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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%
Recommend this course
25 out of 32 reviews
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4.1
65 Reviews (65)
5 Stars
23
4 Stars
30
3 Stars
7
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
2
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 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Pro shop staff were more interested in their phones than customers. General manager was unfriendly and cold. Snack bar staff was nice and good service.

Golf course layout was good. Conditions were mediocre at best. Bunkers were terrible. Greens hold nicely but cups were worn out (must have been there for days). Lots of weeds around the greens and collars. Fairways had large muddy areas even though it had not rained.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Cold weather
Used cart

Loved what they've done with the place

Hadn't been here since summer; wow this place has improved. New carts, clubhouse and pro shop are clean and look as good as they ever have, and new management and staff really creates a great experience here. The changes also extend to the course, various trees have been removed and trimmed and another tee box added to make course more playable. All the members here are awesome as well, will be making this my home course from now on,

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Excellence

Love this course, such a great layout compared to other public courses in the area and challenging too which I love to see. Greens are rolling perfectly as well, course conditions were surprisingly good for this time of the year. Pace of play can get slow on weekends but what do you expect at a public course on weekends

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
1.0
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Best Value in Town: Confirmed

Heard this place was a great value and it does not disappoint. Such a nice and refreshing atmosphere with the young staff. Course layout is excellent great mix of easy/difficult holes and the greens were rolling phenomenally, loved that there are five tee boxes as well; makes things fun when you have golfers of all different skill levels in your group. I will definitely be back here, probably to purchase a membership.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 27
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
Incentivized Review
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Excellent course

This was a real treat! Loved the visual lines on course plenty of room off the tee and trouble around the greens . I think thats the way courses should be designed Great mixture of long and short holes!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Consistently delivers

Pace of play was terrible, but what can you reasonably expect the day after Christmas? Never disappointed with the layout, set up or conditions at Shadowglen. One of my favorite Austin area tracks, and the best value in town.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
Incentivized Review
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Get a Bang for your Buck

This beautiful tucked away course is amazing for the value. The layout gives you a challenge so you actually have to plan your shots and the greens always seem to be rolling lovely!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Used cart

Best course in the area

I play here regularly. The staff cares about their members. The course is always pretty nice. No complaints, lucky to get to play here often.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

No thanks

Left my TaylorMade putter cover in the cart last time and so did my brother in law. They had his but conveniently did not have my expensive one. They were left in the same place so I can only assume one of their cart boys took mine. This round we were stuck behind the slowest foursome I have ever played behind. Brought it to the attention of the little course manager and he was sarcastic and could have cared less. I watched one of the cart boys treat the carts horribly and run over stuff at the cleaning station. Ive played courses that were better taken care of for less money so I will pass on Shadow Glen from now on.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Very impressed

First time at course, had heard good things from a friend. Very impressed, bar girl was friendly and pro shop was well stocked. Cart was clean and course was in great shape, definitely a challenging layout but with multiple tee boxes very playable for average joe

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Definitely Renewing Membership for 2020

Hadn’t been out there in a few months and hardly recognized the place. Pro shop looks the best it ever has and clubhouse is as clean and well decorated as it’s ever been—For awhile you could really sense this place was low on cash as you were in the clubhouse but no more. It’s also nice to not have to check in at the bar anymore. Course looks incredible for this time of year, and the new tee boxes really make this course more fun for a lot more people. Heard they’re getting new carts in soon as well, I look forward to that.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
Incentivized Review
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 12/17/2019

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you'll give us another try in the near future.

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 0-4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Best value in town

Title says it all. Course is challenging and in great shape, and they’ve recently put in a new tee box to make the course more suitable for seniors as well as taken down some trees that were a nuisance before.

Additionally they have a wide range of membership options that are a great deal. The staff is friendly and they’re working hard to improve the place.

Only going to get better!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 12/17/2019

Fantastic! 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 ShadowGlen Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

This place just keeps getting better

I have played here for the past few years and have always appreciated the course, and the friendly staff. This course is the best value in the Austin area without a doubt, and now that they have a new general manager and employees everything is improving: course conditions, a greatly expanded selection of merchandise in pro shop, clubhouse, practice area.They are getting new carts in before end of the year which will improve the experience, they have taken down trees to make the course more playable, and added new tee boxes

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 12/16/2019

Excellent! We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at ShadowGlen Golf Club and that you've noticed our improvements. We look forward to seeing you at the course soon for another 5-star experience!

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Fun course but poorly run

While the course layout was really fun and interesting, this course is run very poorly. We waited for an hour (40 mins past our team time) to get a cart. The cart boys and starter did not do anything except tell us carts should be coming any minute now. All they did was tell us to come by after the round and they'd help us out (implying a discount), but of course, the pro shop was closed when we were done at 5:05, so we did not receive a discount. I've played a lot of golf all over the country and never witnessed anything like this. Next, the cart we waited an hour to get ended up having a flat tire after 8 holes so we had to switch at the turn. They claim that slow play is not tolerated, but when we caught up to people (the front went quick because no one had teed off for 45 mins due to lack of carts), it was very slow. There was a complete pile-up of groups and no one does anything about it. Overall, with the ridiculous service, I would not play here again, which is a shame because the course layout was fun.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 12/20/2019

I am extremely sorry for your experience at ShadowGlen Golf Club. Please contact me at kirk@shadowglengolf.com and I will make it right. We are replacing our current fleet of carts to solve our cart issues. We hope you give us another shot.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Nice course, extremely poorly managed

We arrived at this course for our 12:30 tee time at around noon. We were told that they were low on carts and it would be a few minutes. We did not get a cart until 1:10 pm. Nobody made an effort to fix the problem and nobody checked to see if they could help us.

When we finally received a cart, we were told by one of the pros to come into the shop when we were done and they would, "Take care of us". Of course, the shop was closed when we finished and the pro was nowhere to be seen.

The course was fun to play but it is the worst run course I have ever played.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 12/14/2019

I am very sorry for your experience at ShadowGlen today. Please contact me at kirk@shadowglengolf.com and I promise to make it right. We have a new fleet of carts arriving next week so reliability will not be an issue going forward.

Played On
Reviews 26
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
Incentivized Review
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Interesting design

Played this course while visiting Austin from the east coast. Really enjoyed the front 9 which is played through the hills and natural terrain, much different then Courses back east. The back nine is more open and a fun change. The staff was very friendly and helpful, I will be back.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 12/06/2019

Awesome! We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing ShadowGlen Golf Club.

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