Category: | Health, Lodging, |
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Address: | Austin, TX 78724, USA |
Postal code: | 78724 |
Phone: | (512) 451-7310 |
The views from the greens are beautiful. The cart paths are gravel but often end and you end up driving on the greens. Was not in the club house.
Nice place to visit, with mostly very good reviews on key aspects of the "Streamsong experience" yet some downers too.
Wonderful hospitality from the valet parking to the baggage assistance to the front desk. Good food with a variety of restaurant options. Nice rooms and good views all around.
Today, our caddie called us "bud," "bub," and "buddy," out the flag on the green to point out our putting line, and didn't really stress himself to fix divots or ball marks. No real training in evidence here. Your caddie experience is important. The other downer is that they don't care if it takes you 5 and 1/2 hours to play around. Took us 20 minutes to play our first hole and I express concern and everyone said relax and enjoy the experience. Part of the experience is getting done in a reasonable amount of time rather than canceling dinner reservations.
Love the courses and layout. Just need some fine tuning on the balance between laissez-faire and gettin' r done.
We played all 3 courses. Indeed, these courses look and play differently than other typical FL courses. They have a lot of similarities: wide fairways, rolling hills, crowned design greens, elevated greens, fast tiering greens, very undulated greens, etc. The Red is a must-play with much more green surroundings, scenic layouts, and more challenging holes. The Black comes with huge greens with huge undulations. It's more deserted in its surroundings than the Red and Blue. With football-field wide fairways, the approach shots and putting are more challenging than anything else. It's very easy to get a 3-putt given its fast speed and huge undulated greens. My favorites would be Red, Black, and then Blue. All bunkers are considered waste areas. It's easily around $215 to play a round here with cart, caddie, and gratuity. I feel that there are excessive restrictions to play here with a hefty fee. You can't go to the range without a shuttle (for Red and Blue). The rangers will clock you frequently. I play relatively fast but still feel the pressure of being monitored every second. They try to make you feel attentive by breaking into several stations: bag drop, bag loading on cart, shuttle to range, starter, caddie, etc. All these so-called services make you feel that tipping on every station is necessary. Again, when everything adds up, it's kind of expensive to play a round even during the summer times.
Beautiful golf course! I have seen deer every time on the course. Mike Vezzetti is an amazing golf pro! I am certain he will make me a scratch golfer in no time!
Beautiful setting, impeccable customer service. The courses were beautiful, fair yet demanding and the caddies were very helpful. Stayed 3 nights, could have stayed 5 to take it all in!