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3.8
914 Reviews (914)
5 Stars
379
4 Stars
314
3 Stars
121
2 Stars
55
1 Stars
45
Conditions
3.9
Value
3.4
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.0
Pace
3.4
Amenities
3.4
72.1%
Recommend this course
759 out of 914 reviews
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4.2
9 Reviews (9)
5 Stars
6
4 Stars
1
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.4
Value
3.9
Layout
4.8
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.6
88.9%
Recommend this course
8 out of 9 reviews
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3.8
32 Reviews (32)
5 Stars
12
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
7
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.9
Value
3.4
Layout
4.4
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.1
68.8%
Recommend this course
22 out of 32 reviews
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Course Highlights
Falconhead's clever, challenging layout consistently earns high marks from golfers who appreciate its thoughtful design. Fairways, greens, and top-notch practice facilities keep course conditions among the strongest in the Austin area.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7181 yards
Slope 137
Rating 75.7

Falconhead Golf Club sits just west of Austin in the midst of the scenic Hill Country, tumbling across a rolling landscape covered with knobby cedars and towering oaks. The challenging layout was designed to PGA standards, making it one of the most popular public golf courses in the area. The greens are fast and each is protected by at least one bunker. The golf course offers an interesting variety of holes that will require the use of every club in your bag. On windy days, the lengthy par 4s are especially tricky. Golfers will be faced with a variety of challenges on this course including dramatic uphill approaches, forced carries, blind shots, and doglegs. There are also meandering creeks that crisscross the course and a number of ponds that come into play. Falconhead Golf Club's signature hole is the beautiful par-3 17th, which will require your most accurate iron.

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Course Details

Year Built 2003
Golf Season Year round
Architect Chris Gray (2003)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $35
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes - "Hanlim Performance Golf Academy"
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover
Metal Spikes Allowed Soft spikes only
Single Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes, at restricted times
Dress code Traditional golf attire. Collared shirts required, cutoff shorts not allowed.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
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Reviews

3.8
914 Reviews (914)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 20
Patio Dining 11
Watching the Game 8
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 43
Bunkers 37
Undulating Greens 29
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 41
Locals 36
A Weekend Splurge 31
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 39
In the 'Burbs 23
Convenient to the City 21

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Played On
Reviews 55
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Great course, painfully long round, cart fee issue

I was told that I had to share a cart, or pay a $20 fee on top of the cost of my 18 (which includes a half-cart) - this not reasonable. Course was in great shape, except the sand traps continue to be in unacceptable condition. The layout is great. There were no marshals driving the course, so it took us 4:40 to play 18 behind multiple unacceptably slow foursomes - way too long. The starter was outstanding. Inside staff was less than friendly. Cart person was great.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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Commented on 04/26/2021

Hi, u367224597. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Falconhead Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great Course!

Really enjoyed this course! Had a great layout with nice elevation changes. Definitely will return.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/26/2021

Thank you for your review, kellybs5512. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Falconhead Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

The practice area at this course is amazing. The driving range even has a few bays with trackman devices which anyone who has purchased range balls can use

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/22/2021

Your feedback is important to us, birdville45. Thank you for sharing your 5-star experience. We look forward to seeing you again at the course soon! Thanks for choosing Falconhead Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Best greens around

Falconhead’s greens are lush and rolling true. You need to check them out

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 04/19/2021

Hi, Jjkdonovan. We appreciate you leaving a review and rating us. We will inform the entire team, so they know their hard work is paying off. We look forward to having you back at Falconhead Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 37
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Excellent Course

Falconhead is my favorite Austin public course. Nice practice facilities. Course conditions were great. Pace of play was good. Just an excellent day of golf!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 04/19/2021

Thank you for your review, Dean7080712. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Falconhead Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 6
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course

The course was in great condition considering the winter in TX this year. Greens were a bit slow. Biggest complaint was that there was no sand in the bunkers, just some gravel to tear up your wedges.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 04/14/2021

Hi, jimclift. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Falconhead Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Need marshals

As with most public courses these days, playing on a nice weekend is likely going to take a while. I can understand 4.5 hours, but a 5 hour round is unacceptable. As well, there was not a marshal in sight who could have helped matters. There's always that one group is that is over a hole behind and they were in front of us. They were clearly unaware on how to keep a pace of play which is reasonable (poor cart placement, tons of practice swings, etc.) Had there been a marshal ANYWHERE, they could have at least tried to keep the pace of play reasonable.

