Played this course yesterday with an 8:24am Tee time. Started off a little after but had a pretty fast pace. We ended up finishing a foursome just right at 4 hours. Pretty challenging course. Some of the par fives are tough. We played from the blues. It's best to stay right on the first five holes.
Well organized and maintained golf course enjoyable course with nice view
What happened Avery Ranch?The last time we went to Avery Ranch had been approximately 6 months ago and enjoyed the golfing, course and surroundings.Here's some notes from our most recent golf experience:1) 5+ hrs round golf2) Golf course was not is the best of shape - especially the greens - fairways - so so3) 24 hr cancelling fee enforced - we had someone at the last minute due to unseen events - pay up4) Sand traps - that was not sand in the traps - mixed density of very little sand - pebbles and some small rocks.I hope Avery improves within the next few months because it was a really nice golf course but not worth the money, wait and overall experience.
The owner of this place is a joke. You will have nothing but a BAD experience if you book ANYTHING here. The clubhouse staff is rude. Although the scenery is nice, I highly recommend NOT booking any event here, as the stress caused (mainly by the owner) will totally ruin it. I have also heard from several friends in the area that the owner is a thorn in the communities side. Maybe it will get new management, or new ownership, but until then DO NOT book your function here.
Great place to get in some reps on the range. Only thing missing is cups on the practice greens. Looking forward to coming back and checking out the course.
Course itself was in good condition. The rate of plat is absolutely horrid. I will not be going back anytime soon and I recommend that you don't either. There is no reason for this golf course to book tee times 5 minutes apart and stack the field so heavily that it takes 6 hours to play a round of golf. (And we left 3 holes early!) Marshall's aren't doing their job keeping pace of play up but they sure like to chat with everyone that's going around.Once again, nice and challenging course but don't waste your money when they waste your time.
This course was a lot of fun. Challenging and great hill country. Would play it again.
Cant speak for the course itself so that is why this isn't a 1 star. But the Driving range needs work, everything needs to be updated badly if you are charging $15 for a medium bucket-If you are going to force people to use mats everyday of the year then there needs to be better mats. Some of that mats are not usable.-Range balls are in horrible condition. Lots broken or extremally dirty.-Also replacing the broken hook to hold the basket on the range ball machine would take like 5 minutes and $5 dollars.
Greens are in amazing condition considering it's January and 40deg outside. It wasn't slow at all pretty good pace on all the greens very consistent. The course is fair, good reward for good tee shots. Few holes have blind hazards if you didn't know you could get in trouble for teeing it long. Probably not a bad idea to get the course book to see where they are at first time playing there.
Avery Ranch is one of the nicer tracks around Austin. Unfortunately the only nice part about Avery Ranch is the actual course.Since the Magnolia Group has taken over this place has gone downhill. The management team is beyond poor.The range is one of the worst around. The balls hardly have dimples, the mats are rotting, the grass is all sand and a bucket is wildly over priced. Buying new range balls cannot be that expensive of an investment…Pace of play is also HORRIBLE. Don’t come here if you expect to play in 4 hours. Typically it takes about 5 hours because they stack their tee times.Overall I gave it 3 stars solely because the actual course is well kept and a fun challenge. Other than that the food is decent and the range and service are terrible.