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3.7
1415 Reviews (1415)
5 Stars
447
4 Stars
588
3 Stars
206
2 Stars
92
1 Stars
82
Conditions
3.5
Value
3.5
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.9
74.6%
Recommend this course
1155 out of 1415 reviews
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4.1
25 Reviews (25)
5 Stars
9
4 Stars
12
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.0
Value
4.0
Layout
4.1
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.6
84.0%
Recommend this course
21 out of 25 reviews
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3.8
82 Reviews (82)
5 Stars
23
4 Stars
34
3 Stars
15
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
7
Conditions
3.5
Value
3.6
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.5
75.6%
Recommend this course
62 out of 82 reviews
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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

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Reviews

3.7
1415 Reviews (1415)

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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Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great course conditions for the money

A bunch of courses in Central Texas cost more money and do not take care of their fairways as well as Shadowglen. Hidden Gem in my opinion.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 04/28/2021

Thanks for your review, we are glad you enjoyed the fairways. They were overseeded with perennial rye grass this past winter

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0

Proper golf course

Thank you ShadowGlen for accomodating us. We had pre-booked a tee time through their on-line system and were able through their friendly and helpful pro-shop to bring the time forward by an hour in order to thwart looming weather later . Great layout and especially loved the 12th and 14th. Great views from wherever you are in the course. Course in great condition although the greens are still recovering from wintertime, but the views made up for that. Course will beat you up a bit but you'll still leave with a smile on your face. Bar prices very reasonable with a diverse selection, lovely practice area. Will definitely return again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/28/2021

Thanks for your great review, we are so glad we could accommodate you and your group to your standards and that you enjoyed the course so much! Come back again soon

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

2nd time around

I found a GolfNow deal and played this course for the second time. I like this course and the layout. Apparently I need to update my garmin because the course first hole is number 10 and vice versa Got teamed up with 3 other golfers and had a great time. There were a couple of spots on some greens that haven’t grown in yet but the season is early. Will definitely keep an eye out for deals and will play this course again.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 04/28/2021

Thanks for your great review. glad you enjoyed the course and layout!! As you noticed, yes the greens are not like they usually are here; we had 6 nights in a row last week where overnight temperature was below 50 and this prevents the grass from growing.

Played On
Reviews 84
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Tale of two nines.

Would have given 4+ rating if the front 9 was anything like the back 9. Tees were not mowed for days on front side, greens were in fair condition and fairways not mowed. On back side tees were mowed, fairways excellent, and greens much better shape. They must be letting the grass grow much higher than normal before they mow. So if Monday is their weekly mowing day for tees and fairways, highly suggest skipping that day.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 04/27/2021

Mr. Dorrance, I apologize for your experience yesterday. The front 9 sees more wear and tear than back 9 because of people just playing 9 holes, and we are trying to start on hole #10 more often to give the front 9 a rest. Additionally I am sorry that nothing was mowed; I can assure you this is not how we normally do things. Hope to see you out again soon!

Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Challenging layout, fun course

While the guys in the clubhouse wasn’t very informative or cordial the rest of the folks I met at the range and on the course were pleasant. The range was overgrown and needed a cutting. The practice green and most of the course greens were spotty and bumpy. While this doesn’t sound good the course itself was definitely worth playing. The layout presented several risk-reward challenging holes. The fairways were excellent. The bunkers were in good shape and while the greens were bumpy (weeds and some sparse areas) the undulations made putting challenging and fun. Enjoyed the course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 04/27/2021

Thank you for your review, we are glad you enjoyed the course. Our greens are still recovering from the winter storm and unfortunately we had 5 nights in a row last week where the temperature dipped below 50; this brings Bermuda growth to a halt however we expect rapid improvement the next few weeks!

