Sonesta Bee Cave

The greens are well maintained but slow to me.I played the course for the first time during my trip to Austin. Played with a few locals and they don’t seem to think those are slow. My feeling is it’s ~9.

Some good looking drives were penalized due to the terrain. When it happened more than once, I got annoyed a little. I appreciate fairness of courses.

Overall, the course is relatively well maintained.

After checking in 40 minutes were left. I purchased small bucket of balls but ended up not being able to use it. It took so long to deliver carts to the customers before me that there wasn’t enough time left for me to go to driving range which is far away and requires a cart riding.

Starter was very busy delivering carts to customers and sending out players to the 1st tee. Sprinkler heads popped up and wetting people waiting for their carts. Overall, the starting of a round looked hectic and unorganized.

I’ve played this course a few dozen times and this time was one of the worst. This is based on the quality of the tee boxes, pace of play, and access to water.

For $100 round on a Sunday, I found it frustrating that the tee boxes were sand traps and there where others that looked much more playable. We did tee off on time, but the round took five hours and ten minutes. Lastly, for $100 round and playing in 100 degree weather, the club did not do enough to keep golfers hydrated. There were 3 water coolers on the course and one was empty in the middle of the day. There was one cart girl that we saw twice. Both times I asked her for ice in the cooler and was told to get it at the clubhouse.

Some of this is picky, but if I’m paying $100 a round, I feel these pieces are table stakes. At lease put bottle water in the coolers of your on course water supply is low.

To the staff - you got to kick people off or actively manange a group if they are holding up the entire corse. Worst round ever due to mats on the driving range, no woods allowed to be hit on range, no known distances on range, pace of play. Played Randolf oaks the day after, pace was wonderful play was great. The range actually has signs with distance. The course had paint markings for range.

Really disappointed that i brought my family from Colorado to this course. Would not play this course again even if it were free.

[The pic is from randolf oaks range....."how a driving range should look."]

Greens were a little slow due to recent sanding. Also, there were a significant number of areas on tee boxes and fairway with little to no grass. Sand traps needed refilling but I appeared that they were in the process of adding sand to some of the traps. Finally, the price of $90 for a weekday mid-morning tee time was a little high for the course conditions. A fair weekday mid-morning price would have been in the $70 range.

Course is in good condition
Pace of play was 5 hours

Had a great time playing …. Course is well designed and requires hitting both the tee and approach shots well. Greens in good shape and can be quite challenging to putt on. The net result is scoring a or is well earned !!!

We were in Austin for vacation and wanted to get a round in. Internet pics of this course looked great. Can’t say so much for the actual conditions. Rentals over priced and a mix s bag of models. Staff was nice in pro shop. Marshals and starters were idiots. Marshals finally come around on the 9th as we had experienced 10 min waits per hole. Not a $200 experience for sure.

I swear I’ve played every public course in town in the last 3 months and Falconheads greens are far and above the best. They could be a little softer, but otherwise flawless.

My son and I played this course based in part on the reviews here and elsewhere. What a disappointment. The course conditions were the worst we’ve played in a while at the price point ($75/round). Honestly, I would have been upset if we paid $50. Lots of mud where there should have been grass. Tee boxes were chewed up and some were off limits shortening some of the par 3’s to 110 yards or less. Some greens were sanded while others were not, so speeds were inconsistent.

To add insult to injury, the course was packed and they were allowing groups of five. They were probably members and we were told they played fast but of course they didn’t. We ended up skipping the last four holes and calling it a day.

I’d caution anyone to not play this course if you’re looking for an enjoyable round.

The fact that this course is $100 is a joke .

Course conditions are extremely poor .
Course maintenance obviously does not exist here and it’s clear they don’t care about the course. Seems there is no management team here.

Also no cart girl on a Sunday midmorning round . Again…. $100 round.

Avoid falconhead

Course conditions rate this course as “a cow pasture”. Used to be better…tee boxes are chewed up, divots on greens, fairways have thin grass. Overall…way overpriced for what you get. I will never play there again!!!

This course was literally dead grass. Lost more balls because it was like landing every shot not on the green on concrete. Middle of the fairways and lost ball on multiple occasions as there is no grass to stop the ball from rolling off fairways through rough into canyons. Expected much more from this visit.

Of the 3 courses this company runs, this one is my favorite. Layout is fair, homes are set a little bit farther away, greens are in decent shape.

Wind is a huge factor on this course. Pace of play is decent, but can get slow when the wind blows. Greens were in good shape. Hopefully the fairways should start to get green with the impending spring. Overall, a decent round of golf.