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3.6
904 Reviews (904)
5 Stars
373
4 Stars
312
3 Stars
121
2 Stars
53
1 Stars
45
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.2
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
3.8
Pace
3.2
Amenities
3.2
67.3%
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751 out of 904 reviews
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3.6
22 Reviews (22)
5 Stars
6
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
3.7
Value
3.1
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.4
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
3.9
63.6%
Recommend this course
14 out of 22 reviews
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3.4
39 Reviews (39)
5 Stars
8
4 Stars
15
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
7
1 Stars
4
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.0
Layout
3.8
Pace
3.0
Amenities
3.0
StaffFriendliness
3.6
61.5%
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24 out of 39 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7181 yards
Slope 134
Rating 75.0

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
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
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
Walking Allowed Yes, at restricted times
Dress code Traditional golf attire. Collared shirts required, cutoff shorts not allowed.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

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3.6
904 Reviews (904)

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Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing

Excellent

Beautiful course, maintained well, pace of play a little slow. One of the best courses I’ve played in the area. Will go back for sure, but maybe during the week for cheaper prices

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

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4th or 5th time to play here. Like the layout and variety of holes; elevation changes (for TX); pace of play for a Sunday afternoon wasn't bad - moved along. Looks like greens just aerated so not the best but that happens. Tee boxes need some help but fairways in good shape. once greens are recovered will be much better

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Best condition in Austin right now

Somewhat tricky course. Fantastic condition. Pace of play was pretty slow until the group in front let us play through. Smooth sailing after that. Some cool hole layouts. Greens were in great shape, but smaller than I was used to. Loved the course, I’ll be back. Hole 9 needs a net on the right side, if you drive the fairway, you’ll struggle to find your ball amongst errant range balls.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
4.0
Previously Played

Pace of play terrible

Course was in good condition. Couple greens had been cored and sand-covered, but overall rest of the course and greens played well.

The pace of play was terrible, we averaged over 20min per hole for an afternoon round, often waiting on the tee boxes for 10+ minutes or being backed up behind other groups on tee boxes. Super frustrating,

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

Save your time

Today was a 5 1/2 hour round. Last time was a 4 1/2 hour round. Time before that I gave up 4 hours and 14 holes in. Course was in great condition besides 2 and 3 greens. No marshaling and tee times 9 minutes apart. I will not be returning anytime soon.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course was in good shape, the staff was friendly and the pace of play was great. The only downside to Falconhead is range balls are not included with your green fee.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 55
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 55
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

If things don’t change, they remain the same

Haven’t played course in two years, because rounds took 4 1/2 to 5 hrs to complete, and the condition of the course was deteriorating. I thought that things may have improved so I gave it another try. Welp, nothing has changed except the cost has significantly increased. It took 4 1/2 hours to play on a Tuesday morning; there was a Marshall who we saw twice, but was not effective in getting the offending players to play anywhere close to a 4 - 4 1/2 hr round. Bunkers were packed sand, and some had the bedpan lining exposed. Some greens were partly beautiful, and part were no-grass. I really like the layout, but don’t think I’ll go back unless they significantly improve the experience.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great Course Layout

This course has a great layout and friendly staff. If greens and tees were just a bit better condition it would have been amazing! Doesn’t take much. Greens still totally fine and playable

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Overpriced!!!!

This course is not worth $129 per player considering how many bare, dirt, rock, or other lies when in or around the fairway. It's very much a target course with some exceptions, but with any cross winds blowing 10-20 mph you have no chance to keep it in play, and when the fairways are dormant or lacking in any type of grass your screwed! The pace of play is not very well monitored either which made for a long Monday!

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 84
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

too expensive on weekends. Also, they have you sign a release at the starter for the carts. seems redundant.

hotdog rating 7/10

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

Great course, terrible people/price

The course itself is great, but not worth the price and not worth the treatment (cart girls and bar staff excluded, they were awesome). Me and a buddy got paired with two older guys (those guys rocked by the way) and it was cart path only. Long story short we’re on 13 and the young Marshall came out and complained to the older gentlemen about the pace of play, mind you one of those guys is 74 and it’s cart party only, PLUS we had not seen a group in front or behind us ALL DAY and I called him out knowing something wasn’t right and our pace was good, turned out we were 15 minutes ahead of pace for the day. While being cart path only and with an older guy!!! The fact that falconhead collectively got over $450 from our foursome and then complained to us about pace of play in adverse course conditions when we were ahead? On principal I can’t recommend this course to anyone based of that experience.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Management has given up

This is the sister course for Avery Ranch and Teravista. They share one owner. They also have in common that it's obvious they're cutting costs. There hadn't been rain in several days but there was standing water all over the course. There was no consistent overseeding, which made fairways uneven. There was sand randomly placed on greens, faireways and tee boxes to obviously compensate for the moisture. There was damage to quite a few greens, which made it impossible to predict how to play from one hole to another. Small one here, but highlights the cost cutting... our cart number was written on the cart with a green sharpie. Terrible course for the cost. Probably worth $25-$35 for a mid-Monday tee time.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Greens are in check!

Course is great! Absolutely not a course for people who play slow! Slow golf if bad golf, even if you think you're actually good at golf and you play slow your not good. Golf 101 keep pace with the people in front of you! No matter your age or your skill level just play fast.

There are really great golf simulators popping up all over!! Great place for slow golfers!!

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