Plum Creek Golf Course

nice mix of long and challenging holes vs shorter, birdie opportunity holes. the greens have always been the star here — fast but fair, smooth and consistent. super weekday pace and friendly staff.

We had a formal event here. The food was terrible. Waste of money. Will never recommend them for anything. I advise you to never do business with them.

Since the renovations 2 years ago the place has done a 180 degree turn to the good. Better clubhouse, greens in great shape and an awesome practice area have all made Plum Creek a great place to play and practice.

As of right now the course is in excellent condition.
The green fees are very reasonable, especially for the quality of the course but buckets for the range seem a bit steep.
This is a fun and beginner friendly course, I would highly recommend you play at least once, I play at least once every couple of months.
I would discourage you from playing on the weekends as the rate of play is extremely slow (5 – 6 hours for 18 holes). Weekday rounds are much faster (3.5−4 hours)

I am far from good so every course is a challenge for me, but I keep finding myself coming back to Plum Creek. While I think the green fees are a little high compared to other courses, I really enjoy the course and the fact that it never seems too busy during the week to pop in and play with a friend. The fairways are nice and the course is well kept. Everyone seems friendly and willing to offer advice and tips. The layout is easy to navigate and the clubhouse is huge making the pro shop look smaller than it is. If you have not played Plum Creek definitely give it a shot as it really is great course not too far from South Austin.

I really like this course. The fairways are pretty open and while it has its moments of challenge it really was fun. Very well maintained and groomed. The Hines surrounding the course are not high end but neither are they low end. The community is very clean and having the course near makes it a plus.

I am on the Player Development Program at Plum Creek and have been playing this course on a regular basis (about once a week) for about 4 years.
The Good:
The staff is very helpful and friendly & the beer is always cold.
I looked into a membership but my wife had other thoughts about that, fortunately Plum Creek offers a Player Development Program that is a nice balance for my want to play and her want for me not to spend too much on golf. The PDP is less that $ 65 per month for me and includes unlimited range access and after 2pm tee times for under $ 25. Playing 3 times each month on the PDP is at or about break even versus paying for an individual green fee and large bucket.
Plum Creek is consistently in as good or better shape than any of the public courses in the area. With the changes in the past few years, including Foresight Golf Management taking over & Texas State making Plum their home course, Plum has put a tremendous amount of capital back into the course for improvements.
I would describe the overall layout of the course is open but the design makes for a good test. Long from the tips but playable and from the blue, there are a number of cross hazards that come into play throughout the course. I have friends that are once a month or less golfers that enjoy the round because of the openness of the course. While they might loose a ball for an errant shot, the shot has to be really bad for them not to have at least a chance at a recovery.
With the Texas State golf team making Plum Creek their home, the practice range has been completely remade and now includes a very nice chipping and putting area with multiple pins to practice towards.
It took me a few rounds when I first started to play here to figure out the greens. They run fast most of the year and in the summer you need to not only read the slope of the green, but the grain of the grass as well.
I have had a chance to partner up with numerous other singles and groups while playing at Plum, and would be hard pressed to think of a pairing that I did not enjoy.
One of the nice things for those of us who play year round is that, in the winter, Plum is one of the few courses in the Austin area that over seed more than just the tee boxes and greens. There is something nice about having a 65 degree day in January and green grass in the fairways.
The Bad:
The good on this course far outweighs the bad.
Pace of Play can be slow at times because there is only a starter on the weekends and it is not uncommon to see singles and doubles going off unpaired on busy days. Things can get further backed up at times because there is not a course marshal to keep people pace. This is infrequent, but frequent enough to make note of. On a good day, you can get around in a twosome in about 3 hours, but I have been stuck behind a group that bring that round to almost 5 hours.
Like other Foresight courses, Plum does not have any Golf Now bookings, so no Hot Deals are to be had. If you want the better rate, wait until after 3pm to come out.
During the Spring and Fall months, Texas State students will come out in the afternoons to get student rate green fees. While this is great for them, it is all the more reason to have a starter/​course marshal.
Yes, they are serious when they talk about snakes.
Overall:
Great course not only for the setup and value but also for the staff and location.

Great golf for the money, and the club house has some great food!

Well where should we start. Ever heard of a driving range that closed at 5? That is a point in itself, but we can just start from the scam this place is running, and how poorly the course is run. They have no problem charging my credit card 50 dollars a month for a plan that involves unlimited range balls, but count 4 times now that I have been able to make it out there somewhere around 5 and I have been told the range closes at 5, or if that does not work then I am told they do not have any range balls. Then today when I made sure I would make it before 5 I was told the range was closed for maintance. The bad thing is they do not care to tell you the range is closed when all you have to do is walk 50 yards and see that there are people hitting golf balls on the range. This place is just one of those golf courses you all know about that most of the guys that work there are either the next Tiger Woods, or were suppossed to be the next Tiger Woods. Yep this is that place. The problem is now that Texas State is probably giving the place all of 200 dollars a month for it to be their practice facility they try to run this place like it is Texas State’s private course, but just go ahead and scam everyone that pays for the monthly unlimited range plan. I already would rather drive to San Antonio or Austin every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday than spend the 20 dollars it would cost to play this place if that tells you anything. The condition of the course is beside my point you can go see that for yourself, but since this place is not a member of the bbb I will make sure to write a review every single possible place about the scam this place runs. Would a golf course have the knowledge that people like work for a living and can not make it to a driving range at 2 in the afternoon in hopes of possibly getting to just maybe get a hand full of the unlimited range balls the pay for every month? They spent an entire year hyping this new driving range, and within a month the turf already looks like you average nice and dry vacant lot in Texas, but the 2×2 square that Texas State hits the 300 range balls this place owns looks like Torrey Pines. Either spend 100 dollars to buy another 300 range balls, have someone pick the range balls after Texas State hits 300, or just quit scamming people, whichever works best for you Tyler Woods and Bill Mickelson.

Love the course hard to beat that links style. If you play from the tips (black) there are some really challenging holes. Problem is the PRICE 50+ dollars?! This course falls short of that caliber greens and fairways not in great shape nothing scenic about it and no cart girl. Hard to defend this place there are to many other courses in the area equal in quality at almost half the price.