What is the cream of the golfing crop in Austin?
The crown jewel of them all is Barton Creek, home to two Tom Fazio designed courses (Foothills and Canyon) that are ranked among the Lone Star States’ best. The Palmer Lakeside and Ben Crenshaw Cliffside courses are also highly touted and worth the price of admission. If and when Barton Creek’s upscale layouts put a safety blitz on your retirement budget, Austin is home to a mess of affordable daily fee courses that will keep you from having to resort to the early bird special every night: Bluebonnet is a linksy layout devoid of housing, and Star Ranch and Jimmy Clay and Roy Kizer are two respectable municipal courses. If you can spare an hour drive, be sure to check out Horseshoe Bay Resort’s award-winning courses.
