Lost Pines, Falconhead, Star Ranch and Grey Rock with a rental home in west Austin are the plan. A 17% lodging tax, golf bag fees, a rental car and an Omni Barton Creek or Horseshoe Bay stay if you want to play their resort-only courses are what push the total up.
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420 courses around Austin & Hill Country that take public tee times, by city, with peak green fees. Private member clubs are left out.
The area's top-ranked course you can play and the home of the PGA Tour's new Good Good Championship from November 2026; you need a room at the Omni or a club membership.
golfdigest.com dallasnews.comFazio's original Barton Creek course, with limestone cliffs, caves and a waterfall on the par-5 16th, steps from the hotel.
golfdigest.com dallasnews.comA shorter, old-style Coore and Crenshaw layout with wide fairways and big greens, the most walkable and playful of the Barton Creek four.
dallasnews.com dallasnews.comWest Austin's best daily-fee course, ten minutes from Barton Creek in Bee Cave, with Hill Country views and a long back-tee setup.
dallasnews.com falconheadaustin.comAn upscale daily-fee course in northwest Austin with water on many holes and cheap afternoon rates.
dallasnews.com austincityguide.comA shady southwest Austin course through oaks and creeks, about 20 minutes from downtown.
greenfeetracker.com linksmagazine.comAustin's historic "Muny," where Ben Crenshaw and Tom Kite grew up, two miles from downtown; the city is moving to buy the land from UT so it can stay a golf course.
austintexas.gov cbsaustin.comA fun, varied city course near the old airport with a well-liked cantina, and one of the best cheap rounds in Texas.
golfpass.com dallasnews.comA links-style city course in southeast Austin, near the airport, built around wetlands.
austintexas.gov dallasnews.comThe toughest of Horseshoe Bay's three Jones courses on Lake LBJ, about an hour west of Austin; rounds come with a resort stay.
dallasnews.com dallasnews.comHorseshoe Bay's prettiest course, with Lake LBJ views on the back nine and greens enlarged in a 2019 renovation.
dallasnews.com dallasnews.comThe friendliest of the Horseshoe Bay courses, best known for the waterfall you carry on the par-4 14th.
dallasnews.com dallasnews.comFormerly Wolfdancer, the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines course runs along the Colorado River 30 miles east of Austin, and you don't have to stay at the resort to play.
golfdigest.com dallasnews.comA big, open public course northeast of Austin that jumped to No. 20 in the Dallas Morning News 2024 Texas public ranking.
dallasnews.com golfpass.comArnold Palmer's course above Lake Travis is the best value at Barton Creek, but it sits about 40 minutes from the resort.
dallasnews.com dallasnews.comA newer Hill Country course with real elevation change and quick, contoured greens, halfway between Austin and San Antonio.
golfpass.com golfpass.comA hidden Hill Country gem through live oaks, limestone and creeks, with a clubhouse in an 1860s ranch house; about an hour from Austin.
golfpass.com dallasnews.comA city-owned links-style course in Burnet that rates near the top of Texas for value and conditions.
golfpass.com dallasnews.comWater comes into play on 14 holes at this long, well-bunkered Round Rock course; rounds can run slow on weekends.
dallasnews.com austincityguide.comTight, tree-lined fairways with Forest Creek in play on 11 holes, and well liked for its value and friendly staff.
golfpass.comThe sample is 4 travelers for 4 nights. Your plan ($7,312) covers the main costs most people budget for, the ones you enter on the left. Costs people forget ($2,816, about 39% more for this trip) are the fees, taxes, tips and extras listed in the calculator. Prices were last checked on October 17, 2026.
Share of the $10,128 real cost. Nights and travelers multiply most of these costs, so changing either one moves the total the most.
12 of this trip's numbers link to a published price or rate. The rest are our estimates, and each one says what it is based on. You can also read how we calculate every trip.