Played On
Reviews 28
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Fairways and tees lush and a little long. Greens are spotting and have winter kill from storm. Big improvement from last year.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 04/27/2021

Thanks for acknowledging all the improvements we have made in the past year, especially when the course is not up to our standards. Our greens like you noticed are seeing the effects of the winter storm, and unfortunately we had a string of cooler nights last week that has prevented them from growing, Hope to see you out again soon!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once every three months
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0

Great weeekday course

Great course to play on weekdays, great rates, beautiful surroundings, nice range. Weekends not so much always short staffed range machine out, can never get a marshall to speed things up and they keep going up in price but do nothing about pace of play. Ill keep going back but hope they put effort in to improve service on weekends for their customers

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 04/27/2021

We are glad you enjoyed the course, and we appreciate your feedback. We realize that we have room for improvement on the weekends but I can assure you that hiring quality Marshalls is one of our TOP priorities.

Played On
Reviews 24
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Wonderful fairway!!

What a beautiful fairway all 18 holes!! Greens are little bit need to work. Over all, LOVE to play here again and again. Thank you...

Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 04/23/2021

Thanks for your great review, we are glad you enjoyed the course and our fairways!. Our maintenance crew is working tirelessly to bring back the greens after the winter storm

Played On
Reviews 1
3.0
First Time Playing

Greens

This is a real nice course. Today the greens were terrible, its not even golf. I don't mind issues with courses cause lets be honest it doesn't effect us hackers all that Much. But full price for crappy greens is not cool IMO.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Tough track, but nice to run on!

This course is pretty difficult for this 15-19 handicapper, but I scored well thanks to really good course conditions. The fairways are in excellent shape. All but one or two greens are also in great shape. The back nine is really interesting because the natural terrain was kept when the course was built. As a result, there are some interesting holes. The front nine is a bit less interesting, but still fun to play. I'll most certainly be back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 04/16/2021

Thanks for your great review and for being positive about the condition of the greens when they are not up to our standards! We hope to see you out here again soon

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Terrible greens

Fairways were in great condition. Greens were atrocious

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Spriklers kept going off

Good course for the money but on 4 different holes the sprinklers went off. Ridiculous

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 04/14/2021

We are extremely sorry about the sprinklers going off, this should never happen and I hope that otherwise you had an enjoyable round !

Played On
Reviews 37
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Assume greens suffered from winter freeze

I last played the course in Feb 2020 so I know the condition of the greens is not normal. Fairways were great. Pace of play on the front was excellent but a young couple jumped in front of us at the turn and they were terribly slow. After 5 holes, we did call the clubhouse and someone came out and had them let us play on through.which was greatly appreciated.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 39
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Shadowglen 4/10/21

the fairways were in the best condition I think I've ever seen them here, but the excitement of walking on number one fairway was quickly eliminated by the awful shape of the greens. Bare spots, sand and what appears to be poa(?) popping up all over every green made putting an adventure to say the least. Hard to think about wanting to play there again until the greenskeeper and their team get the greens back to some sort of reasonable shape.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 04/11/2021

Chrissz, thank you for your feedback We are sorry about the condition of the greens; obviously this is due to the recent historic freeze but our maintenance crew has been doing everything in their power to bring them back and I can assure you they'll be losing sleep until we get them back to normal. Unfortunately we've had some cooler nights in the 40's the past week and this keeps the Bermuda dormant. Expect a big improvement in the next week!

Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0

Fun day

Beautiful day and a great time out at ShadowGlen. I enjoyed the layout, it was challenging and diverse yet fair. Fairways were magnificent, greens not so much but that’s to be expected given the recent winter storm. Only complaint though Is that they need to hire more staff. It’s a Saturday afternoon I don’t expect a 4 hour round but they literally have one high school kid starting and marshaling the whole course, one guy in pro shop....

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 04/12/2021

Thank you for your review I am glad you enjoyed the course. Also, thank you for understanding why the greens are the way they are right now and for being patient with us, we are working hard to get them back. Lastly, we are working on hiring more Marshalls; we are just trying to find the best people for the job!

RSJ
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fairways were excellent, but the greens were horrible!

In previous times that I have played this course, the greens ere good and fairways average....but I found the reverse to be true this week.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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