Forest Creek GC
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4.4
924 Reviews (924)
5 Stars
478
4 Stars
300
3 Stars
83
2 Stars
32
1 Stars
31
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.2
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.2
90.7%
Recommend this course
831 out of 924 reviews
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3.9
30 Reviews (30)
5 Stars
13
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.5
Value
3.7
Layout
4.1
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.6
73.3%
Recommend this course
22 out of 30 reviews
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4.3
66 Reviews (66)
5 Stars
39
4 Stars
18
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.1
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.6
87.9%
Recommend this course
58 out of 66 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

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  • 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
924 Reviews (924)

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 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Course

This is my 2nd time playing the course. It is in great shape. It is well-maintained and the team does a good job of scheduling the tee-times and keeping the pace moving.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Best value in the Round Rock/Austin area

The course is in great shape. The best value in town in terms of the cost and the quality of the course. Also, their merchandise in the pro shop is top-notch.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Good Course and great value

Golf trip to Austin and we decided to play this course because we never played a course in Round Rock and other Austin courses we normally play were busy and more expensive (Avery Ranch). My group overall was very happy with course conditions and pace of play. Plus for $65 and it came with a hot dog and drink( a beer or soft drink) at the turn, we loved it. Definitely would play again, course very green and no issues with greens

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Forest Creek is underrated

Fair price for a weekday afternoon round ($56). Good putting green and practice chipping green with green side bunker. Pace a play was average, and tolerable. Greens rolled consistently and medium speed. Fairways and greens were kept well. Cart/GPS with built in USB performed well. Staff was friendly and helpful. Overall a good experience.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Not ideal course conditions

Decent course, but not very well cared for.

Bunkers are shallow and unplayable. Many tee boxes are in very poor condition, making it difficult to find a spot with decent footing. Several greens have large patches of grass and/or dead spots.

Another perplexing aspect of this course is that the tee boxes keep changing positions, sometimes significantly. This makes the course rating and slope incorrect, and adversely affects the accuracy of the GHIN entries for the course.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 29
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 29
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Course

The course was in great shape. The layout is awesome.

The staff was very firendly.

Would recommend to anyone looking for a great round.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 69
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Course is in pristine condition

I’ve played here 75+ times in the last 20 years and I love Forest Creek. Tee boxes are perfect, fairways could’ve used a mowing, and greens were pretty perfect.

The beverage cart girls need to be trained better, they don’t know the proper places to stop and they don’t stop and wait. They just drive on by and not even really anticipate people buying, and I bet they complain they don’t make money.

Finally, my gf doesn’t golf, but she loves riding along with me and watching occasionally. It’s always funny the courses that charge me for her to just ride along. Yesterday there was only a threesome, so I was already going to be in a cart by myself. Meaning the seat was already going to be empty…they still charged me $30 for her to ride along. For reference…I played a Jack Nicklaus design, all inclusive resort in Mexico that included food and booze for her, and they charged $35 for her to ride along.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great layout and good price

This is a fun and challenging course and is kept up in good condition. you will be happy playing here.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Watch out for regulars

Place is great. Review is for the guys who decided to run a 16 man skins game tournament style while booking tee times from 11:30 - 12:30 during the week. I understand get it in when you can. But realistically if you are going to do that let the pro shop know. Group in front of us played so slow. We waited a while to tee off at every hole. Group in front of them was waiting for the green to clear before they would hit their tee shots on par 4s and 5s.

Had to skip 4 holes just to get around the skins game of 4 groups. Even with that it still took us 4 hours to complete the round. We never saw the group behind us once we skipped all of them. I have been playing Forrest creek since it opened back up from renovations. Marshall came and told us the group complained and that they were regulars so we should be nicer when skipping. True I believe it’s good practice but also you shouldn’t be running a full skins game and taking a 4 hour max course to a 5 hour round. If I wanted to spend half the day playing slow golf I would go to Avery ranch.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good Course. Amazing staff

Forest Creek is a good course. The layout is nice and the staff is awesome. The only complaint I have is that some of the bunkers have rocks in them so I recommend raking and placing your ball to avoid damaging a wedge. I had a bunker shot and took a chunk out of the bottom of my 8 iron but luckily didn't damage the club face. Overall would rate the course a 7.5/10.

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