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3.8
503 Reviews (503)
5 Stars
128
4 Stars
160
3 Stars
81
2 Stars
60
1 Stars
74
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.9
Layout
3.8
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
4.2
Amenities
2.9
79.6%
Recommend this course
352 out of 503 reviews
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3.3
12 Reviews (12)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
2
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
4
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.5
Layout
3.3
Pace
3.8
Amenities
2.3
StaffFriendliness
3.8
66.7%
Recommend this course
8 out of 12 reviews
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3.6
33 Reviews (33)
5 Stars
12
4 Stars
12
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
6
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.7
Layout
3.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
2.7
StaffFriendliness
4.1
78.8%
Recommend this course
26 out of 33 reviews
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Course Highlights
Recently renovated greens consistently impress, with strategic bunkering, creek features, and sloped putting surfaces rewarding precise shot placement. Friendly staff, affordable pricing, and a walkable layout make this nine-hole layout an exceptional value.

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Holes 9
Type Public
Par 30
Length 2127 yards
Slope 95
Rating 30.3
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Harvey Penick Golf Campus
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Course Details

Year Built 2005
Golf Season Year round
Architect PGA TOUR Design Services (2005)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MC, AMEX
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Single Allowed Yes
Walking Allowed Yes

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

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Reviews

3.8
503 Reviews (503)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 12
Water Hazards 12
Thick Rough 11
This course/club is great for:
9-Hole Rounds 24
Beginners 22
Junior Golfers 18
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 24
Near the Airport 13

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Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Response from on 09/19/2017:
Thank you for your review, John! We're glad you enjoyed your round at Harvey Penick.
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fun and quick

Greens are in excellent condition. Tee boxes a little dry. Overall good condition.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Response from on 08/17/2017:
Thank you for sharing your experience. We're glad you enjoyed your first visit to Harvey Penick!
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Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great for beginners

This course is great for beginners. A lot of par 3s. The par 4s are short. Easy course with good greens that roll true.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Response from on 08/15/2017:
Thank you for coming out to play and reviewing the course, Jake! We hope we will have you back for another round at Harvey Penick soon!
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Response from on 08/01/2017:
We appreciate your feedback on your experience at Harvey Penick. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to boost your rating up to five stars.
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Harvey Pennick 2nd time

Overall a reasonably good time. This course is close to my house so in a time pinch it's a decent 2.5 hour round of 18. There are no par 5 holes and prepare to use the driver on only one or two holes. Great for beginners and those looking to get iron/putting usage.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Response from on 06/15/2017:
Thank you for making another trip out and playing Harvey Penick Golf Campus. We are happy you've found us close by! As a part of the First Tee of Greater Austin, we encourage all golfers and skill levels to come out for a great round of golf at a great value!
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good short course.

Greens were nice and green. Cart paths could use some smoothing out. Make me want to stay on the fairway.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Response from on 05/25/2017:
Thank you for coming out to play Harvey Penick. We hope that your last visit will not deter you from coming back for another round, and please let us know if there is any feedback you have to make your next visit better!
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 05/10/2017:
Hello Jaime, thank you for taking the time to write a review about our course, we appreciate your feedback. We are glad you enjoyed our course layout and pace of play. Thank you for your business and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

Course conditions diminish the value pennick once had

The course conditions the last few times I have played here are atrocious. There's literally hard packed dirt on the putting greens. Some areas of the greens have a muddy trench where water run off passes through.

The fairways have barely any grass, and are hard as a rock. Even the tee boxes are so packed that it's almost impossible to remove the tee.

The last time I played it can be really tough finding your ball in the middle of the fairway due to all the leaves and junk.

Some of the bunkers are not even filled with sand.

The cart paths are mostly dirt paths that are rocky and very bumpy.

If the greens were in better shape, the pace of play and price would be right.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Very disappointed

The course was in terrible condition... Save your money! Definitely not worth the price. The greens were just awful. 0/10

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This course is great for juniors and players just learning the game.

The course is a nine hole course with only 3 par 4 holes. Great for practicing with short to med irons. Economical and easy to schedule on short notice.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

perfect course

The course was in good condition and had perfect weather. I will recommend this course to all veterans and my friends. I really enjoyed the round of golf and will return.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

short course

This course was in good shape due to the rain the past week. I like going here to work on my short game and it did the trick.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Football golf??

Golf course doubles as a soccer golf course? I don't get it. Holes for the footballers are on the same fairway as the golfers. It just made my experience a major pain, and a much longer round for myself and others.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 08/03/2016

We advise the footgolfers to let ALL golfers play through. I apologize your round was longer than anticipated. If you have this problem again while on the course, please call the pro shop and we will take care of it. Thank you and come back out and see us!

Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

interesting little course with challenges

Course was in excellent shape but we had trouble, maybe because the course is used for a lot of training for youths, coordinating the score card with the holes and finding the correct holes, since there were a lot of extra flags and practice areas around on the actual regular course. The speed of play and ease of playing was tremendous, but maybe mainly because we were almost the only ones, actually, playing the course at the time.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 08/03/2016

The course is owned and operated by The First Tee of Greater Austin. If you go on to our event calendar at harveypenickgc.com it will tell you when the kids will be on the course for summer camps, etc. We also have a footgolf course which are all the black flags on the course. If you have any confusion please call us at the pro shop so we can clarify anything for you. We want you to have the best experience possible. Thank you for supporting The First Tee of Greater Austin as well as The Harvey Penick Golf Campus. We hope to see you out here again.

Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Course Needs Work

Price very reasonable on GolfNow, $5/player with Cart!

Cart Trail more like ATV Trail! Sand in bunkers too soft; if you fly the ball in it sank 6" or more and you had to take unplayable! No visible yardage markers! Score card not set up for a first time player, no course layout!

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Mudder F'n Course

When choosing a golf course, I didn't realize that there was an option for Cart path or No Cart path. What kind of course has mud trails 70% of the course? Maybe that's because they also have Soccer Golf on the same course. I have kids also but, when I'm playing golf I'd rather not have little kids and soccer balls on the course with me.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Soggy round

Unfortunately, it had rained hard the night before and I was asked to walk the first 9 because the course needed to dry out. I had to pull out my cheap plastic hand cart or else would have had to carry my 14 club bag on my shoulder. But it all worked out and walking helped me focus on my swings so I did better on the front than the back 9 holes. I was glad to have a cart the second 9.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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