews
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4.1
65 Reviews (65)
5 Stars
23
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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Conditions
4.0
Value
3.9
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.5
81.5%
Recommend this course
53 out of 65 reviews
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Course Highlights
The course layout earns high praise for its challenging holes, elevation changes, and well-maintained fairways and greens. Attentive staff, a drive-thru bar at the turn, and strong value make each round memorable.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7174 yards
Slope 139
Rating 74.2

Located just 15 minutes northeast of downtown Austin, ShadowGlen Golf Course is considered by locals to be one of the area's hidden gems. At 7,174 yards from the back tees, it is a long, tough course that will test even the most seasoned players. Some consider it to be the most difficult public golf course in Texas. The layout has a links design that is mostly flat but there are a few hilly spots that can cause some trouble, especially the holes that were designed with steep drops. The narrow fairways require accuracy and the well manicured greens play fast and are often bordered by strategically placed bunkers or contoured mounding. There are also water hazards coming into play throughout, including the wandering creek that cuts across the golf course.

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Course Details

Year Built 2003
Fairways TifSport Bermuda Grass
Greens TifEagle Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Roy Bechtol (2003) Randolph P. Russell (2003)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Appropriate golf attire

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
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Reviews

3.8
1433 Reviews (1433)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 31
Patio Dining 13
Watching the Game 13
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 54
Water Hazards 52
Undulating Greens 51
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 61
Locals 60
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 23
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 62
Worth the Drive 50
In the 'Burbs 29

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Reviews 9
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Pricey course!

Overall a good course. Some of the greens needed work. Not a good value for the money spent. I can spend about the same amount at much nicer course.

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

Absolute Trash

Trash everything. Conditions are junk. No bar. Marshall made us skip a hole while we were on a 4:15 pace with no one waiting. Terrible service. Terrible course. Would never play again or recommend to my worst enemy.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 05/26/2023

Your pace of play was absolute trash. You played 7 holes in 2 hours and the group in front of you was 2 holes ahead. Groups behind you ending up leaving because of how slow you were. Hope you never come back.

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Used cart

Wish there was a 150 marker

All of the markers on the sprinkler heads were gone and there was not a 150 marker or 100 marker? Better bring your distance finder.

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 23
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course.

Quite a challenge! Beautiful course with beautiful wild flowers and great natural layout of trees orchards.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 84
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Cart Path Only

Some areas of course were very wet and cart path on those made sense. Others were dry enough to take cart out, at least into the rough. Lots of walking, I think this kept the crowd down, which was a plus.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Higher price, lesser quality. Major declines over the years

Short and sweet for everyone... I used to love this course because it was pristine at a somewhat reasonable price. While difficult, it was arguably the most well kept course in town. That was five years ago. Now and over the last few years, it has gone downhill. The greens are in shambles. The staff didn't inform, either over the phone or upon our arrival, that the course had issues (portions of holes being off-limits, all greens being either dead or with replacement squares of grass, and price increases). For $95 bucks, I cannot recommend. For $50, i'd still pass. You simply cannot track your handicap on this course at this time. I'll try again in another couple years when conditions improve. Tried to include a picture but not sure if it will work. perhaps try google or other review, can't be the only one who experienced this.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 05/19/2023

Thank you for getting back to me. In reading other comments, it appears my review is reciprocated. It was $95 with a shared cart so I'm thinking $75 round + $20 per seat in the cart which also seems a bit hefty. Either way, cost well outweighed conditions, especially the greens.

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Commented on 05/19/2023

We did have issues with 4 of our greens due to the unusually hard freezes over the winter. I'm sorry that you were not informed of the conditions. Our highest green fee is $79 and there were never portions of holes being off limits or entire greens being dead. After the recent rains and warm temps the course has recovered very quickly.

Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Sad state of affairs

Once one of my favorites, this place has fallen to pieces. When they came back from the precipice of failure 8 years ago, I was the biggest champion of this course. It’s a fun and flexible layout, used to have a chill vibe - with people that cared about the quality of the experience and the quality of service.

That’s all gone now.

If you do decide to book a tee time here, call - ask them which greens have grass on them. Even while they’re holding the phone they can use one hand to count.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 27
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 84
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Pace of Play was slow

Usually the pace of play is good at Shadow Glen, but not on Monday. Seemed like one group was holding up three other groups and nothing was done about it. The pace picked up on the last three holes, mainly because that other group finally finished. Guess they didn't know how to play ready golf.

I like the course overall, greens are not as good as I have seen them in the past, hopefully they will fill in with the warmer weather. At least it does look like work is being done to get the course into shape.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Absolute Dogtrack

This is a sad story of a course that literally came back to life almost a decade ago, became probably my favorite hidden gem in the Austin area and is now a complete waste of time.

We played on greens that had maybe 10% of the surface area actually covered with turf. When we asked the staff what happened it was “you know, Austin courses” Like, huh? We just finished playing three other courses this week that were pristine.

That same attitude carried to every aspect of service. Even down to your choice of beer.

Total dogtrack now. That’s a bummer, It has a great layout that makes you use a lot of different clubs and shots - it’s just that nobody around there cares anymore.

Sadly, crossing this one off the list permanently.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 05/06/2023

Your 2nd comment shows that you can’t get over the fact that we don’t carry Bud Light. Plenty of other courses that carry your favorite drink.

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Commented on 05/05/2023

The course response to the review is completely indicative of what to expect.

3 greens? Yeah right. Try 12-13 that aren’t even fit for muni standards.

The beer? Explain the other 9 InBev and Constellation brand products being sold. None of the staff is even smart enough to understand what they’re “protesting”.

How about the cart paths that are completely crumbling apart? How about the fairways missing turf?

Be better if you want to charge $100 per round.

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Commented on 05/04/2023

Sorry we did not have your favorite Anheuser Busch beer available. We did have 3 greens damaged in the winter freeze which are currently being resodded. We are confident that they will be back to normal real soon. Cheers!

Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice layout. Greens were rough. Pace a bit slow. I played right after lots of rain and course was flooded in places. Enjoyed the course overall.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Challenging Course

Love how back nine is different with the Austin foothills course layout

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Some interesting holes.

The greens were in poor condition - infested with an odd grass that caused the ball bounce and go off line.

Pace slow 4.5 hours due to a slow threesome and no ranger.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 05/19/2023

We have been treating the poa pretty aggressively and it is almost entirely gone now. After the harsh winter freezes, the bermuda went completely dormant and the poa was able to establish. Sorry that you had a poor experience. We would love to have you back again now that everything bounced back.

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

Terrible Greens

Greens are awful and not maintained. Over priced for the course conditions. Go to Star Ranch GC up the road for a better experience.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice Course - Greens Terrible

I liked the course. Nice layout and it was in good condition except the greens. Obviously the cold had killed most of them. Nothing but sand, mud and weeds. It will be a while before they can be recovered.

Conditions Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
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