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About

Holes 18
Type Military
Par 72
Length 6917 yards
Slope 125
Rating 73.1

Narrow tree-lined fairways and a creek which you often encounter make Lackland AFB's Gateway Hills Golf Course a fun round. The ninth hole, playing up a steep hill is a real experience as is the elevated green on 18. If you have a friend who is in the military and can get on, Gateway Hills Golf Course a worthwhile option with well manicured greens.

Gateway Hills Golf Course is laid out on 200 acres featuring extreme elevation changes overlooking San Antonio. The golf course meanders 6,900 yards from the back tees with many strategically located bunkers and a host of oak and mesquite trees. Gateway Hills GC provides a practice area that includes a driving range, putting green, bunker and a lob wedge practice grees

Course Details

Year Built 1946
Golf Season Year round
Architect Finger Dye Spann (1968)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $5 - $15
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Catering

Available Facilities

Locker Rooms

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top Military Courses in the U.S. (2022 #9)
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3.9
181 Reviews (181)
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Reviews 21
Handicap 10-14
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Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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First Time Playing

Great Layout

While the course is in need of some work, it is a quiet and peaceful tract. I enjoyed the elevation changes and wide fairways. Always great to see USAirforce Cargo planes overhead!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 38
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

Always enjoy playing Gateway Hills

Enjoyed the round..... Hope when the weather is better they can fix all those water leaks..Hole number one should be in great shape maybe two more months!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good course, fairways need TLC

To play for less than $20 it’s a good course to play. There is work being done on a couple of the fairways and a lot of other fairways could use more grass.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

GREAT TIME

The course is undergoing some renovations so we had to skip the first hole. There was work elsewhere but it all worked out.

The greens were fast after they dried out. The players who dig the ball out of the cup with their putter are destroying the edges. It is sad that they don't find a less destructive way to retrieve the ball.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 38
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Gateway to the Air Force

Always enjoy playing at Lackland AFB. Hole one closed .....fixing drainage problem.....hope they several other areas.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice layout

Condition of the course was not very good. Neat layout .

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser

It’s January Golf

Surprisingly shot 72 so I can’t complain too much. Greens are nice for January - for $15 and 3 hrs for 18 holes, I’d give it 3 stars.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Course review.

First off on military post.

Secondly staff was good no issues but only dealt with them to check in.

Course conditions:

Sub-par could barely tell the difference from the fair way to the rough. Tee boxes barely maintained and greens were roughly a 5 out of ten. Now I don’t want to take away from the weather hardships the course has had to deal with lately but multiple holes were under construction and giant ditches and up turned ground everywhere. Hopefully better during the season. Course definitely needs more love and care.

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 38
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Gateway to the Air Force

Darn ——- got in about 5 sand traps—-good news, the sand traps were in excellent condition, So was able to get out easily! Finally starting to fix to some drainage problems Hope that doesn’t take toooo long.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great views. Fun elevations.

Course played quickly for a warm Saturday In December.

Greens in good shape I appreciate dormant grass instead of winter grass. a few tee boxes were hard packed. Fairways in good condition.

Enjoyable round and some awesome elevated tees and greens. Great value.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 33
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 38
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

One of my favorite course s

Great course Great Pro shop... But, don’t get behind a group of 5.. They will not let you play thru!!!!! Course has some maintenance issues that should have been addressed months ago.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great value

Ove been to this course many times. It is not a very hard or long course, so it’s good for weekend golfers. Pace of play is good and the course conditions are usually decent.

I read some reviews about issues with checking in to enter the base. That could be the biggest negative for this place. Non military need to add some time to their plan in order to sign in to be allowed access.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 38
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Cold weather
Used cart

nice layout

Enjoyed the layout of the course. Dry Fairways but great greens. Good pace of play. Make sure to get to the base early as you need to get a day pass to enter the military base. Will surely play the course again. Great course for the price.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 34
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Was not happy very upset

The course wasn’t in good shape. There were soggy spots all over the course. The pace of play was so terrible the group in front of us was so slow we had three groups waiting. They thought it was funny. There was no one in front of them so we skip holes and it was wide open. Also the green was in good shape. An I’m a soldier just like the other groups and I have golf ethics to let a group go through if I’m playing slow. We waited on every hole on the front nine. Played this course last year around this time it was in real good shape but not now.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
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 Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Terrible service

I was really looking forward to play this course. I called the day before to make sure I could get on base.

I arrived the next day at the visitor center outside the base and it took them 45 minutes just for the visitor center to call my name to get my pass. The clubhouse could’ve mentioned that there was a graduation going on that day and that I should arrive MUCH earlier than I arrived( I arrived at the visitor center 45 minutes prior to my tee time).

Then I finally get called to get my pass and the people at the service center couldn’t find the email from the clubhouse saying that I was going to play golf today. I call the clubhouse and I spoke with Patty about the email she was supposed to send over. Patty said the didn’t send it over because my partner that I was supposed to play with never called to confirm he was playing(My partner called me on this day to say he couldn’t make it). So, nevertheless, the email was never sent over.

Patty said she’d send over the email saying that she’d send over an email saying it was just me only to play. I told the lady at the visitor center that she’s sending over the email. The lady at the visitor center said it’d be another 15-30 minutes before she’d receive the email from patty. By this time I said forget it and I went home. By the time they would’ve got the email and I would’ve made it to the clubhouse, I’d already be an hour late for my tee time.

I’m never attempting to play this course ever again!!!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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