Falconhead Golf Club

The golf experience went great. The starters were well receptive to myself being a single and allowed me to head off on the back nine first to allow me continuous play. This allowed continuous play in good time with minimal waiting.

Except for a few greens that have some roughness in spots, the course is in fabulous condition, lush fairways, beautiful vistas and views, elegant surroundings, just a great course that keeps you coming back for more. Playable but very challenging from the tips, still challenging forward but easier. Highly recommend this course especially when you can get such a great deal off GolfNow.

A challenging track, so sometimes that can slow things down a little. Greens are slow, but true. Staff is always top notch- courteous and friendly from check in, to the rangers.

We teed off at 2:15 yesterday and didn't walk off the course until 7:15. The marshals have no idea how to manage pace of play. There were two groups in front of us and no one beyond them. They wouldn't let us play through and the marshal did nothing when we said something to him about it. Some of the greens could use some work but otherwise the course was in good shape. I just can't get away from the pace of play. When three groups are on a hole and one is waiting to tee off behind the guys on the tee box something is wrong. This is my third round at Falcon Head and my last. Five hours is unacceptable. My first two rounds were in the 4 to 4 1/2 hour range. So as far as I know this course plays extra slow. Good luck trying to find a rhythm.

A well designed Texas Hill Country course. It was in good condition for late March. I highly recommend.

They reversed the 9's and and made some changes to the landscape. Course looks pristine and the reversing of the 9's makes it more enjoyable to play.

Falconhead is one of my favorite courses in Austin and with the GolfNow discount, it is definitely worth the price. They take great care of the course and the staff is always looking to help. It's longer than average and will require some course strategy to keep you out of trouble. Green tee boxes, green fairways and green...greens. If you've never played it, spend the few extra bucks and go. You won't regret it!

The staff is what ruined my view of this course. In the pro shop at 7 AM there were three employees, one on the phone and two completely ignoring us. No chance of getting any range practice if you're an early bird because golf balls don't fly before 8 o clock at this place. How hard would it be to leave out some practice balls or offer freaking range tokens at sunrise? The starter stressed and beat pace of play into our heads then he promptly lets a twosome behind us. Just not the way you want to start your golf experience. Course was in fair enough condition but not for the price.

The course is very nice. Not crazy about the range being so far from the shop. The staff is exceptionally nice. A couple of the greens are spotty in places and are also very grainy for such a new track. The 18th hole is out of place. I have never seen a finishing hole with a green that slopes from front to back while you are hitting your approach from way below the shelf. It needs a revamp...it is almost like somebody got tired and said oh whatever, we are done here. Wouldn't be hard to rebuild it.

Course was in great shape and the marshalls were very friendly. Helped us move along a really really slow group in front of us. This is one of my favorite courses in Austin.

The course itself was in decent shape. The greens were for the most part consistent, and the fairways were fairly green for February. The main reason this course doesn't get a better review is because of it's staff. It was my first time to the course, and not a single person made me feel all that welcome. When I asked for directions, they for the most part ignored me until I clearly wasn't going to leave them alone. The marshall was also unfriendly. He got onto my foursome for not keeping pace of play when we were clearly waiting for the group in front of us to leave the green so we could hit our balls.

Overall the course was nice, however the staff was not.

The course had a tournament earlier in the day and they did not anticipate for the delays later in the day. I had a tee time for 12:45 and we started @ 1:20. Every tee box was a wait and tensions were high. The round took 5 1/2 hours, not much fun. They ran out of carts and this course charges a premium price. If it weren't for Golf Now I would have paid full price, $85.00 to $90.00. The course is good but not that good. Thank you Golf Now, not your fault!

Great hilly course. Super friendly marshal helped me replay a second round starting from the 10th hole, so that I can play two rounds from 11h20 to 18h15. Green are generally in good shape except for the signature 17th hole where superintendent can't find a way to keep it alive. I have been here in the last 3 years, and it always seem to be the worse green on the course but this year it's in better shape. greens were not very fast yesterday but it's not easy to read, unless you're a member. I booked with golfnow and the replay cost me the same amount than the first round!

I realize we're still in the dormant season in Central Texas, but the greens at Avery Ranch and Star Ranch are in much better shape and run much truer. The Par 3 17th, which is supposed to be Falconhead's "signature" hole, was especially bad, where 1/2 the green is unplayable and it's clear they've had to cut down some trees to try to get it more sunlight. It'll be a while before I go back here again.

My wedding was on Saturday February 16th. The wedding party and fathers and friends playing Saturday morning filling three tee times back to back to back. The staff was super freindly and gave us some pointers because no one had played the course before. The course was in excellent shape for February. Then came the marshalls. I do not recall his name but an elder marshal had hassled the fathers group three different times about playing behind pace by 8 MINUTES!!! There was no one waiting behind them the entire day, so there was no issue to be had, yet the marshal felt it necessary to haggle the group and somewhat ruin thier experience of the course. Will not play here again because of it. Customer service is everything.

For a fairly high-end course Falconhead should have over seeded fairways during the winter season.

The course was OK. I would not pay their full rate. It isn't that good of course. The one really agravating thing about this course is that the architect and superintendent seem to think that obstacles in the fairway is a good idea. Multiple times I hit good drives only to have the second shot blocked out by a tree left in the edge of the fairway, Plenalizing good drives is not an attractive course feature. At first I thought it was probably just this one hole, but then it happened a couple of more time to me and a few times to the other people I was playing with. There are better options in Austin for the price.

Don't pay attention to the "Pace of Play" or any of the other slider based ratings. I can't get the sliders to work, so they are still default settings. Golfnow needs to fix this. Guys and/or gals. If you want a finitie set of ratings for these catagories, just put push buttons there.

Great staff and nicer course than I expected. Not much water and normal amount of traps but a couple of traps within traps. Greens are larger than normal but very difficult to read. Ball placement is important. Course is wide and forgiving for my not always down the middle drives.

Excellent course with many different tee boxes. Staff was outstanding and helpful. I enjoyed the variety of holes the most.
Greens were in great shape. Only negative was the driving range, allowed to hit from the mats only. Problem with that,
the matts are on a 5-10 degree angle upward. I couldn't drive to the first tee fast enough. Overall, a must course to play while
in the Austin area. Also many area places to eat, good traffic
flow in the area.

Even though the course was in winter condition, it was still in very good condition. Shot making is key on this course. just hitting the fairway isn't going to get you a par. The greens are tricky and need to be approached from the correct angle to score. The layout of the holes is really good, with a mix of risk/reward, distance and placement holes. The bunkers are well kept and have a nice grade of sand in them. Hazards were well thought out here. Seemingly good shots that are a little off line can find more trouble than you thought. I suggest a good warm up before your round. Fortunately for you, they have a nice, complete facility.