Pedernales Golf Club/Willie Nelson's Cut-N-Putt

Because they don’t water the fairways it is mostly dirt, rocks, and scrub grass. When you tee off , or second shot your ball can ricochet in all different directions when it lands. Also you have to move your ball to the nearest patch to swing or you will tear your irons up hitting off the rocky dirt. If you took a 12 inch square of indoor/outdoor carpeting with you , then you could put it under the ball till you got on the greens ( which were in very playable shape). Some nice scenery, but cart paths were very bumpy and in disrepair.

To start, the owner did not know what GolfNow was so we didn’t have a tee time which we paid for online. It is first come first serve. There is a p00per tee box and a p00per green and then desert in the middle. This course has never heard the word fairway before, nor could they understand what it means. The people there were overly friendly and asked us to join there cult. Overall great experience!
P.s. The golf carts could climb mt. Everest

This is the epitome! of all things holy and golf in one. The attention to detail is really next level. I've put my balls in holes all over the world, and Willie's course will leave you itching for more. How they can take care of things on such a moderately charged green fee IDK. Friendliest staff, and the Pro shop! OMG don't get me started!! Cutest lil french Bulldog, Loves to be picked up!!

I knew this course was more of a outdoor fun type over a serious golfers game, and today was no different. Had the course to ourselves so we took some 2nd and 3rd shots on approach on most holes to work on the short game. Drank a few, smoked a few, and enjoyed the view!

Although the greens were consistently okay, the tee boxes and fairways are nonexistent. Picture playing golf on the moon.

I couldn't play the golf eventhough I made a rerservation through GolfNow and made a payment.
The golfcourse was closed for Christmas. But why Golfnow can provide the teetime?
I messed my Chistmas holiday this time.
Now I made dispute with Credit Card in Bank of America because I couldn't play the golf. Accordingly You are requested to cooperate with BoA for the refund of my money for golf rerservation.

This could be a really great course with some help, for the price I paid ($15 for 18) though I give it another go staff still doesn’t want you there and the course is worse, had the place to myself on a Sunday

You don't come to Cut-n-Putt to play real golf. You come to try something entirely different from your country club. First things first, there is no grass in the fairways. None. You will play off matts. Your ball will likely hit a rock or rut and bounce away ... lost. You might encounter an eight-some blasting music. They may or may not be playing in cowboy hats and sandals. I found such a group and didn't let them ruin my round. I simply joined them. They offered me beer, and we played the final two holes as a scramble. Sometimes, golfers just need to get over themselves. All the stuffy rules and traditions aren't necessary everywhere. Certainly not at Willie's Place. Come for the merch in the pro shop and a few pictures. Too serious golfers should stay home.

They havent spent money on this for years it seems. Mostly just raw land with large pockets of rocks and washouts. Fairways dont have grass. they gave us a mat so we could hit off because the fairways are just rock. Im all about roughing it but dont even bother with this place. A round on this course will damage your clubs and make you question life itself! Horrible, never again.

The course has a beautiful layout and right from whole one, you are treated to deer and other wildlife, pretty nice views including some ponds and other water. The greens were beautiful condition, the rest is pretty dry and rocky but we expected as much. We were there to see Willie Nelson‘s course and that’s what we did, and we enjoyed the experience and challenges of rustic hill country golf. Patrick is a wonderful, very hospitable host, and we enjoyed ourselves overall! And yes we will be going back again.

From the time I arrived at this golf course I was treated like I was stealing from them for booking on hut golf now all the guy did was complain about GolfNow and how he doesn’t make any money off GolfNow and that I should’ve paid much more for this tee time, The man almost made my wife cry he was being so critical of using GolfNow. Now to the golf course this course has so much potential I can’t even understand why they’ve let it go to what it is you play off rocks no grass in the greens had so many bumps on them it was like putting in a pachinko machine. Save your money and play someplace where they appreciate you and actually wants you to play their golf course

Fairways are in bad shape mostly weeds and greens have very little grass mostly dirt and weeds and very bumpy. Willy didn’t spend any money here

This is my first Golf Now review and I’m doing it because of some other reviewers comments. I don’t disagree with below average course conditions . You should do it as another reviewer said as a bucket list item. If you’re not a Willie fan don’t go. It is about 40 minutes from South Austin but Lake Travis Pace entrance is about 2 moles from the course so you can ‘kill 2birds with 1stone’so to speak. Also Lake Travis entrance fee is waived for seniors.
The reviews of poor customer service are what I disagree with. The pro was very helpful and gave a lot of good insight on a variety of subjects. I enjoyed my day at the course.

