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3.5
918 Reviews (918)
5 Stars
300
4 Stars
326
3 Stars
148
2 Stars
77
1 Stars
67
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.5
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.8
69.4%
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705 out of 918 reviews
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3.5
79 Reviews (79)
5 Stars
17
4 Stars
28
3 Stars
21
2 Stars
7
1 Stars
6
Conditions
3.3
Value
3.4
Layout
3.9
Pace
3.4
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.1
74.7%
Recommend this course
59 out of 79 reviews
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3.3
264 Reviews (264)
5 Stars
60
4 Stars
66
3 Stars
68
2 Stars
34
1 Stars
36
Conditions
2.9
Value
3.2
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.3
61.4%
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162 out of 264 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6918 yards
Slope 139
Rating 74.1

Olympia Hills Golf Course is very exciting and enhances San Antonio's reputation as a golf destination. A unique combination of natural topography and man-made mounds and bunkers make this a super course. Native South Texas vegetation and golf course grass seed formulations on fairways and greens will provide state-of-the-game playing surfaces. The views are spectacular, with several holes playing to greens well below the tees, while other lead to a significant rise to reach the putting surface. Fairways, which on some holes are tight, are often sloped and guarded by bunkers. The tips will not be played by the faint hearted, but with four sets of tee boxes, the course can be enjoyed by all levels of players.

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Course Details

Year Built 2000
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Finger Dye Spann (2000)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fee (with GPS)
GPS Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No

Available Facilities

Conference Facilities, Banquet Facilities

Reviews

3.5
918 Reviews (918)

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Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 6

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Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
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First Time Playing

Extremely confusing

First nine were awful. The course is under construction. It was 56 dollars to play nine temporary holes. I will not be playing again

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Under construction

The course is under construction and a few holes are temporary or closed. I played it when it wasn't under construction and was a good experience. The staff was super friendly and accommodating. I think they could offer a discount off the $55.00 rate during the week to help. I would recommend only because it's conveniently located for me.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

construction

good tight course, but had a lot of construction going on so several holes were shortened and one closed, I felt that the price paid was too high, and should be cheaper until the construction is finished. had I known this before hand I would have played somewhere else.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

interesting layout

Course had three holes under construction due to drainage cheek issue. Will play the course again after construction is completed.
for this time of year, early March, better shape than most courses in San Antonio.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

They need a marshall.

Pace of play was horrible. From the very first tee, we always two groups on a tee box at a time.

Our group was waiting on the tee for the group in front to tee off, then the group behind users waiting on the tee for us to tee off.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Construction Zone

Overall the course was fine. There were a lot of temporary holes. I will let it go at that! When we got to the eighteenth hole…it didn’t exist! I had a good time in spite of the confusing rerouting, etc.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Z Man

Lots of rocks and pebbles in all bunkers. I mean a lot of rocks.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Will NEVER play there again!

The course had MAJOR CONSTRUCTION ongoing! (This was not noted on Golf Now!) On the front nine there were three holes converted to temporary PAR 3s. The pace of play was beyond describable. By the 4th hole there were 4 foursomes waiting to play! When checking in, they allowed a foursome to get pushed in that was 30 minutes late for their tee time. When the cashier called the starter who stated that they were already backed up but was told to put them in anyway!!! There was absolutely no monitoring of the pace of play!! There was a three-some ahead of us that spent 5-10 minutes after each shot looking for their balls. I think it was their first time playing golf. After 8 holes we jumped to club-house and complained.....nothing we can do about it....... We were offered a rain check for the 11 holes we didn't play..... Thank you, NO! I will never, never, never ever return this course!!! Note, I have played this course several times in the past and never had this level of play, poor course condition or unprofessional service! What a shame, it was a nice course!!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Brutal front nine

This course is under construction. The back nine was fun and challenging but the front nine is under major changes. The greens were not green, tee boxes were hard as rock. Probably will be nice after the construction is finished but that is likely a long time into the future

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Nice Course, but Needs Work

Good course with a challenging layout and great terrain. However, it needs a lot of work. There is a lot of hardpan soil in many areas and the sand traps are terrible. Some have good sand, others are dirt or dirt mix and very inconsistent. The driving range is ok, but the hitting area is full of divots that have never been filled in.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

just ok

nice course for the money except greens are the worst i've seen here in a long time

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Winter Conditions and Wow... Windy!

This is not the first time playing thise course and based on the recent heavy rains and cold snap, the conditions of the course were rather poor, allow me to elaborate.
1. Rain water collection in most sand traps, so they were generally unplayable. This will of course improve through time.
2. Washed out areas on greens; there were a few greens where they were making improvements (obviously), but the weather made a huge impact to them being non-playable based on where the ball ended up.
3. Pace of play was horrific, even though I saw the marshal a few times; I didn't see him making any effort to move people along. Total time to play 18 was a little under 5 hours. (NOTE - the high winds did not help, but there were some players ahead of me that should have been playing a few tee boxes up vs. where they were playing from)
4. Would be helpful to see where other carts are on the GPS provided screens on each of the carts; as there are a few holes where this would be very helpful to improve pace of play.

The front nine are more difficult than the back nine and this is a challenging course. I will wait till the Wx improves to play here again. The starter was very friendly, but he could have spaced out the starts a bit more because we started the back up on hole 2 and it did not improve and it really backed up on holes 10 and 11; this did not improve for the remainder of the round.

There are some very nice views from this course and we had plenty of wild life in the rounds.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Olympia Hills is so slow

We are running out of sub-$100 per round courses in San Antonio. Thankfully Olympia Hills has not lost its mind and is overcharging for a nominal course.

However for that same low green fee you get— people backing up the #2 tee box which is a par five because they won’t tee off until the group ahead of them is off of the green.

You have people who get out of their cart, walk 100 yd or more over to their ball, walk back to the cart to get a club, and then hit a 15 yd topped shot and goes through that time suck all over again.

And before anyone says,” tell a Marshall” let me add that there were none that we saw. When we book our round, Golf Now gave us the four hour window and I joked “what if we’re not finished?” Well maybe they should cut you off at the four hour mark to get people to hurry.

It’s not a sin to be a bad golfer. It is a sin to be a slow golfer.

The rest of the course is just fine. Sure some of the tee boxes are not in great condition and some of the greens and bunkers (especially those ones holding ponds of water in them) need work but this is a public course and it is in good shape for that. Definitely worth the money provided you don’t get stuck behind two somes that are slower than five-somes.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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