ShadowGlen Golf Club

I purposely made a mid-week tee time to avoid slow play, crowded conditions, etc. The day became a frustrating one because of a couple of players who act as if they are the only players.

One almost hit me with his ball on Number 7. Anyone who plays this course knows the second shot is a blind one. I was one the green putting when the ball bounced off the hill and missed be by a couple of feet. The guy came over the hill and said, “sorry about that.” As I just looked at him, he apologized again. He knew I was playing ahead of him.

The second situation occurred on the back side. I was crossing the road to play Number 14, when I noticed a guy on 15 retrieving balls in the ravine. When I finished playing 15, he was still retrieving balls, then jumped in his cart and went to 16, where he was standing by his cart. I stopped until he motioned to me. I just went to the next hole.

Over the times I have played this course, players play holes out of turn, and I have seen old guys just out on a green putting. They seem oblivious to other players and pace of play.

I like the course, but I have to drive from Lakeway, so it is frustrating to do so when others are so inconsiderate.

You need a Marshall, unfortunately, to monitor players who think the rules do not apply to them. I doubt I will return.

The course layout is fun and challenging

The Staff was excellent

But there was No drinking water on the course. At the turn I mentioned not a single water cooler was out and as I finished still nothing on the back nine

BYOW

As my review title states, this round of golf was horrible for many reasons. I play golf 2-3 times per week and since I'd never played this course I decided to drive 40 minutes with my wife to play.

We had a 7:30 tee time and after checking in, went to the putting green to wait for our tee time. At 7:28 we arrived at the first tee to find no starter but 3 guys teeing off at that moment. We waited about 5 minutes for them to tee off and then waited 15 more minutes behind them to finish the 1st hole.

During our whole round of waiting, there was never a marshal and to make matters worst, we were continually interrupted on approach shots on 3 of the first 5 holes by the grounds crew moving stuff on and off the greens??? It got so bad that a single golfer joined us on the 3rd hole but left on the 6th hole because of the slow group in front of us!!

It gets worst. As we moved to the back 9 the grounds crew began sanding the greens right in front of us on every hole!!! I have never experienced something so unprofessional from a golf management team in all my years of playing. They would literally race to the green and drop large mounds of sand and attempt to spread it before we hit our approach shots.

I will never set foot on this course again. I considered doing something I've never done on a course - ask for a full refund of my money. I then thought about it and decided that if the owners/managers didn't care enough to not sand green while golfers were playing, they probably don't give a hoot about customers like me so I didn't even waste my time.

I would strongly recommend against anyone booking this course and Golf Now should seriously reconsider caring this course on their booking list.

All in all course was in good shape. The fairways were great, green soft few had some patches. The sand traps needed new sand added. The tee boxes were rough but could find some level ground to hit off of.

If you enjoy a challenging course with a few easy holes this one is your course. However if you don’t hit the ball straight off the box you will have a rough round. The course layout is unique because of the turns and also slope play. This course has a lot of hill and hops and ups and downs. So all in all a good course. Go play it!

This has become one of my favorite courses!

The fairways are in great shape. The greens are as well. The course is challenging, but fair. My only complaint is that the bunkers need to be reworked with some new sand.

I wish I lived closer so I could play it more often.

I’m a tough judge having played 21 of the Top 100 in the U.S.

This course is really a blast. It has a bunch of FUN holes. There’s really not a single non-descript hole out there but 7 of them are among my favorites in this city.

If you’re a beginner it’s not for you. It’s very hard in places and it attracts better players. Bring extra balls & don’t get upset when you lose one, just drop and keep moving. The pace of play is awesome, as we played in 3:50. But it just takes one clownshow guy to slow play and ruin it for everyone. They do.a great job of monitoring the course but they care about everyone, not just a single player.

Love the joint, wish I could play it everyday.

My only complaint is that course layout (location of holes & hazards) was a complete mystery. No graphical depiction of any hole layout on the score card or tee box signage. This made play needlessly difficult, especially given the links design. Would recommend an update to both score cards and tee box signage to make this beautiful and challenging course more player friendly. Especially true for non- local, non- regular patrons.

Challenging course, great condition, friendly staff , great selection of tap beers

For July in Texas, ShadowGlen looked real good. Fairways were green and lush. Greens were nice too. The layout is a challenge.

This course was in awful shape. There’s essentially no fairway or rough, it’s all the same length. The tee boxes were some of the worst I’ve ever played on. The traps were top soil. The greens were the only decent thing about the course.

I’ve played ShadowGlen 3 times in the last 2 weeks. It’s in great shape, very fun and never too crowded on the weekdays.

Fairways and greens great shape sand areas need a lot of work

As a relatively new golfer, I have been pleased with my golfing days so far at other places. I know as a novice female golfer, I may not know a lot about courses, but to say I was extremely disappointed with today’s experience would still be a generous understatement.

This was only my third time golfing ever, and it was my first time booking a place on my own for my group, and at a public course. I brought beer to put in the cooler without double checking the rules, and I completely understand a Marshall having to confiscate them. But he treated my friends and I so rudely, and then accused us of not paying for the course because we had an empty basket that we accidentally kept (because my first time golfer friend forgot to put the basket back after we were practicing on the driving range). I definitely paid and had a receipt on my phone, but I was hitting while he accused my friends (who obviously didn’t have MY receipt with them). While I was still putting, he then started talking about my age to my fellow golfers, asking if I was even 21 and legal to drink (I’m a 26 year old Hispanic female, and I really don’t appreciate the personal insinuation at my age and sex). His condescending tone really put a damper on the entire day.

He then took our coolers as well, probably to drink what he confiscated, and lied and told us that the girls that sold drinks and snacks would be by if we wanted to purchase anything from them. We then found out by checking online that there was no one working on wednesdays, and were left without a cooler, water, or drinks on a 99 degree weather day.

Upon arrival, no one was around to show us where to go, direct us to check in, or to check the pacing of groups. My favorite pink golfing shoes were DESTROYED because of how unmaintained the green was, and the poorly cared for bunkers ruined any chance I had of keeping up with the score.

For only $10 more, I can get a hot deal at a place like terravista or Avery Ranch. I will definitely NEVER be golfing at Shadow glen again, and I can’t wait to spread the word to my golfing colleagues at my work place.

We knew the day was going to be very hot so we paid top dollar for an early tee time to play quick, get er done and get off the course. The first 11 holes were superb, quite quick, no waiting and were completed in a little unde r3 hours. We left the 11th green turned the corner and were presented with 2 foursomes waiting on the 12th tee box, someone had released a bunch of people onto the back 9 with little or no thought to those coming through and making the turn. Needless to say the last 6 holes took close to another 3 hours!

We expressed our dissatisfaction in the Pro Shop and the gentlemen there could not have been more professional and apologetic, he gave us a 'rain check; for a future round and the foursome that I organized left the course semi-satisified but still curious as to how someone thought that releasing players onto the back 9 with earlier golfers about to make the turn was a manageable situation.??

I like ShadowGlen, but if not for the professionalism of the guy in the Pro Shop I think we'd be reluctant to return.