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(Updated) Pecan Valley Golf Club
[smartads]Original Review: 2009, Updated Review 2011 Pecan Valley is nestled along the picturesque Salado Creek just six miles from downtown San Antonio's famed Riverwalk area. Originally designed in 1963 and redone in 1998 the owners have spent considerable amounts of time and capital to restore this old course. Pecan Valley was the host of the 5oth PGA Championship, the 1967, 1969 and 1970 Texas Opens, the 2001 US Amateur Public Links Championship, numerous NCAA tournaments and the current site for the PGA's Texas Open qualifier event. Edit: Pecan is now also the home of the San Antonio Mid-Amateur Championships. (Pecan will ...
(Updated) Alsatian Golf Club
Alsatian Golf Club, located about 30 miles West of San Antonio, in Castroville just off of highway 90. Just after it seems that you have gone through Castroville keep an eye out on the right for a hotel and at the bottom of the hill an intersection that will allow you to veer to the right. As you are "veering" you will see a small sign for Alsatian Golf Club. (THE SIGN NEEDS TO BE BIGGER!) Alsatian Golf Club was recently acquired by Southern Golf Properties. SGP also runs Riverhill (see our review) and The Golf Club of Texas (review coming ...
(Updated) The Golf Club of Texas
[smartads] The Golf Club of Texas located West of San Antonio off Highway 90 about 20 miles. Take the State road 211 to the North. The golf course will be on the right hand side of the road about a mile down. The course is in a transition phase currently. The former owners of the course went belly up and Southern Golf Properties has swooped in to save it. Southern Golf Properties also runs Alsatian in Castroville and Riverhill in Kerrville. From talking with the ownership they are committed to bringing the course back to the 4 star level we ...
(Updated) Vaaler Creek Golf Club
[smartads]Vaaler Creek Golf Club is located 45 minutes North of San Antonio. Situated inside the Rocking J Ranch development just South of Blanco on Highway 281. The course is a 6,864 yard (from the tips) design from Michael Lowry and JR Newman. Being on the verge of the hill country allows for some well placed elevation changes through out the course. They have 4 sets of tees that are available to set your challenge level, although 6,864 from the tips will find the longer players leaving the driver in the bag on more than a few holes. There are several stand ...
(Updated) The Republic Golf Club
[smartads]The Republic Golf Club is one of San Antonio's premiere public courses. Only 10 minutes from downtown San Antonio’s world famous Riverwalk, The Republic Golf Club is centrally located allowing accessibility by all in town. Their rates are affordable and they offer different pricing plans depending on day of the week and time of the day to allow all to experience the course. Republic has a "Player's Club" that gives free range usage and discounted green fees, 7 days a week. Speaking of the range, Republic has above average practice facilities. See our Driving Range Review for The Republic. The staff at ...
Fair Oaks Country Club (BlackJack Oak)
[smartads] Fair Oaks Ranch Golf & Country Club is a Private Golf Club located just North of San Antonio. About a 35 minute drive from downtown, it is fairly accessible to all. Fair Oaks has 2 golf courses Live Oak and Blackjack Oaks. We will be looking at Blackjack Oak today. Blackjack Oak was originally designed by Gary Player and Denis Griffith. The course is restricted to members and their guests. The course gets plenty of play and is kept in good condition. The members keep the two courses fairly full during the weekends. Blackjack ...
Randolph Oaks Golf Course
[smartads] Randolph Oaks Golf Course is located on Randolph Air Force Base. Randolph AFB is situated in Universal City about 20 minutes Northeast of downtown San Antonio. Randolph Oaks is managed by Randolf Air Force Base, Force Support Squadron. Seeing how the course is located within a Air Force base, you will need official access to the base in order to play. Randolph Oaks is a Joe Finger designed, 7,172 yard par 72 layout that has 4 tee locations allowing varying skill levels to find a distance that is agreeable with their ability. The layout for the most part is straight ...
Fair Oaks Country Club (Live Oak)
[smartads] Fair Oaks Ranch Golf & Country Club is a Private Golf Club located just North of San Antonio. About a 35 minute drive from downtown, it is fairly accessible to all. Fair Oaks has 2 golf courses Live Oak and Blackjack Oaks. We will be looking at Live Oak today. Live Oaks was originally designed by Gary Player and Ron Kirby, but was recently (2006) redesigned by D.A. Weibring. The course is restricted to members and their guests. The course is plenty of play and is kept in good condition. The members keep the two courses fairly full during ...
