118 Club Cir Drive, Kingsland, Texas 78639, US
(325) 388-6660
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About Lighthouse Country Club

Located in the Texas Hill Country just off of Lake LBJ, Lighthouse Country Club in Kingsland is an 18-hole golf course with several vacation homes to rent out. These 2-bedroom/2-bathroom 1,300-square-foot units are steps from the clubhouse, which features dining and overlooks the scenic golf course. In addition to these homes, Lighthouse also has an RV park with laundry, picnic area and showers. Lighthouse (formerly Packsaddle Country Club, named after nearby Packsaddle Mountain) is an affordable stay-and-play option. The semi-private golf course, originally opened in 1968 but renovated in 2006 and purchased in 2011, has made the Golfers' Choice Top 25 golf courses in Texas in multiple years and Golfers' Choice best value in the country list.

Facts

Price Range$, $$
Property Class★★
Acres300
Year Opened1968
Number of UnitsLess than 100

Amenities & Services

RestaurantsCasual, Bar
Practice FacilityYes
Banquet SpaceYes

Rules

Is the resort pet friendly?Yes
Is resort stay required for a tee time?No

Golf courses at Lighthouse Country Club

Reviews

4.4
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Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing

A good day!

Staff was great. I broke 100 for the first time! There were 3 holes on the front 9 that had temporary greens and understand the club is working to resolve. Great layout. I had a good day.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Relaxing pace of play

We enjoyed a great round at a relaxing and leisurely pace of play and plan to return.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Needs a lot of work

3 temporary greens and most of the rest in bad shape. To be fair the Texas weather this spring has been very difficult. One odd situation, there was a twosome in front of us, 2 guys and a tiny CHILD! They had strapped a car seat to the side of the golf cart. But the kid was running around the whole time. One of the guys was wearing construction boots and a sleeveless tee shirt. Get the picture?

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Reviews 2
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Give it time

Lighthouse is the best course in the hill country, which is why I give it 5 stars. Unfortunately, they are going a through a rough patch with the greens, and have been since the freeze in 2020. Essentially every green on the front 9 is affected / unplayable, and half the ones in the back have an intrusion in your putting lie.

IMO, they should close the course for 6-12 months to get it back to its once glory, but understand why they can’t do that. Fairways are in great shape and tee boxes are fine as always, but I feel sad that people come here expecting the greens of old, and aren’t getting that, and write off the course completely. The greens that are good are fuzzy and don’t get the traditional lighthouse speed.

Management, would strongly consider a temporary closure to get it back. I know the greens “take” to higher heat, but with a touch up, and time off, let’s get this place back to where it was. Then work on the clubhouse / amenities to get it to a hangout spot at least for food like Delaware Springs is.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens under renovation

Course was in good shape except for the greens. Three holes required temporary greens, while others still had bare spots. Otherwise, a good day on the course.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The fairways & T boxes were great!

The greens need a lot of work. Almost impossible to make good putts due to rough, dry dead spots on most of the greens.

If the greens were in a lot better condition, this course would be awesome!

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The greens are poor

We love playing at the Lghthouse. The course is so beautiful. The wildflowers are everywhere. The holes are all different and challenging. However, this time there was a problem with the greens. It looks like there has been a disease that has hurt a lot of greens and unfortunately, it’s going to be a while before the greens get back to their normal good condition that they used to be in. It is a shame because this is such a beautiful golf course.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Greens in Terrible Condition

Greens in Terrible Condition. Some greens were so bad the pin was in obscure positions, sometimes only feet from the edge of the green due to the rest of the green being sandy, dry, and no grass. Tee boxes and fairways were fine. Basically every green was horrendous. Like trying to play putt-putt on the moon.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good but not Great

Overall layout of the course is good, the fairways were in excellent shape. The greens were terrible. Still suffering from the late freeze in 2023 and they appeared to have been recently aereated . LH would be a gem if only for the greens being in poor shape.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course!

Have played Lighthouse several times and have always enjoyed the experience. Green are currently pretty rough due to ongoing turf maintenance, but fairways are in great shape.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slowly getting there

Improvements on the greens are in progress. The day I played followed recent sanding etc. so it was a day at the beach. Fairways are good, just off the fairways needs mowing etc- basic spring cleaning. Good rains today so I’ll go back in May for another round.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Aerated greens

Fun course to play. Always easy to get on and a good pace of play. Average 3.5-4 hours largely depending on how quick you’re playing. Generally good value, but the greens were recently aerated, the offered a discount but this was the first weekend going back to full price. Not worth full price right now. They need to give it another month before they hit you with peak pricing. I’ll play legends next weekend until the greens fill out.

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Commented on 04/10/2024

Hello, u000007641539. Thank you for leaving us a review. We are sorry to hear your experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you will give us another try in the future. Thank you for choosing Lighthouse Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Perfect weather
Used cart

Sanded Greens

There really needs to be some sort of warning on this app when the greens are off limits or freshly sanded or being moved or whatever else.

When we got to the first green, they had been recently sanded. It was like putting in a gravel pit.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 27
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Needs some time and attention

Thank you for the great service….

The course is in need of time and attention; with the greens in the condition that they are currently…. Once they get the sunshine, water, and care they deserve, it will be a much better track and experience. The fareways were pretty hard as well. Guess I needed to adjust my game as well.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

The Lighthouse

I've played the Lighthouse many times over the years. Beautiful course with excellent views. I've never seen the greens in the shape they are in right now. Really bad. I hope they can save them before the summer heat gets here. The fairways were in great condition.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 04/04/2024

We appreciate your review. We are diligently working on the greens and if Mother Nature will cooperate and bring us warmer temperatures at night the greens will come out of dormancy. Tif Eagle greens unlike bent grass need the extra heat. Again, thank you our staff is working to insure greens get back to the perfection you are expecting.

Rick Howe, Owner

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Terrible Greens

The greens are not up to par for charging $60 on a round of golf.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 47
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

worst course in area

From tee to green it is acceptable. Fare amount of grass and not too many bare spots. But the greens are atrocious. It actually looks like the maintenance crew is trying to ruin the greens. They don't look like they know what they are doing. Won't return until greens are remedied.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Windy Friday before the rain

It’s winter conditions at Lighthouse. That meant I had some amazingly long drives! Those are always fun. The greens are pretty good and I know they are working hard to bring them back. Only a couple are poor, but others are great except for the outside edges. I love the new sand in the bunkers and it looks like there are new golf carts ready to go. Improvements in many places. The staff is awesome. Love this course!

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