Longer than expected. Holes are a hodge podge, with spotty grass on fairways and greens. Quirky facility, including a standing 12-some. But it was fun and we were not disappointed and came home with T-shirts

There are celebs out there who own (or are part owners of) high-end golf clubs and exclusive privates. Meanwhile, Willie Nelson has owned a rural 9-holer in the Briarcliff community west of Austin since 1979.

The golf operation is all of four people (2 for the shop, 2 for the course). The irrigation system is original, dating back to 1969, and comes and goes. Staff said they just got it working again a week ago. Conditions were pretty rough but some of the greens weren't too bad.

There are some decent holes. The 5th is a standout. And the view from a few elevated tees like the 7th are nice. The ground is firm and unpredictable. A ball hit into the middle of the fairway could disappear.

The course is almost a solid hour from downtown Austin. I certainly wouldn't make the drive to come here. But if you're passing by on Highway 71 near Pace Bend Park and have a little time to kill, it's worth it to just to stop in and see Willie's place. It has some country kitsch with signage & such, and yes there is Merch in the pro shop.

It may be the most casual golf facility I've seen anywhere and Willie-approved substances appear to be welcome. I'm not so sure it makes much sense to play this course clear-eyed and sober.

Make sure to bring your own food & beverage especially if it's a hot day.

Course was in terrible conditions with fairway full of rock, greens bumpy and cart paths were like traveling on a rough terrain. I won't be back

The guy at the clubhouse was an a hole and whined about golfnow giving him 12 o'clock tee times and didn't make money. He said he wouldn't honor it and would have to refund my money. Ended up paying cash and playing and extra 9 but it wasn't worth it at all. Greens are decent and nice 9 hole layout but the drive/money in my opinion are too much to play here again.

Well, I waited until mid April to finally play this course to ensure some of the better conditions -- green grass, trees, not too hot, etc. Finally headed out to this little community 9-hole course in the hill country and got exactly what I was expecting.

This was a course that I wanted to cross off of my bucket list -- only because Willie Nelson owns it. Of course after booking the round for 4/19, I later realized it would’ve been far more appropriate to play the next day ... 4/20.

As expected, the rolling hill country can be quite dry with excess dust, little white golf ball sized rocks, and the ever present hard pan ground. There were various grasses making up the tees and fairways but they'd gotten decent control of any weeds. Remember, this place doesn't have the maintenance budget like your regularly played courses. The rough was often a fun mix of rocks and dirt which is one of the reasons Willie's unofficial rules says to "Stroll it till you like it." The greens were okay -- a little dry here and there ... more so than I'd expect in April. Past that, they were all of average size and undulation. The green side bunkers were okay; I believe they'd just recently added in some new sand so they weren't too rocky.

For a first time to play this course, it was a little confusing on how far we could hit a ball before a dogleg on #3 and #7. My smartphone app wasn't working so I couldn't use any GPS etc. We only saw one yardage marker -- a 150yd marker that was about 8" square flush with the fairway that'd been painted white about 10 years ago. It would be really helpful if they could put some decent markers for 100, 150, and 200 ... stakes, permanent concrete, whatever. They're not expensive to put in.

You'll quickly notice that the cart path comes and goes. It's rarely there for more than 30 yards before you just drive over fairway, dirt, rock. Watch out for some serious bumps all around the course where it's washed out over the years. We nearly had our bags jump out of the cart twice. The carts are gas powered and you'll need that to tackle some of the hills.

Bring your own water and any other drinks including beer. They might have a sports drink or two available to purchase but you're on your own for everything else. That goes for food, too. I didn't see any water coolers on the course but didn't really expect them either. And the water fountain at the clubhouse wasn't working at time of our visit; we used the sink in the bathroom.

This is one of those courses that I strongly consider not keeping score. When you put it all together, sometimes you should just be happy that you're out playing.

Shortly after reading the interesting rules at the clubhouse, the guy working the course said we might encounter a group of about a dozen regulars playing as a single group ... and that they might not let us play through. He advised us to play a few holes to get warmed up and then start our 18 hole round in order to give them some extra room in front of us. Well, we caught them anyway with a couple holes to go on our first 9. We took our time with extra putts etc. They mostly disbanded after 9 but a few carts kept going. We opted to just drive past them to the next hole and come back later to finish the skipped hole. It was just all kind of appropriate. I attached a picture of them on a par-3 ... at least seven carts and 11 people that I could count. Welcome to the Cut-N-Putt!

And finally, pick up a t-shirt and/or hat in the clubhouse to commemorate your visit to Willie's golf course and help keep this joint alive for those that follow.

Being new to Austin I thought it would be fun to play golf at Willie's place. I can now check it off my bucket list. No crowds, no waiting, no lines because no one goes to play here.