Flying L Golf Course
[smartads] [caption id="attachment_1371" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Click for Larger Image"][/caption] The Flying L Guest Ranch, in which the Flying L Golf Course is situated on, is located in Bandera Texas, about 60 miles from downtown San Antonio. When On Highway 173 keep an eye out for this intersection and sign. The course weighing in at 6,646 yards from the tips offers 3 sets of tees for a range of handicaps. The longer hitters will find that they will only pull driver on a handful of holes. The course winds through a housing development and the guest ranch. There are quite a few blind tee ...
Riverside Municipal Golf Course
[smartads] Riverside Municipal Golf Course is located about 10 minutes South of downtown San Antonio. Built in 1974 by Vern Schmidt and Harold Henk it is a course that has seen its heyday come and go. Just another unfortunate victim of the City of San Antonio not spending what they need to get this course up to a 3 star level not to mention a 4 or 5. The city is content to allow this course to wallow, spending the bare minimum to keep it operational while taking resources from the other Municipal courses. The city should either decide to ...
Fort Sam Houston Golf Course (La Loma)
[smartads] Fort Sam Houston Golf Course (La Loma) is located in the heart of San Antonio. It is about a 10 minute drive from downtown and is situated on the back side of Fort Sam Houston Army base. There are 2 courses at Fort Sam and they differ quite dramatically in layout. La Loma is a Par 71, 6,819 yard (from the tips) course that with the elevation changes plays every bit of 6,800 yards. La Loma has 4 sets of tees that will allow varying handicap levels to find a distance that will be enjoyable. It has been the ...
Riverhill Country Club
[smartads]Riverhill Country Club, located in Kerrville, is about a 1 hour drive from downtown San Antonio and is right down the street from Comanche Trace (check out our review here) . Riverhill is made up of a historic three-story mansion and 18 hole golf course designed by Golf Hall of Fame Legend Byron Nelson and world renowned course architect, Joe Finger. The course is private, but can be played with a member or with a invite. The course is 6,958 yards from the tips and offers 4 tee positions to challenge all skills levels. It has varying degrees of elevation changes. ...
The Maverick Golf Club
[smartads]The Maverick Golf Club is located about 20 mins south of San Antonio, in the town of Floresville, off Highway 181. The Maverick Golf Club is a 7,030 yard layout (from the tips) with a slope rating of 72.8. They have 5 sets of tees to challenge varying skill levels. The course has some elevation changes, so it is not just a flat pasture with grass on it. The fairways are generous, but if you get off them, you could be up to your waist in native grasses / trees. The rough, what rough there is, is not penal at all ...
Comanche Trace Golf Club
[smartads]Comanche Trace is Kerrville’s newest golf course, designed by Tom Kite as the centerpiece of a master-planned residential community that is truly spectacular. Kite worked with the design team of Roy Bechtol and Randy Russell to sculpt this track out of the Guadalupe River Valley. The course opened in December 2000. Located about 60 miles North of downtown San Antonio on Interstate 10. Comanche has 27 holes of golf, consisting of 3 sets of 9 holes each. They have a 15 acre practice facility, 1100 square foot pro shop and a full restaurant / bar. Being located in the Hill Country ...
Olympia Hills Golf Course
[smartads]Olympia Hills is a Finger, Dye, Spann Design Group Layout. The 18-hole layout is owned and managed by the City of Universal City, Texas, making its debut in February of 2000. Located about 17 miles from downtown San Antonio, on the North East side of town. The course features dramatic elevation changes on holes 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, and 13, dropping 50 feet or more from tee to green. The South Texas PGA has recently re-rated Olympia Hills Golf and Conference Center. The golf course features Bermuda grass and four sets of tees measuring 6,923 from the championship to ...
Woodlake Country Club
[smartads]The 18-hole "Woodlake" course at the Woodlake Golf Club facility in San Antonio, ...
The Quarry Golf Course
[smartads]Designed by nationally recognized golf course designer Keith Foster, The Quarry is recognized around the country for it's unique setting and design. At the Quarry Golf Course in San Antonio you will be challenged and rewarded in many ways. The front nine plays in a links style format and features rolling hills, native grasses, and immaculate greens. The back nine lays out in an 100 year old quarry pit. With elevated tee boxes and shots that will fly over large expanses you will definitely love it. After a day at the Quarry Golf Course in San Antonio, you will certainly ...