Also, it's time to put rakes back in the bunkers. Sister courses like Avery Ranch, now have them. What's the hold up with Falconhead?

Range is also poorly kept. Mats are old and it feels like you are on top of the person next to you.

This course used to be one of the premier public courses in Austin. It's now middle of the pack.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 04/22/2021

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, cgehring. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Falconhead Golf Club, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
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Commented on 04/13/2021

Hi, midtownbrowne. We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us at (512) 402-1558 to share with us your favorite part of your experience. Thanks for golfing at Falconhead Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 04/22/2021

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, FRF512! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Falconhead Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Excellent

Beautiful course layout . Very challenging but fun. Great friendly staff.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/13/2021

Thank you for your review, u092414674. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Falconhead Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 27
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 04/22/2021

Hello, bockadoo. Thank you for visiting us at Falconhead Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Falconhead Review

Course is still under diress since Polar Vortex in mid-Feb. Practice range was a little disappointing with worn mats stacked so closely together. Practice area for chipping & putting were both nicely maintained. Course itself was in satisfactory shape - lot of bear lies, poor tee boxes and inconsistent greens. Again, I attribute this to the weather in February. Staff was very friendly.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 04/14/2021

Hi, u000001954000. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Falconhead Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 31
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

5 stars

First time playing here and will def be back... finally decided to splurge a little bit and was worth every penny. I started golf last year and def a bogey / double bogey player. Managed to leave with one par, even for someone of my skill level it was def forgiving and playable for all skill levels...fairways were amazing and green all around. Got paired up with 3 older guys and we had a ball. 5 stars great time, go you won’t regret it!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/13/2021

Ross5249050, thank you for your kind words! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Falconhead Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/02/2021

Hi, u092414674. Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Falconhead Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great experience.

We tees off early and completed our round in 3 hours and 15 minutes. The greens were in fantastic shape, as were the traps and most of the tee boxes. We filled a number of fairway divots that others had overlooked. The snack bar wasn’t open when teed off, but opened by the time we made the turn. Excellent breakfast tacos.

We will be back soon.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 04/02/2021

Thank you for taking the time to review us, terry8275519. Your feedback is valuable, and we look forward to delivering you excellent service again soon. Falconhead Golf Club thanks you!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/02/2021

We love hearing about our golfers' experiences, Diacr1509. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed during your round. Thanks for choosing Falconhead Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 69
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Course was in immaculate condition

I’ve played here a lot in the last 13 years and the course conditions are as good as ever. Pace of play could’ve been better, our round took almost 5 hours and we saw Marshall once. But besides that it was a wonderful day and great round of golf.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/02/2021

Thank you for your review, Whatthecob. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Falconhead Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
3.0
First Time Playing

It’s worth driving further to another course.

Ok, I don’t really ever leave reviews, but felt like I need to in case anyone finds themselves in a similar situation. We came in from out of town to play some courses and this one came up on most lists. We got there quite early and went to hit balls to warm up. $9 to hit a small bucket off a mat that we waited 15 minutes to hit off an old mat with no tee. I grew up on local, farm-ish courses, but they realized this and charged appropriately. Besides the marshal there was nothing, but entitled snobbery everywhere and for what? A burned out, super packed course that took 5 hours to play? I’m good.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 04/02/2021

Hi, u000005571678! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Falconhead Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/22/2021

Hi, James2839347. We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Falconhead Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for another 5-star experience!

Played On
Reviews 54
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fantastic course

Was visiting Ausrin and took advantage of booking a tee time at Falconhead. The course looked great from tee to green. My only complaints are the speed of the greens was slow and the mats at the practice range are way to close. The kid to my right hitting driver had a wide swing and nearly hit me on both his backswing and follow through.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 03/26/2021

Your feedback is important to us, edwardc73. Thank you for sharing your 5-star experience. We look forward to seeing you again at the course soon! Thanks for choosing Falconhead Golf Club.

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