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4.6
729 Reviews (729)
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Conditions
4.6
Value
4.3
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.5
91.5%
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698 out of 729 reviews
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4.5
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4.5
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4.3
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4.7
Pace
4.3
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4.7
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Conditions
4.5
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Layout
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Pace
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4.8
89.1%
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41 out of 46 reviews
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Course Highlights
Star Ranch consistently impresses with its well-protected greens, wider fairways, and course conditions that rank among the best in the Austin metro. Complimentary range balls, a roaming beverage cart, and genuinely friendly staff deliver outstanding value for a public course.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 7017 yards
Slope 130
Rating 73.5

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.

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Course Details

Year Built 2001
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Carter Morrish (2001) Jay Morrish (2001) Roy Bechtol (2001) Randolph P. Russell (2001)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Visa, Mastercard, AMEX, Discover
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities, Locker Rooms

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Reviews

4.6
729 Reviews (729)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 20
Brunch 14
Watching the Game 9
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 33
Water Hazards 25
Elevation Changes 13
This course/club is great for:
Locals 31
Advanced Golfers 17
Entertaining Clients 17
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 26
In the 'Burbs 24
Convenient to the City 18

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Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Star Ranch

Course in good shape. Nice layout, excellent practice facility.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Early Spring Golf

Nice course, played in early spring with fairways not in yet and greens recently aerated. Was a fun round of golf!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

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.

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

Fun course

This course have always been fun to play. The par 3's are great.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

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.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

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.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

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.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

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!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Beautiful day, beautiful course

The weather was perfect, and the course was pretty close. Great round, good time.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Place

Course is awesome!! I highly recommend it.

Great views from clubhouse too.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

No walking before 11am

Really? No exceptions....nope. Not even when there is no one behind you for the entire round.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

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.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

very nice course

Very good course.greens in great condition. Highly recommend.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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