Forest Creek GC
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4.4
926 Reviews (926)
5 Stars
479
4 Stars
301
3 Stars
83
2 Stars
32
1 Stars
31
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.2
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.2
90.3%
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833 out of 926 reviews
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4.0
31 Reviews (31)
5 Stars
14
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1
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.7
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.5
74.2%
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23 out of 31 reviews
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4.3
65 Reviews (65)
5 Stars
38
4 Stars
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Conditions
4.1
Value
4.1
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.7
87.7%
Recommend this course
57 out of 65 reviews
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Course Highlights
Forest Creek's fairways and greens are in exceptional shape, with speeds that consistently impress returning players. The welcoming staff and value-added package including range balls, food, and drinks make every round worthwhile.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7147 yards
Slope 139
Rating 74.8

Designed by Dick Phelps, Forest Creek Golf Club has been named "Best Public Golf Course in Central Texas" by Golf Digest as well as "Golf Club of the Year" by Club Corporation of America. Phelps' design features plush, narrow fairways, and its namesake Forest Creek that comes into play on 11 holes. Many of the holes dogleg, and its most difficult holes are the long par 4s. These holes are especially evident on the back nine, with holes 10, 15, and 18 all playing well over 400 yards. The 15th is the most difficult, playing a bogey-welcoming, par 5-like 472 yards.

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Course Details

Year Built 1990
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Dick Phelps (1990) Colligan Golf Design (2018)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Tifdwarf Grass

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Texas (2023 #23) (2022 #14)
  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses (2018 #8)
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Reviews

4.4
926 Reviews (926)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 11
Course Challenges Include:
Narrow Fairways 25
Bunkers 24
Forced Carries 16
This course/club is great for:
Locals 25
Advanced Golfers 19
A Weekend Splurge 8
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 19
Convenient to the City 16
Worth the Drive 16

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Reviews 3
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Wonderful fairway, but green.

It's really great course. Especially fairway is soft and well-maintained. But the green surface is little worse. It's difficult to put smoothly.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

really nice course

It's a really nice course with reasonable price. some dog-leg courses are so challenging. higly recommanded.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

excellent condition

The course was in really great shape with well-maintained fairways and greens. The grass was as good as you can find, and the greens rolled true, yet quick.
This is my favorite local course because it is always in great shape and presents some challenges to your game.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great day- greens were smooth but extremely slow . Difficult to gage the speed if putts especially uphill putts.

Nice course- greens were slow - good shape but very slow especially uphill putts- friendly staff

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Course in great shape!

Course was in great shape. Fairways were good, greens were great. Tee boxes great. Overall experience was an A.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Great greens, very crowded on Sunday

Enjoyed the course. Very helpful staff. Very crowded as they had two events going so some slow play. Greens were in good shape.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Forest Creek

Forest Creek is a very challenging course if you have not been there before. I played from the tips which is challenging but a lot of the holes twist and turn and if was difficult to judge just how far away the trees were, needless to say a couple holes what I thought were good drives went flying into the trees. Overall good experience and will be back for the good price. I do have to mention that they have the worst marshals I have seen, pace of play was great not much waiting at all but the marshals definitely made an impact. For one it was the 1st hole and a marshal couldn't stop by the tee had to keep drifting in his cart within my vision, I had to back away and reset. Not the way you want to start. Then later a different marshal comes flying up to a par 3 tee box and instead of going around us with plenty of room decides to go between us and the tee box and then just stop to watch the shot, person I was playing with dropped two in the water and was no happy with how the marshal acted. "Why didn't he just keep driving by" was the immediate response after his shots. Just unprofessional for no reason what so ever. Oh well overall very nice and enjoyable, definitely tricky for the first time.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser

This course needs some attention from the greens keeper!

This is one of my favorite courses. I have played it off & on for 4+ yrs. It is headed downhill if it does not get any attention. Once it was pristine. Now it is in a bad state of disrepair. It looked more like a municipal course. Everywhere I looked from the driving range, putting green, cart paths, bald dirt areas, very poor maintenance overall. I don't know if they suffer from a lack of water or what. All the ponds seem to be overflowing with water, but course was extremely dry. I won't be back until I here it has turned around.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 128
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Texas Advisor
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor

fun, but tough course

this is a tough course. lots of trees and hazards and tight greens. but it is a fair layout that can really reward you for hitting good shots. overall, it is a very good course to play.

the two downsides i've run into multiple times here are 1) slow play - this weekend played nearly a 5 hr round, and 2) not very friendly staff. i wouldn't say they are unfriendly, but they seem to get chippy.

also had the misfortune of being paired up with a group that was constantly playing music in their cart, which was fairly annoying.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser

Not All That

Based on their website I expected this to be a great course, however, when I got there I was truly disappointed. The staff was not all that friendly and the course design and upkeep is not what I would have expected for a top tier public course.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Good value, moderately challenging course with well maintained greens

I am always impressed with how well the greens are maintained at this city course. The staff is helpful and we always receive a good golf experience for the dollars spent here. I definitely would recommend Forest Creek for anyone looking for a good golf value.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

A challenging course in great shape, with more than enough bang for your buck!

Great challenging course! Plush fairways with fast maintained greens. Be prepared to bring your A game!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser

Good shape, but slow and tough

Course is normally in good shape. We played on a sunday and it was about a 5 hr round. Course is pretty tough and there are lots of layup holes. If you are not familiar with the course, this can lead you to hitting through fairways and getting your golf ball in trouble.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

The variety in the different holes.

This course is in need of a lot of work, as are many courses in TX, mostly because of the draught.

Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Crowded but gorgeous

Loved everything about this place, I've been to about 8 courses and this was exceptional on all counts. Slow going due to beautiful day and full booking, but loved it!!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0

Bargain with GolfNow deals

Their rates seem high, but it's a bargain with the deals I get through the site.

Lots of tight fairways that force the average golfer to hit irons off the tee. Missing the fairway by even a couple yards will often put you in the trees with no good line to punch out.

It's really one of my favorite courses to play in Austin, though it's not as pristine as some.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Always if great condition

Well maintained course, great staff, good food and super practice facilities. For the money, Forest can't be beat. Greens were absolutely pristine. Go play Forest Creek, you won't be disappointed. Great layout.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

Several interesting holes

ovearall a good value for the money, especially for a moderately high handicap golfer.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Great hilly course

This course is a very hilly course with almost no flat hole. Not only you're always hitting up or down hill but fairways almost always slope away to creek. You must be a very accurate player to play there without losing a ball.Lots of dogleg left or right where you should try to work the ball on either side. well maintained course and very friendly staff and very well priced too. Much more interesting than other higher priced courses as grey rock, Tera vista.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Narrow Course with lots of trees - a good challenge

I played this course on a monday afternoon and sped through with one other player. I am a fairly novice golfer so found the tight fairways and change in slope to be pretty difficult. That being said, it did force me to be more thoughtful with my shots ( including putting away my driver on several par 4's and 5's ) . The course was in great shape minus a few greens that could use work. I enjoyed the day thoroughly and wish I would have kept more in play. Shot in the low 90's because the woods ate alot of my balls, but thats how life goes for a beginner sometimes! Good course would play again with friends of my own skill level.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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