Austin Golf Club
24900 TX-71, Spicewood, TX 78669, USA
The lay of the land.
How the course above sets up: its routing, character, and what to expect.
Austin Golf Club is an 18-hole golf course in Spicewood, TX, playing 5,522–6,900 yards from 4 sets of tees (slope 123–136, course rating up to 74).
Expect 66 bunkers; the back nine plays tougher.
The word on the course.
How golfers talk about it, summarized from public reviews. Their opinions, not our scoring.
Golfers describe Austin Golf Club as the purest expression of Crenshaw and Coore’s minimalist style in Texas, a walking-only private west of town with wide fairways, native rough, and wildly contoured greens that reward ground-game creativity. Reviewers regularly place it among the best modern courses in the country and emphasize the unhurried, caddie-and-walk culture as much as the architecture.
Consistently praised
- Wide corridors invite aggressive lines but punish the wrong angle into the greens.
- Green complexes and short-grass surrounds get singled out as world-class.
Worth knowing
- Walking only with caddies, plan stamina and logistics accordingly.
Golfers recommend
- Play more bump-and-run than you think, the surrounds are built for it.
- Study the green before you putt, the contours are bigger than they look at address.
Tee fit & expected score.
Set your handicap for the right tees, a realistic score, and the holes where you'll get a stroke.
Play the Sheriff tees, 5922 yds (or Middle)
How to play it
- Card-wreckers at #5, #7, #11. Bogey is fine here; don't compound mistakes.
- 3 par 4s over 440 yds, a course that rewards length off the tee.
Tagged scorecard.
Per-hole tags for hazards, length, and scoring chances from your selected tee.
| Hole | Par | Yds | SI | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1• | 4 | 434 | 5 | |
| 2• | 4 | 325 | 7 | |
| 3• | 3 | 187 | 15 | |
| 4• | 4 | 409 | 13 | |
| 5•• | 4 | 454 | 1 | Long 4Tough |
| 6• | 4 | 383 | 9 | |
| 7• | 4 | 466 | 11 | Long 4 |
| 8• | 3 | 131 | 17 | |
| 9•• | 5 | 584 | 3 | Tough |
| Out | 35 | 3373 | ||
| 10• | 3 | 238 | 18 | Long 3 |
| 11•• | 4 | 489 | 2 | Long 4Tough |
| 12• | 4 | 428 | 14 | |
| 13• | 4 | 347 | 8 | |
| 14• | 4 | 404 | 12 | |
| 15•• | 5 | 612 | 4 | |
| 16• | 3 | 207 | 16 | Long 3 |
| 17• | 4 | 366 | 6 | |
| 18• | 4 | 436 | 10 | |
| In | 35 | 3527 | ||
All tees & ratings
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back | 6900 | 74 | 136 | 70 |
| Middle | 6423 | 71.6 | 129 | 70 |
| Sheriff | 5922 | 69.6 | 127 | 70 |
| Forward | 5522 | 67.8 | 123 | 70 |
Conditions & terrain.
Today's wind by hole, the climbs and drops, and a seven-day playability outlook.
7-day outlook
Best window this week: Fri 06-12 · 81/100
Frequently asked.
- How long is Austin Golf Club?
- Austin Golf Club plays 5,522–6,900 yards across 4 sets of tees, to a par of 70 from the back tees.
- How difficult is Austin Golf Club?
- Its slope rating ranges 123–136, with a course rating up to 74. The back nine plays tougher.
- Which tees should I play at Austin Golf Club?
- A mid-handicap golfer (around 15) best fits the Sheriff tees at 5,922 yards. Match your own driver distance or handicap with the tee selector on this page.
- How many bunkers does Austin Golf Club have?
- Austin Golf Club has 66 bunkers.
Nearby & similar.
Other courses within reach, and the closest matches by difficulty and length.