About
This is a 36-hole city-owned operation that features one of Austin's best muni tracks, the Roy Kizer Golf Course, which complements the 1970s Jimmy Clay layout.
Austin's old water treatment facility was transformed by Randy Russell, who had more than 80 acres of lakes and marshland at his disposal when he laid out the 200-acre site. Russell's links-style design is flat, burdened by the wind, and loaded with bunkers. The toughest par is No. 11, which rolls 468 yards into the wind and is shamefully listed as a par 4. Take your bogey on No. 11.
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Awards & Recognition
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Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses(2025 #13)
Golfer Photos
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Photo submitted by u314161674743 on 09/12/2023
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The gallery at Roy Kizer Golf Course! Photo submitted by MSS1929 on 02/23/2022
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Photo submitted by u314161840206 on 12/29/2021
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Photo submitted by Richie4326581 on 09/18/2019
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Photo submitted by Richie4326581 on 09/18/2019
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17th green Photo submitted by BrandonTuckerGA on 04/18/2019
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Photo submitted by BrandonTuckerGA on 04/18/2019
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This is Andy. He's in sales and is somehow always 'working' when we're playing golf. He can almost never be tagged on a Facebook golf course check-in during a weekday. He's 'working.' So here's proof that he was out with us playing golf yet again. :) Photo submitted by GordonATX on 09/08/2018
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Photo submitted by BrandonTuckerGA on 08/25/2018
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Photo submitted by BrandonTuckerGA on 08/25/2018
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Great winter condition Photo submitted by jimpham on 01/07/2017
Golfer Reviews
Nice Course. Great for Bombing It!
If you can hit your driver well this is a really fun course. You can really bomb it out here and don't have to worry about trees because they rarely exist. Some pretty cool water features with lots of cool birds. Fun course and potential to shoot a REALLY good score!
Great Fairways/Above average Greens
This is very nice municipal course. Lots of water, somehow I managed to not lose a ball, but the foursome in-front of me had significant issues. The only reason I didn't give 5 stars is pace of play. The first nine-holes was wide open then it got backed up and was very slow, no marshall at all that I saw trying to increase the speed. But the course itself is beautiful with a great layout. Shot an 83 just because I stayed out of the water.
Great course for the money-almost always in good shape.
I play RK often and feel like it is always a good value for the money. The course is usually in very good condition and provides enough of a challenge (depending on the tees) for any level of play. I think it is the best of the city courses.
Course is very well maintained for a municipal course.
Course is very well maintained for a municipal course.
just too slow
Course was in decent shape, and it's an enjoyable layout.......just way too slow play. Granted, it was a holiday, but if you don't overbook, and have marshalls enforcing pace of play, then you should be able to prevent 5 hour rounds. Such a slow pace really takes the fun out of it.
Nice links course. Lots of water, sand and sun.
Tee boxes and fairway's in great shape. Greens in very good condition but were putting a bit slow. Overall had a great day out. Pace of play was steady with no bottlenecks. Marshall was on the course to insure groups were keeping up with one another.
Love hate relationship with Kizer continues.
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.
Good value and a decent course
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.
Long greens, Slow play
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.
Fun course
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.
Greens & pace of play awful!
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.....
This course is good for players who need forgiveness off the tee.
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.