Roy Kizer Golf Course

Took off work early on a Tuesday to play my favorite muny in Austin. Should have stayed at work. Much to my horror there was a "small" skins tournament going off in front of us. Am told there were 40 players. I saw four groups, 3 had 5 somes one had a 6 some, all were playing from the back tees. We started out as a 2 some and became a 5 some by the 5th hole. By the time we had had enough on the 13th hole (already almost 4 hours in) there were two groups on the box behind us and one coming off the green. Marshall drove through and didn't say a word. Did I mention this was a Tuesday afternoon? Oh and the clearly "advanced" players were driving their cart on the par 3 fairway as the marshall drove by. Unfortunately this is not uncommon at Kizer or at Austin courses in general. Love the course, hate the way it is ran by the city.

It was a typical Saturday afternoon pace and I was prepared to play slow. The course was in decent shape for the amount of play it gets. I think that the spring rains have been good for the course. All aspects of the course were acceptable. The greens were pretty slow, but pretty true. Maybe they'll start mowing them a little faster soon.

course is in great shape and lot's of fun to play.

Friendly staff, great facilities, singles can get on quick!

Enjoyed the day out on links, good weather, great company and pace of play. We all need rain...

Kizer is a great course in general. Cool layout, tough pin placement and water comes into play on a number of holes. However, the greens are always way way too long and when I played on 4/12, it was no exception. They should be cut to about half the length they are currently at. You can't get the read you are supposed to be able to get on them they are so long. That and the pace of play was extremely slow. I guess for a muni course, it's not bad, I mean, you get what you pay for. If they would have more marshals out there, cut the greens length, and have the second cut be an actual cut outside of the fairway, it would be an unbelievable course. Not sure I will play there again, just have seen the greens too long on many occasions.

This course would be so much better with some greens. It needs attention. The coot p**p all over the greens is very ugly also. The people are very friendly and helpful, but it could be such a much better experience with a little more attention and I am sure money.

Golfnow usually puts a warning up if a particular course has recently been reseeded or airated. Both were done to this course. In addition, hundreds of ducks and duck stuff were on the greens. and a marshal came by and said there was nothing he could do to speed up play. a twosome was holding up at least 6 groups! this is usually my favorite public golf course in Austin but.....

The staff is always friendly. The course is fun to play for higher handicap players.
The pace is a bit slow.
Very good value for the money.

I generally have had good experiences here. The last couple of trips out though, I haven't been as nearly impressed. I thought the Kizer course was overall in pretty decent shape. However there always seemed to be some sandy patch on greens. Also the staff didn't seem willing to provide a whole lot of info when checking in. I wasn't told where to tee off from (apparently they don't like to have anyone actually start their round on no. 1) and they weren't announcing groups about to start or anything. Made for a very awkward grouping when I had to seek out my playing partners and then wait for a group making their turn to find out we needed to go off on 10 instead of 1.

Before starting the round while practicing putting, I was hoping the greens on the course would be better that the one I was standing on, but they weren't much of an improvement. Firm to hard greens, and thin grass on top of that, shots were not holding at all even into the wind. Putting was consistently inconsistent, with bumps and patchy areas. Fairways were thin and gravelly around the edges. Not a good experience. Pace of play very slow too.

Great course. Greens are in excellent condition. Great pace of play with a full course. Can't go wrong playing here. Probably one of the best courses you can play for the money.

I always enjoy this course. Greens are in great shape for this time of year.

This is a reasonably public course. Fairways are good, greeans a little rough

Being from Upstate NY I found Roy Kizer ( January 2013)

Excellent in variety of holes, excellent priced, friendly locals.
Greens were extremely fast compared to northern courses.
Pace of play was a bit slow, but nobody cared. Practice range was below average..no distance markers. Snack bar needs major attention. Fairway grass was dormat but very playable.
Wildlife along the course and views were an added bonus.
Enjoyed this course and will play it over and over.

Nice little Muni in the Austin area, wide open, big greens, well maintained w/ some fun water hazards.

I enjoyed playing this course. Would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a challenging fun course.

Well maintained links style course. Lots of water, but forgiving. Enjoyed the round.

The course is very much a links style course, but has much more water than I expected. The fairways are in the shape you would expect a links style course to be in, but the greens could use a little work. The only real problem I had was that the scorecard didn't show a couple of hazards next to the greens which caused me to lose a couple of shots, but other than that it was a fun day of golf. Can't really do much better price to quality of the course in the city of Austin

Roy Kizer is not a true link course, since it is not adjacent to a large body of water, but it is a "link style" course where you see very little trees and lots of undulation in the fairway. Course is well maintained. Nice and wide cart path is really nice. That is a telltale sign that it is well-kept. At least when I played, the green was really SLOW. Since it was my first time, I am not sure if it always this slow or if it is due to overseeding. Regardless, I liked the course, and definitely will come back to it.