The Bandit Golf Club
[smartads]Nestled in the beautiful hill county, The Bandit Golf Club is located in New Braunfels near Lake McQueeney on FM 725. While The Bandit is officially part of a housing subdivision, homes along the course are scarce. You’re more likely to see deer meandering beside Long Creek or a hawk swooping along the fairway than an oversized Texas mansion. A quiet secluded atmosphere permeates the course, providing a true escape from the city. The hilly terrain provides welcome relief for Texans used to playing the flatlands, which may explain why golfers come from as far away as Houston and Dallas ...
The Buckhorn Golf Course
[smartads]The Buckhorn is located on the outskirts of historic Comfort, Texas, at the foothills of the Hill Country. A short thirty minute ride up I-10, and you’re far enough away to enjoy yourself, but still close enough to get back in time for dinner. The Buckhorn’s championship layout is situated to take perfect advantage of the land’s natural attributes – elevation changes, clear water creeks, stands of live oak, and, of course, vista views. Foresight has done it again with this gem of a course. We love The Buckhorn. Like the adversment above says, just far enough outside town and ...
(Updated) Pecan Valley Golf Club
Original Review: 2009, Updated Review 2011 Pecan Valley is nestled along the picturesque Salado Creek just six miles from downtown San Antonio’s famed Riverwalk area. Originally designed in 1963 and redone in 1998 the owners have spent considerable amounts of time and capital to restore this old course. Pecan Valley was the host of the 5oth PGA Championship, the 1967, 1969 and 1970... [Read the full Review...]
(Updated) Alsatian Golf Club
Alsatian Golf Club, located about 30 miles West of San Antonio, in Castroville just off of highway 90. Just after it seems that you have gone through Castroville keep an eye out on the right for a hotel and at the bottom of the hill an intersection that will allow you to veer to the right. As you are “veering” you will see a small sign for Alsatian Golf Club. (THE SIGN NEEDS TO BE BIGGER!) Alsatian... [Read the full Review...]
(Updated) The Golf Club of Texas
The Golf Club of Texas located West of San Antonio off Highway 90 about 20 miles. Take the State road 211 to the North. The golf course will be on the right hand side of the road about a mile down. The course is in a transition phase currently. The former owners of the course went belly up and Southern Golf Properties has swooped in to save it. Southern Golf Properties also runs Alsatian... [Read the full Review...]
(Updated) Vaaler Creek Golf Club
Vaaler Creek Golf Club is located 45 minutes North of San Antonio. Situated inside the Rocking J Ranch development just South of Blanco on Highway 281. The course is a 6,864 yard (from the tips) design from Michael Lowry and JR Newman. Being on the verge of the hill country allows for some well placed elevation changes through out the course. They have 4 sets of tees that are available to... [Read the full Review...]
(Updated) The Republic Golf Club
The Republic Golf Club is one of San Antonio’s premiere public courses. Only 10 minutes from downtown San Antonio’s world famous Riverwalk, The Republic Golf Club is centrally located allowing accessibility by all in town. Their rates are affordable and they offer different pricing plans depending on day of the week and time of the day to allow all to experience the course. Republic... [Read the full Review...]
Fair Oaks Country Club (BlackJack Oak)
Fair Oaks Ranch Golf & Country Club is a Private Golf Club located just North of San Antonio. About a 35 minute drive from downtown, it is fairly accessible to all. Fair Oaks has 2 golf courses Live Oak and Blackjack Oaks. We will be looking at Blackjack Oak today. Blackjack Oak was originally designed by Gary Player and Denis Griffith. The course is restricted to members and their... [Read the full Review...]
Randolph Oaks Golf Course
Randolph Oaks Golf Course is located on Randolph Air Force Base. Randolph AFB is situated in Universal City about 20 minutes Northeast of downtown San Antonio. Randolph Oaks is managed by Randolf Air Force Base, Force Support Squadron. Seeing how the course is located within a Air Force base, you will need official access to the base in order to play. Randolph Oaks is a Joe Finger designed,... [Read the full Review...]
Fair Oaks Country Club (Live Oak)
Fair Oaks Ranch Golf & Country Club is a Private Golf Club located just North of San Antonio. About a 35 minute drive from downtown, it is fairly accessible to all. Fair Oaks has 2 golf courses Live Oak and Blackjack Oaks. We will be looking at Live Oak today. Live Oaks was originally designed by Gary Player and Ron Kirby, but was recently (2006) redesigned by D.A. Weibring. The course... [Read the full Review...]
