View from the 5th tee at Lighthouse Country Club
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3.7
639 Reviews (639)
5 Stars
346
4 Stars
212
3 Stars
46
2 Stars
22
1 Stars
13
Conditions
3.4
Value
4.0
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.3
73.9%
Recommend this course
592 out of 639 reviews
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3.3
28 Reviews (28)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
9
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
3
Conditions
2.8
Value
3.5
Layout
4.1
Pace
4.2
Amenities
2.9
StaffFriendliness
4.3
60.7%
Recommend this course
17 out of 28 reviews
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3.1
53 Reviews (53)
5 Stars
8
4 Stars
16
3 Stars
13
2 Stars
7
1 Stars
9
Conditions
2.7
Value
3.4
Layout
4.1
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.0
StaffFriendliness
4.2
56.6%
Recommend this course
30 out of 53 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 71
Length 6558 yards
Slope 129
Rating 72.4
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Course Details

Year Built 1968
Fairways 419 Bermuda Grass
Greens Tifeagle Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Leon Howard (2006) Jerry Slack (2006)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs No

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Accolades

Reviews

3.7
639 Reviews (639)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 15
Amazing Food 11
Dinner 10
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 34
Bunkers 29
Undulating Greens 25
This course/club is great for:
Locals 27
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 24
Seniors 23
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 34
Convenient to the City 7

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Skill Intermediate
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I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

Never disappoints

I like everything about this golf course. Staff is affable, laid back, and extremely accommodating. Course itself is always at/near peak playability for the season. Greens can be TREACHEROUSLY fast at times, so be cautious, especially early in your round. Several memorable holes. Track has quite a bit of character, absolutely worth playing more than once.
Worth the drive from Austin in my opinion, especially when it’s at/near peak condition. Would cost twice as much if it were 20 miles from ATX instead of 60.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Response from on 05/08/2018:
Thank you very much for this awesome review! We're thrilled to hear how much you enjoy playing our golf course and we hope you make the drive out here again soon. We appreciate you recommending our course to other golfers as well!
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good but not Great

Overall layout of the course is good, the fairways were in excellent shape. The greens were terrible. Still suffering from the late freeze in 2023 and they appeared to have been recently aereated . LH would be a gem if only for the greens being in poor shape.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course!

Have played Lighthouse several times and have always enjoyed the experience. Green are currently pretty rough due to ongoing turf maintenance, but fairways are in great shape.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Aerated greens

Fun course to play. Always easy to get on and a good pace of play. Average 3.5-4 hours largely depending on how quick you’re playing. Generally good value, but the greens were recently aerated, the offered a discount but this was the first weekend going back to full price. Not worth full price right now. They need to give it another month before they hit you with peak pricing. I’ll play legends next weekend until the greens fill out.

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Commented on 04/10/2024

Hello, u000007641539. Thank you for leaving us a review. We are sorry to hear your experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you will give us another try in the future. Thank you for choosing Lighthouse Country Club.

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Reviews 19
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Needs some time and attention

Thank you for the great service….
The course is in need of time and attention; with the greens in the condition that they are currently…. Once they get the sunshine, water, and care they deserve, it will be a much better track and experience. The fareways were pretty hard as well. Guess I needed to adjust my game as well.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

The Lighthouse

I've played the Lighthouse many times over the years. Beautiful course with excellent views. I've never seen the greens in the shape they are in right now. Really bad. I hope they can save them before the summer heat gets here. The fairways were in great condition.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 04/04/2024

We appreciate your review. We are diligently working on the greens and if Mother Nature will cooperate and bring us warmer temperatures at night the greens will come out of dormancy. Tif Eagle greens unlike bent grass need the extra heat. Again, thank you our staff is working to insure greens get back to the perfection you are expecting.
Rick Howe, Owner

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Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slowly getting there

Improvements on the greens are in progress. The day I played followed recent sanding etc. so it was a day at the beach. Fairways are good, just off the fairways needs mowing etc- basic spring cleaning. Good rains today so I’ll go back in May for another round.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Perfect weather
Used cart

Sanded Greens

There really needs to be some sort of warning on this app when the greens are off limits or freshly sanded or being moved or whatever else.
When we got to the first green, they had been recently sanded. It was like putting in a gravel pit.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Terrible Greens

The greens are not up to par for charging $60 on a round of golf.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Windy Friday before the rain

It’s winter conditions at Lighthouse. That meant I had some amazingly long drives! Those are always fun. The greens are pretty good and I know they are working hard to bring them back. Only a couple are poor, but others are great except for the outside edges. I love the new sand in the bunkers and it looks like there are new golf carts ready to go. Improvements in many places. The staff is awesome. Love this course!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 46
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

worst course in area

From tee to green it is acceptable. Fare amount of grass and not too many bare spots. But the greens are atrocious. It actually looks like the maintenance crew is trying to ruin the greens. They don't look like they know what they are doing. Won't return until greens are remedied.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 46
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

potential but greens are major obstacle

The course is fair from tee to green but greens are abysmal/atrocious. It actually looks like they are trying to kill the greens. The course is in need of professional greens keeping for this area of grounds maintenance. It appears as if they recognize there is a problem but their efforts are only making it worse. There is no satisfaction playing greens that are this bad.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Fairways

I've played this course numerous times and I continue to say "STOP cutting the fairways too short". You play the entire round on the dirt/ground. There is no grass beneath the ball. No need to have grass in fairways this short

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun Day

Always an enjoyable time, nice layout, family friendly

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow Pace

We had to stop after 13 holes because we were waiting on the tee boxes 15 minutes due to the course stacking tee times too close together and allowing 5 on the tee in front of us!

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
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Commented on 01/08/2024

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, jonibed. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Lighthouse Country Club, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Perfect Day for golf!

Beautiful day on a beautiful course. Last day of 2023 and warm sunny and breezy. Was not too busy and as a solo golfer I was able to play with a wonderful father and daughter on the back nine. Always a warm and friendly staff and a challenging course. Recommend this course to everyone.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 01/04/2024

Thanks so much for your wonderful review, u903036327. We are thrilled to hear how much you enjoyed your time with us. Please visit again soon. Thanks for choosing Lighthouse Country Club!

Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Mucho Better

All regular greens back in use. 3-4 are still a bit rough but puttable. Rest are fair-good. Fairways etc. still in great shape. I’m recommending to our group that plays all over to put this course back in the “rotation.”
The young fella taking care of the carts was very friendly.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
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Commented on 01/04/2024

Thanks so much for your wonderful review, u847833676. We are thrilled to hear how much you enjoyed your time with us. Please visit again soon. Thanks for choosing Lighthouse Country Club!

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Would play if close

Good course if you are close to. Not worth it to make a drive out there. Good value, fun layout and decent conditions, but not worth driving super far for.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 01/04/2024

Hi, u314162163819! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Lighthouse Country Club!

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