Fazio Foothills (located on property) Par 72, 7,125 yards

Tom Fazio designed this astonishingly beautiful layout with dramatic cliff-lined fairways, waterfalls, natural limestone caves and superb TiffEagle Bermuda greens. Our signature golf course provides golfers with 18 holes of pure pleasure and no lack of challenge through plenty of elevation change and visual impact. To keep The Foothills golf course challenging and evolving to meet the changing nature of golf, the course was upgraded in 2004 to include new fairway and tee grass, increasing the course by nearly 200 yards. We consulted Tom Fazio’s representatives to determine the best places to add yardage and tees to ensure improved plan and continued challenges for players. At 7,125 yards, The Foothills “greens up” earlier in the season and stays green later into the fall, giving golfers a more consistent, dense playing surface.

Five different sets of tee boxes make the course appealing to a wide variety of skill levels. Long, accurate drives down the Hybrid TIFSport Bermuda fairways are a hallmark of Tom Fazio’s design. And with small, TiffEagle Bermuda greens, undulating aprons and grass bunkers, The Foothills course is a shot-maker’s paradise.

Fazio Foothills

Crenshaw Cliffside (located on property) Par 71, 6,630 yards

When architects Ben Crenshaw and partner Bill Coore designed this course, they focused on the natural beauty of the Texas Hill Country. They harmoniously wove rolling hills, natural plateaus, soft contours and native vegetation into a playable championship layout with a variety of interesting holes designed to delight members and visitors alike. “We believe the best architect is nature and the best players’ courses make good use of the natural terrain. We let the land dictate the routing rather than imposing ourselves on the landscape,“ says Austin native Ben Crenshaw. His “old-style” philosophy, influenced by his study of golf’s history, created a course plays across the land quite naturally and most magically while maintaining a rare taste of a traditional layout.

Golfers will enjoy broad, rolling fairways and widely varied green sizes – a fitting tribute to the way the game was once played. They will experience their biggest challenge from the large, undulating putting surfaces. The low handicap player will be challenged with positioning the ball at the most advantageous point for an approach putt and the average golfer will attempt to use the natural slopes to aid an approach shot.

Coore & Crenshaw Cliffside

Palmer Lakeside 1900 Clubhouse Hill Dr, Spicewood, TX 78669 Par 71, 6,645 yards

Take in the natural beauty of the Texas Hill Country at this hidden retreat, perched on a secluded hilltop overlooking Lake Travis. Just 25 miles west of Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa, Palmer Lakeside is a charming course that features striking, panoramic lake views and twilight glimpses of whitetail deer. Designed by King of Golf Arnold Palmer, Lakeside’s award-winning championship golf course has been open for play since 1986. Palmer’s course is a big-hitter’s delight, so prowess with the driver is a plus. Designed to appeal to every class of golfer, the course is fun for proficient players and very manageable for novices.

Lakeside’s signature 11th hole, a magnificent par 3, is highlighted by a cascading waterfall and native flora. Any player who can “turn the ball over and take it deep” will be rewarded by the par-five 12th and par-four 13th holes, both doglegs left with sloping fairways. The Dallas Morning News ranked the Lakeside course among the “18 Most Beautiful in Texas.” Professional golfers agree—they consider Lakeside to have the best Champions Bermuda greens in the state and rate Palmer’s design among the “Top Ten Texas Courses.”

Palmer Lakeside

Fazio Canyons 8511 Carranzo Dr, Austin, TX 78735 Par 72, 7,153 yards

The 7,153-yard, par-72 Austin golf course boasts the signature of Tom Fazio, the legendary golf designer of Barton Creek’s 18-hole Fazio Foothill’s course. This award-winning course offers numerous scenic holes lined with stately Red Oaks and Sycamore trees and features spectacular Hill Country views of Short Springs Branch, a beautiful limestone bed creek that meanders throughout the course. The 561-yard, par-5 finishing hole is tremendous and by all accounts rivals Barton Creek’s existing #18 hole on the Foothills course.

The design and construction of the new course embody a Fazio trademark of protecting and preserving the environment. Fazio Canyons was the first resort course in Texas to be certified as an Audubon International Signature Sanctuary and was designated as a Certified Signature Sanctuary.

Fazio Canyons