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3.6
1403 Reviews (1403)
5 Stars
442
4 Stars
582
3 Stars
205
2 Stars
92
1 Stars
82
Conditions
3.5
Value
3.5
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.8
72.3%
Recommend this course
1144 out of 1403 reviews
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4.1
27 Reviews (27)
5 Stars
10
4 Stars
12
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.0
Value
4.0
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.4
81.5%
Recommend this course
22 out of 27 reviews
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3.6
77 Reviews (77)
5 Stars
20
4 Stars
29
3 Stars
17
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
8
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.5
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.4
72.7%
Recommend this course
56 out of 77 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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3.6
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Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Kinda

Things were very busy. T off time was about 20 mins after my schedule time. Took 3 hrs to get the front 9. I didnt play the back 9. Course was nice and well groomed. Make sure can carry with your drive!

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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Commented on 04/23/2019

Thank you for your review! We're pleased that you enjoyed our course conditions but we apologize that the pace of play was slow. We appreciate your review and we hope to have you back again soon!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Challenging, tough course.

First time playing here. Compared to other public courses around Austin, this course is much more difficult due to elevated greens and steep drop offs. With those drop offs, the rain had made the rough grow pretty high and it was pretty easy to lose your ball right off the fairway. I’m sure they will take care of this once it dries up. If you are not a frequent (twice a month player at least) I might recommend playing an easier, more open course. Had a blast though but some of the less frequent players I was with could not say the same.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/17/2019

Wonderful! We're thrilled that you enjoyed your first time playing our course. We're also glad that you enjoyed the challenge of our layout and we appreciate your feedback. We can't wait to have you back again soon for your next round at ShadowGlen!

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

I'll definitely be back

Tough, but fair course. It was in fantastic shape. The staff were perfect.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 04/11/2019

Excellent! We're thrilled that our course conditions met your expectations and that our staff left a great impression on you. We appreciate your review and we can't wait to have you back again soon at ShadowGlen!

Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice Old Central Texas Layout.

It is a challenging but fun layout. Greens rolled nicely and were true to the line. Hole number 3 was probably the most interesting hole with the green surrounded by trees.

Only negative comment I would make is there were no maps on the scorecard or the course to show the layout of the course. Was difficult at times to know where to hit.

Otherwise, I enjoyed the round.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 04/08/2019

Great! We're glad that you enjoyed the challenge of our layout. We're also pleased that our greens met your expectations. We appreciate your review and we look forward to having you back again soon for your next round!

Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

A challenge for your game

This course is tough from the start. You will have to use many clubs, figure where to place your shots, and make tough up and downs. The course is hilly and challenging with water coming into play on several holes. Move up a tee box in windy conditions. The course is in good shape for March and the greens were fine. The staff was very nice to us and we enjoyed our round.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Commented on 04/03/2019

Great! We're glad that you enjoyed our course and the challenge it presented. We're also pleased that our staff left a great impression on you. We look forward to having you back again soon for your next round with us!

Played On
Reviews 23
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great golf course in a great neighborhood.

Shadow Glen is a well designed golf course. One of the nices course in town. No that many houses build around the golf course. Fairway is nice and the green is great. Come out and try it!!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/03/2019

Wonderful! We're thrilled that you enjoyed your round with us and that our conditions met your expectations. We can't wait to have you back again soon for your next round with us at ShadowGlen!

Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
2.0
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Need Work

Played Saturday for the first time in decades. The course and greens were as hard as a rock, due to lack of rain and, apparently, lack of watering.

This course needs redesign to be worth playing for the average player. I'm really tired of Hill Country courses where if you miss the fairway your ball is either lost or unplayable. Cut down some trees, widen the fairways, enlarge the greens, get rid of some bunkers. Either that or water it and grow the rough so it stops a ball before it rolls into oblivion.

In no hurry to return. Nice people, though.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Commented on 03/29/2019

Omigosh! My review was not intended for ShadowGlen, it was intended for GreyRock. Whoever can delete it is authorized to do so. So sorry for the mistake.

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Commented on 03/27/2019

Thank you for your review! We're glad that our staff left a great impression on you, but we apologize that you didn't enjoy our course. We appreciate your feedback and we hope you'll give us another try in the future!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course!

Love this course and the staff. Very friendly and a great round of golf! Beautiful

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 03/26/2019

Fantastic! We're thrilled that you enjoyed our course and that our staff left a great impression on you. We appreciate your review and we can't wait to have you back again soon at ShadowGlen!

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Long Course - enjoyable

Tough course which plays very long. Some blind holes and large greens.

Greens were rolling well considering the weather has been poor in the area.

Good pace of play which is refreshing these days.

Good challenge for any game with variety of Tee positions making the course playable for most.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 03/07/2019

Awesome! We're pleased that you enjoyed our course and the challenge it presented. We hope to have you back again soon for your next round!

Played On
Reviews 27
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 03/04/2019

Great! Glad you enjoyed your time with us!

Played On
Reviews 23
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Golf Course!

