The Golf Club Star Ranch
About
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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Reviewer Photos
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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
Star Ranch
Very enjoyable round of golf! I and my brother-in-law were paired up with 2 very nice young guys. We had a great time.
Early Spring Golf
Nice course, played in early spring with fairways not in yet and greens recently aerated. Was a fun round of golf!
Winter golf
If you like the beach, you will enjoy Star Ranch. Sand everywhere. Like the layout and the short Par 4s. Lots of development (house construction) in the middle of course messes with ambience. Great practice facility.
Fun course
This course have always been fun to play. The par 3's are great.
Course is in excellent shape.
Though not too difficult, this is a very fun course. Lots of interesting holes, fairways and greens in excellent shape, and pace of play on a Friday afternoon was excellent! Enjoyed it thoroughly and look forward to coming back.
Disappointed
The 11th hole had construction on it and had a temporary green. This was not made away to my group at anytime during payment or from the starter. The course was in Good shape other than that.
Great Track!!
If you have a drive that wanders left or right this is the course for you. Open fairways but very tough greens. Had a great time! The course was packed but pace was decent.
Great greens at Star Ranch
First time to play the course in about a year, and glad I made the trip back. Thru GolfNow, paid about $45/each incl green fee, cart, and range balls. For $7 more picked up food at the buffet before starting. Greens were rolling better than any I've played in Austin this winter, very smooth and consistent. Fairways are in good shape. Course isn't overly long unless you play the tips; pretty forgiving fairways on most holes. Wasn't overly fast pace for 18 holes, finished around 4 1/2 hours. Overall a fun course just outside the city and I'll be back fairly soon.
Good course
First of all the round of golf was fun and the food was great. I'm a little tiffed about the Golfnow.com rate didn't include the food buffet. It is if you buy it at the golf course. So I paid the Goflnow fees, paid $62 for the round and had to pay $7 more at the golf course to get the buffet. It was $69 at the course anyways. So I paid $80 for a $69 round. Golfnow needs to make sure these things are mentioned when booking.
Review from a resident.
Staff was pushing us all day, keep in mind it was cart path only. We had 2.5 inches of rain the day before so the pace of play was slower than usual & we were waiting on the group of 3 in front of us most of the day. The course had so much trash along the rough & in the water that I was a bit embarrassed. I had taken my parents & brother golfing for the first time since we moved to the course & told them how nice it was. The signature hole, #15 looked more like a recycle bin had overflowed into the pond than anything. Not quite the postcard picture they'd seen on the website. Hey staff, instead of picking up pecans here's an idea, pick up the garbage that's outlining the fairways.
One of my favorite courses
Great winter day on the links. We love to play this course, one of our foursomes favorites. We play weekly and play here as much as possible. Fairways are in good shape and Greeens are excellent. Couse is challenging but fair. Landscaping around the clubhouse is nice and relaxing. Only negative of this round was a course marshall telling us to speed up several times because groups of 2 and 3 were catching up to our foursome. Even though we completed our round in only 4 hours. But that is the only time we have had that issue there. Enjoy!
Beautiful course with numerous challenges
Each time I play this course I amazed at how well manicured it is and how clean the entire course and facilities. The staff are genuinely Texas friendly.
Beautiful day, beautiful course
The weather was perfect, and the course was pretty close. Great round, good time.
First timer
The course was in good shape, but, the greens were very slow. Cart broke down on front 9. Saw a large rattlesnake on the fairway on 3rd hole, be careful. I thought the yardage to the flags were poorly marked, no cart GPS that is getting commonplace. Several pins were mismarked based on pin position #2 and yardage markers in fairway were hard to find. Better yardage would make play faster.
Excellent course conditions
Course is in very good shape after a pretty typical Texas summer, greens are particularly nice. This is an open, links-like, Roy Bechtel design; thus fairly easy off the tee, but would be more of a challenge on a windy day. Rough is pretty thick right now, and hitting from the Bermuda around the greens can be a problem. Tee boxes have just been verticut for overseeding, but presented no real problem. Star also has one of the best practice facilities in the entire Austin area. In sum, a nice break from lots of trees and doglegs on other area courses.
Great shape!
This course is in great condition. The greens were awesome, true roll and quick. Fairways were green and lush. Watch out for the first cut of rough! It is deceiving, it is thick and really grabs your club. We did the buffet lunch with our green fees and the good was great.
very nice course
Very good course.greens in great condition. Highly recommend.