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Totally awesome! I'm out here playing in a tournament with some members of my club. We're playing against about 80 other teams from clubs owned by the same company. Wow! again. We played the Crenshaw course today, the Foothills tomorrow, then the Canyons on Saturday. Austin is so gorgeous. Green rolling hills. Super mega mansions spotted throughout that look like they spring up out of it all. This place is something else. The Crenshaw was a really fun golf course with some slick and bendy greens. We managed alright, and finished at -9. We were penalized at the end of the round after a scoring mistake. Two strokes. Really depressing. At -11 (60) we were only one off the lead. The rest of the team took it a lot better than I thought they would. Our team is really super strong, we were at that -11 number and missed two make-able eagle putts. We are firing on all cylinders and I don't see that stopping. None of us do. Thankfully we've all seemed to dust that issue off and we're ready to DESTROY the next two days!

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Just got back from a trip to Barton. Played the three courses that you did. They were all great. However, we all preferred the Fazio courses to the Crenshaw. The greens on the Crenshaw course were insane and borderline unfair. What I couldn't figure out is why the slope was much lower 121 (tips) then the two Fazio courses which were pushing 140.

Anyways, the Fazio Canyon course is ranked among the best in Texas all around and #1 resort. It was absolutely gorgeous and immaculate. Deer everywhere, cliffs, great views, perfect greens, huge drops. I'd go back in a heartbeat. The resort was beautiful and the staff was friendly but not super sharp. Overall, I'm not complaining though. Great trip.

p.s. They have a 4th (Palmer Lakeside) course that is 30 minutes away. We did not play due to time constraints.

In my bag:

Driver: SQ 9.5, Graphite Stiff Shaft
3 Wood: Diablo 13 degree, Stiff Shaft
2 Hybrid: SQ 18 degree, Steel Stiff ShaftIrons: MP-30, 3-PWSW: 56* Vokey Copper spin-milledFW 52* VokeyFlat Stick Zing 2Ball: Pro V1x


  • 2 months later...
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Resort is beautiful

Very friendly people

Comfortable rooms

Great breakfast bufffet

Expensive.

Played 3 courses. They are visually different but very interesting and beautiful

Canyons. Great scenery. No houses. Back nine are challenging but fun

Foothills: My favorite. Lots of different elevations, many holes along the actual Barton Creek

Crenshaw: More open. Easiest. totally different visually to the other two. More Texas look with lots of trees and waste areas

Greens were slow (for me). Coming from fast greens in Fl. it was frustrating how many putts ended WAY short.

Pace of play 4-4.5hrs

Lots of corporate outings.

Probably better to go Sun-Thursday since most outings seem to be at the end of the week.

The last day, (Sunday), my wife and I had the first T-time of the morning. Played by ourselves in 3.5 hrs

Noticed that a majority of the players were in the younger age groups 35-50yrs. vs. other places you go and they are mostly over 65

A local suggested Perry's Rest downtown for their famous pork shop. I am not a fan of pork shops but that is one of the most incredible things I've ever had in my life. Very highly recommended.

Would love to go again (although $$$)


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