Pine Forest Golf Club

Needs plenty of work on the course, fairways bare on spots, greens not green on all of them, plenty of bare spots. New owner please improve this river treasure!

This course used to be one of the finest in the central Tx area. Hopefully there are plans in place to revitalize it!

Not a bad layout. Some well designed holes. Friendly staff and quiet, so great pace of play. The price is also very reasonable. The problem is with conditions. Very poor quality playing conditions from tee to green.
I’m told efforts being made to improve. Would happily play again if course condition can be improved.

It rained the night before so the greens were long fairways were wet, with that being said, there’s still lotta bare spots in the fairways the bunkers need some serious attention. The staff was extremely friendly and accommodating, and the value on GolfNow made it worthwhile.

The course has declined noticeably over the last several years, but the bald patches on the fairways and greens, the cart path potholes and bathroom problems have set a new low. That’s the bad news.

We did notice several work crews clearing trees and moving dirt and cutting trees. We were informed that a new owner from California has taken over operations and intends to embark on a total renovation of the course and physical facilities. That’s the goods news for now, but we’ll have to wait about a year before even thinking about returning, as the extent of needed work is very significant.

The clubhouse folks said there are improvements coming, and that by this time next year, it will be "a new golf course"--that's good, because the existing one needs SO MUCH work. Many greens were bumpy and sandy; sand traps were crusty hard; fairways were often dirt. I look forward to the "new and improved" version in the future. It is among the cheapest rounds of golf around, so we'll probably try it again from time to time, but am tempted to just wait a year.

Greens were horribly fast (no grass). Very windy quite often. Not the managements' fault! Generaly speaking, we really liked the course, challenging and for all levels but enjoyable.

New owners took over and are making changes. The fairways and greens are in horrific shape! It’s like playing on the surface of Mars! While I understand they are renovating the whole course and water is an issues at the moment, they should advise you of course conditions at check in! Had we known how bad it was we would have saved our money.

This course once was a great place to play. But has gone downhill very fast in the last few years. Needs lots TLC. The staff members were very helpful and friendly.

I have been playing golf for over 45 years and even the goat ranch in college had better conditions than this course.

I have ayed this course in the past, over 10 years ago, and it was a gem. There is literally more grass in these pictures than on the entire course. Only 1 green was completely covered with grass. All the rest were so sparse the ball would bounce around when putting. Even the practice tee was like a beach.

I hope someday this course will come back to what it once was. I will closely read the reviews before booking here again.

The course really is in as bad of shape as the reviews say. You bounce your golf clubs out of the cart going through the sections of missing grass in the middle of the fairways. There are some holes that only 40% of the fairway or course has any grass at all. Same for some of the greens, including he one with track marks from a backhoe on it. All of this would be forgivable, if it were not for the people. We had a old lady waddle across the fairway at 18 as we were teeing off. Literally just walked across it. Then freaked out when we hit our ball (as we had not seen her). She then goes to the driving range to tell her husband, who proceeds to try to hit us with golf balls from the driving range. He would not come over and talk to us, just scream from a distance. We called the clubhouse and went inside to talk to them, and they never even went out to have a conversation with the guy. This place clearly just...does not care. It is reflected in the course and the staff attitudes. I would not play this course again if you paid me.

In my 55 years of playing golf, I have never played a worse course; fairways looked liked they had been bombed. Greens were basically weeds mowed. It is to bad because overall all course layout and contour is good and has great potential if someone just cared about conditions.

For $15-40 if you can’t come out here & enjoy the views/drink a few beers and have a good time you’re in it for the wrong reasons. The chance to get away from Austin crowds and the views alone are worth that, if the $15-40 is an issue for you then you’ve likely picked the wrong hobby.

The course has lots of potential but if you like manicured greens and smooth fairways this course is not for you. Some holes has mud holes in the middle of the fairway where a perfect drive can get sucked up. There does seem to be some work on clearing areas and the front 9 appears in better shape compared to some holes on the back 9. The layout has nice elevation changes and overall we were encouraged by some improvements, although on some greens we just played a 2 putt rule because of the conditions.

Greens were sand traps, fairways severally evergreen. We stopped score as soon as we got to the green of the very first hole.

DO NOT PLAY HERE
I’ve played here a dozen times in the last 4 years and today were the WORST course conditions ever. I’ve been playing golf for 23 years and I play a lot and always when I travel. This was the worst golf course conditions I’ve ever seen.
DO NOT PLAY HERE