Everyone should try Shadow Glen Golf club. Very nice course!. They have the best golf cart in town. It has a ball and club cleaner on the back right side of the cart and it makes it real nice to clean your club right there and by the time you are done playing you will be going home with a clean club. On the back left side is your ice box.to keep your drink or snacks cool while playing.

This is one of the best one in town. The layout of this course is challenging but if you can master this golf course you can play any golf course in the world. It's lively and beautiful. Come try it out!!!

Lili Taufa

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 03/01/2019

Fantastic! We're thrilled that you enjoyed our course and our golf carts. We appreciate your review and we can't wait to have you back again soon at ShadowGlen!

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

I've played this course a number of times over the years. Every year the course condition gets just a bit worse. Appears that attempts are being made to address some of the more egregious issues but they're not keeping up. Fairways are a weed riddled mess where the edges are prone to be more hard-pack than rough. Greens are still in fair shape though. I've also have lower favorability rating of the general design. Too many holes have a "trick" design usually due to geographic restrictions. Not sure I'd recommend this course to others.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 03/06/2019

Thank you for your review! We're sorry to hear that our course conditions didn't meet your expectations. The weather has not been kind to us the last few months, but we are always working on improving our course. We appreciate your feedback and we hope you'll give us another try in the future!

Played On
Reviews 88
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Slow play ruined the round

No marshall on the course allowed players to play slowly. Two college kids were clueless about their slow play. Their lack of etiquette coupled with an idiot that combined a Ted Knight (Caddyshack) and Patrick Reed imitation to take a full 1 1/2 minutes after addressing the ball (to swing) made a 5 1/2 hr round in cold weather miserable.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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Commented on 02/20/2019

Great! We're glad that you enjoyed our course but we apologize that the pace of play was slow. Our staff does their best to keep everyone moving at a good pace, but we will make sure to use your review to help us improve. We appreciate your feedback and we look forward to having you back again soon for your next round!

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0

Double charged

The experience at the golf course was extremely pleasant. The staff were friendly, the course was in great shape for January in Austin and the pace of play was swift. I had made a tee time on a Friday afternoon and enjoyed it so much that I decided to come back again the following morning.

Unfortunately, the frustrations began well after I had completed my second round at ShadowGlen as I received an email from golfnow notifying me that I did not show up/pay for the round and that I was being charged again. After first calling ShadowGlen, they informed me that I needed to contact golfnow. I spent over two hours on hold with golfnow and explained the situation to them. The golfnow representative then contacted ShadowGlen and informed me that a gentleman answered the phone and said that he was the only one working on the morning in question, that my group did NOT show up to our tee time and that golfnow was correct in charging us twice. When I hung up with the golfnow representative I called ShadowGlen back and informed them that there was in fact a woman that checked us in when we paid for our tee time in full, he immediately recognized that he had lied to the golfnow folks and informed me that he would reverse the second charge on my credit card.

In reviewing other comments on this site about ShadowGlen, it appears that I am not the only individual who has experienced a similar set of circumstances.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 02/07/2019

Great! We're glad that our course conditions met your expectations and that our staff left a great impression on you. We're also pleased that you enjoyed your experience so much that you booked another round for the next day. We appreciate your review and we look forward to having you back again soon for your next round!

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice course

Great layout and played long with a 3 club wind. A few blind shots might have cost me a stroke or 2. Nice greens would love to play it in the summer.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 01/24/2019

Awesome! We're pleased that you enjoyed the layout of our course and that our greens met your expectations. We look forward to having you back again for your next round!

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Shadowglen Round

One of the consistently better public courses in Austin in my opinion. Greens roll true, fairways are good and the rough is actually grass. Practice facilities are solid.

Only complaint is that is doesn't drain very well if there's been a lot of rain.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 01/23/2019

Terrific! We're thrilled that our conditions met your expectations and that you enjoyed our practice facilities. We're honored that you consider us one of the better public courses in Austin and we can't wait to have you back again soon at ShadowGlen!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a year
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 01/15/2019

Fantastic! Come back soon!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Course closed

The pro shop called me the day of my tee time to tell me that they were closing the course due to rain. When GolfNow called them to ask if they did close they were told no they were open. So now I got charged $134 for not playing a course that was closed.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 01/09/2019

Thank you for your review! We apologize for all the confusion regarding your tee time. We've contacted GolfNow to confirm that we were closed the day of your tee time and you should be getting your refund with the next new few days. Again, we are so sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you for you patience!

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

My favorite course

I’ve been playing ShadowGlen for a few years. It’s great to see how much time and effort are being put into the course. The staff is the friendliest around, and the course has been in great shape. I love this course!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 01/02/2019

Excellent! We're glad that you enjoyed our course and all the improvements we've been making. We're also pleased that our staff left a great impression on you. We look forward to having you back again soon for your next round!

Played On
Reviews 1
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

C had a great time course is in great shape

Personal was great and so was the breakfast

Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
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Commented on 12/31/2018

Awesome! We're pleased that our course conditions met your expectations and that you enjoyed your time with us. We hope to have you back again soon for your next round with us!

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