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The Golf Club Star Ranch
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Hutto’s been put on the golf map now that the first-class Star Ranch has opened up on what was once a cattle ranch, boasting a unique collaborative effort from the Morrish brothers (Jay and Carter) and the Bechtol, Russell design firm.
The course sits on a hill and is built around a centralized lake, featuring the typical spectacular Hill Country topography highlighted by plush, undulating fairways and bleached white sand bunkers.
No. 2 is one of the most difficult holes and the first real challenge of your golf day. The 417-yard par 4 has more of an open feel than some of the other holes, but it’s length generally means a rather long approach, and the green is surrounded by several massive bunkers.
Getting there : From Austin, take I-35 north and exit Parmer Ln. Turn right and go east on Parmer to Dessau Rd. Turn left and go north on Dessau, which becomes FM 685. Go 5 miles past FM 1825 in Pflugerville and the club is on the left.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tour | 71 | 7017 yards | 73.5 | 130 |
| Champ | 71 | 6341 yards | 70.1 | 117 |
| Preferred | 71 | 5678 yards | 67.4 | 110 |
| Forward (W) | 71 | 4990 yards | 68.5 | 111 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tour M: 73.4/130 | 398 | 455 | 451 | 177 | 582 | 357 | 189 | 474 | 386 | 3469 | 453 | 446 | 196 | 532 | 376 | 170 | 427 | 441 | 507 | 3548 | 7017 |
| Tour/Champ M: 71.6/126 | 398 | 417 | 409 | 177 | 545 | 292 | 189 | 412 | 386 | 3225 | 453 | 391 | 168 | 532 | 323 | 170 | 394 | 416 | 507 | 3354 | 6579 |
| Champ M: 70.1/120 W: 76.3/129 | 366 | 417 | 409 | 154 | 545 | 292 | 163 | 412 | 366 | 3124 | 422 | 391 | 168 | 503 | 323 | 123 | 394 | 416 | 477 | 3217 | 6341 |
| Preferred M: 67.2/118 W: 73.3/126 | 339 | 373 | 369 | 128 | 514 | 242 | 141 | 374 | 327 | 2807 | 376 | 347 | 141 | 458 | 290 | 93 | 352 | 380 | 434 | 2871 | 5678 |
| Executive M: 66.1/115 W: 71.6/122 | 324 | 337 | 355 | 120 | 481 | 235 | 121 | 328 | 322 | 2623 | 366 | 301 | 132 | 446 | 285 | 85 | 345 | 335 | 388 | 2683 | 5306 |
| Forward M: 64.7/112 W: 68.7/116 | 307 | 334 | 338 | 106 | 477 | 192 | 102 | 324 | 295 | 2475 | 346 | 298 | 118 | 408 | 276 | 78 | 274 | 332 | 385 | 2515 | 4990 |
| Handicap | 11 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 71 |
| Handicap (W) | 11 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 10 |
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Photo submitted by amontoya on 05/30/2025
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Photo submitted by MonoLee on 03/05/2024
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Photo submitted by Michael9407009 on 05/20/2023
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Best Golf Day Ever Photo submitted by ayesijuan on 05/08/2021
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#15 Photo submitted by GordonATX on 10/17/2020
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One of the back par 3’s Photo submitted by u1808559 on 10/04/2020
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Photo submitted by Joe7956371 on 07/10/2020
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One of many practice greens. Photo submitted by u000007735189 on 05/29/2020
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Enjoy the day!! Photo submitted by u000005759093 on 02/18/2017
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Photo submitted by Brett9499064 on 11/23/2015
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Not common of course, but this happened one round when the cows from the neighboring field decided the grass was greener on the other side. Photo submitted by GordonATX on 07/03/2013
Great time overall!
Definitely would play this course again. Great conditions; fun course design and range balls come with the rate.
Wanted to take my brother to a course he hadn’t played yet and he enjoyed the whole experience course was in great shape
A great golf experience!
Star Ranch is by far my favorite golf course within 100 miles of my home in Burnet Texas! The overall course is in excellent condition and the greens are the best I’ve played ever! They have a great range, golf balls provided at no extra charge, a nice chipping area and several putting greens to practice on! Staff is always friendly and helpful! This is a professional operation!
Best Course Conditions in Austin and the surrounding area
Our foursome played this course (all for the first time) on Sunday April 3rd at 8:30a as part of my birthday celebration. Our experience was excellent overall from the pro shop to the starter, beverage cart girl and the nice lady running/working the kitchen. All were friendly and helpful. One of the best driving ranges and practice facilities in the area and the course conditions overall was great. Our group agreed these are the best greens we have ever played in the Austin area on a public course! I have heard some complain about the staff or pace of play being slow in the afternoon, but our experience was very positive. We'll be back for sure!
Course in great condition
Tee boxes and greens were perfect, ball was rolling true.
Nice course
Always enjoy playing Star Ranch. You can vary the difficulty by changing you tee area.
Very windy day, so greens were a bit slower than usual, but that may have been the plan to keep balls from moving too much.
Pace was slower than we usually play out here, but we do play quick, so not a knock, just had to wait a few minutes on each hole. Still managed to be just under 4 hours.
Beat greens in metro Austin besides the private clubs
Mind still blown. Best non-private greens I’ve putted in ATX in years. A few ragged tee boxes - move those tees!! Look forward to next round. Sorry - 4 stars is as high as I can go for daily fee courses.
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Unfortunately, we had very cold windy conditions to play in but thought the course would be a really nice course to play on once grass greened up and weather got warmer. Even though it was cold, there were a lot of players, but pace was good. Kept moving right along. Overall a nice course and would play there again if ever back in Austin.
Monday Rains
Played Monday morning before the bad weather came through later that evening. Have a cart cover so able to stay somewhat dry. The course was not that wet, but it was cart path only. I have seen it much wetter and carts were allowed on fairways. Would be nice if they were to allow carts on fairways and stay out of wet areas. But I do understand some people would go into those areas anyway, so just resigned to stay on cart paths.
Course in very nice shape overall, and the rains will certainly help fairways.
We did play in just over 2.5 hours, so that was a nice plus.
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