It's also about ten minutes from the airport if you're looking to get in a few swings on departure or arrival day. South of Austin, Jimmy Clay-Roy Kizer is your best bet by far. North of Austin, the upscale semi-private facilities Avery Ranch, Star Ranch, Forest Creek and Teravista all have solid practice areas and driving ranges. If you buy a bucket of balls here you are allowed to play the pitch and putt. Harvey Penick Golf Campus is home to The First Tee and has a driving range and a beginner-friendly nine-hole course as well as three-hole pitch and putt. The other City of Austin courses with driving ranges are Morris Williams, which thanks to a new net is now allowing woods again, Lions Golf Course (irons-only, mats-only) and the muni/semi-private hybrid, Grey Rock Golf Club, located southwest of town.Įast of Austin, Shadow Glen has a driving range and good short game area. There are multiple putting and chipping greens as well, including sand bunkers. The facility received an upgrade in 2015 and is not only large, but has plenty of grass teeing areas. Actually, it's 40 holes if you include the Joe Balander Short Course ($5 for adults to play all day). ![]() It's been a resounding success and the three-tiered range with numerous bars often tops the city's list of alcohol sellers many months.įor traditional driving ranges, the most convenient (and affordable) all-around facility would have to be south of town at Jimmy Clay-Roy Kizer, the 36-hole facility. (The facility was at one time branded by David Leadbetter.)įor more evening opportunities to hit balls, TopGolf came to the Domain on Austin's northwest side just off Mopac in 2013. Those in Round Rock near the main Dell Technologies campus can go to the Golf Driving Range Round Rock, which has 35 acres at its disposal, and is fully lighted. Woodland Greens Golf Center is well north of town at FM 620 and Anderson Mill Rd. The only standalone ranges out there these days are well out in the rapidly developing boonies. In the south, the convenient Oak Hill Range off Highway 71 gave way to development. ![]() Perhaps the surprising thing is that the best overall, publicly accessible facility is probably a municipal facility.īut first, an update, as a lot has changed in the area: The driving range at the flagship Golfsmith HQ closed when the homegrown company went bankrupt (the Arboretum location remains open but only has indoor hitting bays). Several practice centers in the region have closed during the seemingly endless boom years around central Texas.īut there are still plenty of options to hit balls in this fine golf town that was home to one of the world's greatest driving range fixtures, the legendary golf professional Harvey Penick. Golfers in the Austin metro area have fewer driving ranges to choose from now than a few years ago.
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