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In from out of town, first time playing the course. Will be back.

Falconhead is part of the many great public golf courses in the great city of Austin. The practice area is extensive and despite the "irons only" on the range, there are plenty of ways to hide your game prior to your round. The course is a fun layout with what seems like so many options to play each and every hole. The short par-4 7th is so fun, and the signature par-3 8th that sits on a rock ledge is beautiful. The greens rolled fast and true all weekend but can be tricky to read where the break is.

The only negative was the clubhouse which is one small room that is both the pro shop and bar/kitchen/hangout area. But it didn't take away from our experience at all.

Course is in great shape at the moment, except for the skunk that let loose between #2 & #3 was a great round

Marshalls were great. Offering advice, accommodating, addressing players questions/needs etc... Course in great shape. Pace of play perfect.

Everything was great until me and my playing partner reached the first green. We paid something around 180 bucks for a two man and expected better playing conditions. They fertilized the greens right before we teed off at 7:30 and gave us no discount despite there being loads of fertilizer all over the greens, kind of like someone dumping sand all over. The course was beautiful, everyone in the shop was helpful and friendly, and I loved the layout. A lot of elevated greens and the par three 8th is a must see, beautiful green hanging over a pond. Great course overall, but the conditions weren't as expected and we paid full price despite having the fertilizer or It would have been 5 stars.

First the good- the staff was friendly and helpful. The layout is interesting with lots of elevation changes. The wind makes the course challenging to play since it every shot is affected. Some traps had good sand, some traps had little sand.

The bad- 5 hour pace of play in the morning on a weekend. Rangers said they were talking with the slow group holding up play but nothing happened. The greens were slow and bumpy. Not what you would expect when paying $89 a round. More like what you would expect at a $35 municipal course. Also, the signature "Guitar shaped" sand traps are rinky dink. The guitar stem traps have different sand than the regular traps and lead to very long bunker shots.

I had a foursome tee time for Friday April 28th at 3 PM. I was called on Wednesday by Gary Goodpaster from Falconhead and was told they could not honor that tee time, although I had booked it 2 days prior, and that I would have to change it. The only other times he offered would not work for my group (and he only offered a couple other options). He then preceded to ask if they could help accommodate in getting a tee time somewhere else in town since it was such last minute notice. I said sure, Wolfdancer was our other option when we decided to go with Falconhead. He said he would call over there and talk to their team and would call me back. HE NEVER CALLED ME BACK. I took the liberty to call because I knew it seemed shady and Wolfdancer was able to squeeze us in at 3:30 PM on Friday.

All in all, I would expect much more from this class of golf course. Scheduling erros and horrible customer service. Beware if you book here, you may get called the day before and then be left with no where to play in town.

*I have played here before and found the staff to be equally as unfriendly on that visit as well.

I was incredibly disappointed at the horrible conditions of the greens, and many of the tees. For their price point, I expected at least smooth putting surfaces but found only a couple of greens that were decent. Several areas on greens were roped off due to problems areas, greens were generally bumpy with tons of unrepaired ball marks, and the collars around the greens were awful. This is not a well maintained course that should be charging $80 per round - save your money in my opinion.

I am impressed with this course every time I play it. Falconhead takes the extra measures I'm keeping up with the maintenance of the golf course. The layout is phenomenal. I would definitely recommend anyone playing this course at any time of the year.

For some reason the employees at this course seem to think they are running one of the many private courses surrounding them. THIS IS A PUBLIC COURSE.....snobby, greater than thou treatment is expected, even relished when you have an opportunity to play with the CEOs and RVPs of some of Austin's finest private courses. However, Falconhead is living a delusional fantasy. Please treat your guest with a little more respect. Just because you are situated in Lakeway, doesn't mean you have treat golfers visiting from other parts of the city with disdain and disrespect. Just a suggestion from a golfer that had no clue a 'Hot deal' was going to turn outt to be a HOT MESS. Thank you for you attention to this matter.

The course was beautiful and in great condition. The staff was helpful. My only surprise was the length of the par 4s.

This course is incredible. The layout and elevation is awesome. Absolutely love this course.

Overall I really like playing Falconhead. My only complaint was the greens seemed to be muddier than normal and there were a ton of marks on the greens where the ball would not run true. Missed a couple of easy puts because my ball hit a pot mark.

Overall good experience. Would have expected someone at bag drop and someone available to wipe clubs off after round for $ paid . Greens had good speed but some were not in great shape from grass perspective. Fairways and traps were in good shape . Nice layout with lots of good design features. Friendly just maybe a little shorthanded during the week. Pace of play was good , under 4 hours .