Flying L Golf Course
Click for Larger Image The Flying L Guest Ranch, in which the Flying L Golf Course is situated on, is located in Bandera Texas, about 60 miles from downtown San Antonio. When On Highway 173 keep an eye out for this intersection and sign. The course weighing in at 6,646 yards from the tips offers 3 sets of tees for a range of handicaps. The longer hitters will find that they will only pull... [Read the full Review...]
Riverside Municipal Golf Course
Riverside Municipal Golf Course is located about 10 minutes South of downtown San Antonio. Built in 1974 by Vern Schmidt and Harold Henk it is a course that has seen its heyday come and go. Just another unfortunate victim of the City of San Antonio not spending what they need to get this course up to a 3 star level not to mention a 4 or 5. The city is content to allow this course to wallow,... [Read the full Review...]
Fort Sam Houston Golf Course (La Loma)
Fort Sam Houston Golf Course (La Loma) is located in the heart of San Antonio. It is about a 10 minute drive from downtown and is situated on the back side of Fort Sam Houston Army base. There are 2 courses at Fort Sam and they differ quite dramatically in layout. La Loma is a Par 71, 6,819 yard (from the tips) course that with the elevation changes plays every bit of 6,800 yards. La Loma... [Read the full Review...]
Riverhill Country Club
Riverhill Country Club, located in Kerrville, is about a 1 hour drive from downtown San Antonio and is right down the street from Comanche Trace (check out our review here) . Riverhill is made up of a historic three-story mansion and 18 hole golf course designed by Golf Hall of Fame Legend Byron Nelson and world renowned course architect, Joe Finger. The course is private, but can be played... [Read the full Review...]
The Maverick Golf Club
The Maverick Golf Club is located about 20 mins south of San Antonio, in the town of Floresville, off Highway 181. The Maverick Golf Club is a 7,030 yard layout (from the tips) with a slope rating of 72.8. They have 5 sets of tees to challenge varying skill levels. The course has some elevation changes, so it is not just a flat pasture with grass on it. The fairways are generous, but if you... [Read the full Review...]
Comanche Trace Golf Club
Comanche Trace is Kerrville’s newest golf course, designed by Tom Kite as the centerpiece of a master-planned residential community that is truly spectacular. Kite worked with the design team of Roy Bechtol and Randy Russell to sculpt this track out of the Guadalupe River Valley. The course opened in December 2000. Located about 60 miles North of downtown San Antonio on Interstate 10. Comanche... [Read the full Review...]
Olympia Hills Golf Course
Olympia Hills is a Finger, Dye, Spann Design Group Layout. The 18-hole layout is owned and managed by the City of Universal City, Texas, making its debut in February of 2000. Located about 17 miles from downtown San Antonio, on the North East side of town. The course features dramatic elevation changes on holes 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, and 13, dropping 50 feet or more from tee to green. The South... [Read the full Review...]
Woodlake Country Club
The 18-hole “Woodlake” course at the Woodlake Golf Club facility in San Antonio, Texas features 6,691 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72 . The course rating is 71.6 and it has a slope... [Read the full Review...]
The Quarry Golf Course
Designed by nationally recognized golf course designer Keith Foster, The Quarry is recognized around the country for it’s unique setting and design. At the Quarry Golf Course in San Antonio you will be challenged and rewarded in many ways. The front nine plays in a links style format and features rolling hills, native grasses, and immaculate greens. The back nine lays out in an 100... [Read the full Review...]
The Bandit Golf Club
Nestled in the beautiful hill county, The Bandit Golf Club is located in New Braunfels near Lake McQueeney on FM 725. While The Bandit is officially part of a housing subdivision, homes along the course are scarce. You’re more likely to see deer meandering beside Long Creek or a hawk swooping along the fairway than an oversized Texas mansion. A quiet secluded atmosphere permeates... [Read the full Review...]
The Buckhorn Golf Course
The Buckhorn is located on the outskirts of historic Comfort, Texas, at the foothills of the Hill Country. A short thirty minute ride up I-10, and you’re far enough away to enjoy yourself, but still close enough to get back in time for dinner. The Buckhorn’s championship layout is situated to take perfect advantage of the land’s natural attributes – elevation changes, clear water... [Read the full Review...]