| Cost | Default | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Green fees per golfer (whole trip) | $585 per traveler | Four peak-spring weekend rounds with cart: Lost Pines $225 (Dallas Morning News $224 prime Saturday, 2023 rates; GolfNow showed up to $193 in Nov 2026), Falconhead $130 (dynamic pricing, no rate card; reviewers report $83–$145, cart $35 included in our figure), Star Ranch $125 (Green Fee Tracker weekend, April 2026) and Grey Rock $105 (Green Fee Tracker weekend, April 2026). Total $585. Judgment call. Our estimate |
| Rental home per night (whole group) | $400 a night | Austin short-term rentals average $215 a night overall and $394 for 4 bedrooms (Rabbu, trailing 12 months to April 2026). $400 for a 4-bedroom home in west Austin in spring. SXSW, ACL and Grand Prix weekends run far higher. Judgment call. Source |
| Airfare per person | $443 per traveler | US DOT (BTS) average domestic itinerary fare for Austin (AUS), Q2 2026: $443.26 (Q1 2026 was $427.52). Source |
| Food per person, per day | $80 per traveler, per day | GSA FY2027 meals and incidentals (M&IE) rate for Austin (Travis County): $80 a day. FY2027 lodging rate is $184. Source |
| Cost | Default | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Checked bag fees | $90 per traveler | Major US airlines charge about $35 to $50 for a first checked bag each way, so about $90 round trip. Source |
| Golf bag fees | $110 per traveler | American, Delta, United and Southwest treat a golf bag as a standard checked bag; a second bag is $55 each way. Source |
| Shipping your clubs Off by default | $108 per traveler | Ground shipping for a golf bag starts around $54 each way. Source |
| Lodging taxes | 17% of the rental home (whole group) | City of Austin hotel occupancy tax 11% (9% occupancy plus 2% venue project) and Texas state 6% = 17%. The city says short-term vacation rentals must collect it. Rentals outside city limits (Bee Cave, Lakeway, Horseshoe Bay) have different local rates; not checked. Source |
| Rental car | $85 a day | KAYAK at AUS (Nov 2026): SUVs average $70 a day ($78 in March, the priciest month); vans average about $89 a day (KAYAK van page). $85 a day for a minivan or large SUV in spring. Judgment call. Source |
| Omni Barton Creek stay instead of a rental Off by default | $600 a night | Omni's policy page lists a $45 nightly resort fee per room from Jan 1, 2026, self-parking included. KAYAK's monthly averages run from $362 (December) to $504 (October); we use about $450 a room in spring. Two rooms with fees = about $990 a night, minus our $400 rental = about $600 extra, before tax. Judgment call. Source |
| Horseshoe Bay stay instead of a rental Off by default | $430 a night | Horseshoe Bay Resort: $45 resort fee per room, per night and $17 a day self-parking (from Jan 1, 2026). KAYAK averages peak at about $361 a night in May. Two rooms at $360 plus fees and one car = about $827 a night, minus our $400 rental = about $430 extra, before tax. Judgment call. Source |
| Drinks on the course | $80 per traveler | Our estimate of about $20 a round for beverage-cart drinks and snacks. Judgment call. Our estimate |
| Golf balls | $55 per traveler | A dozen Titleist Pro V1 balls lists at $55. Source |
| Tips for bag drop and cart staff | $20 per traveler | A few dollars at bag drop and the turn; we use $5 a round. Judgment call. Source |
| Side bets and prizes | $50 per traveler | Our estimate for skins, team bets and a small trophy. Our estimate |
| Lessons and extras you picked Off by default | $0 for the trip | Set by the extras you pick in the tee-time planner. Our estimate |
| Travel insurance | 6% of your plan | Squaremouth says a comprehensive plan averages about 6% of the trip cost, usually 4% to 10%. Source |
| Pre-trip shopping | $60 for the trip | Our estimate for travel-size toiletries, sunscreen and small things bought before a trip. Our estimate |
| Pet boarding or sitter | $50 a day, if you check Pets | Dogster puts regular kennel boarding at about $35 to $85 a night. Overnight sitters at home cost more. Source |
For 4 golfers spending 4 nights in peak spring season, with four rounds each, a rental home, flights and food, plan on about $7,310. Once you add golf bag fees, lodging taxes, rental car, drinks on the course, balls, tips and side bets, it's closer to $10,130, or about $2,530 each. Use the tee-time planner above to price the courses you want.
No. The four Barton Creek courses, including Fazio Canyons, home of the PGA Tour's Good Good Championship, are open only to Omni Barton Creek guests and club members. The fee covers a shared cart, range balls and the practice area, and rates change by season, so call the pro shop for your dates. The resort adds a $45 nightly resort fee per room. Source
Summer and winter. Austin courses cut rates by about a quarter to 40% from June to August, when highs reach the upper 90s, and December and January are cheaper too. Avoid SXSW in mid-March, the two ACL Fest weekends in early October and Grand Prix weekend: rentals averaged about $780 a night on race weekend against about $423 the week before. Source
Austin-Bergstrom (AUS) is about 15 miles from Lost Pines and about 20 miles from Barton Creek, Grey Rock and Falconhead. Horseshoe Bay is about 70 miles west, so plan on a drive of an hour and a half. The average fare into Austin was about $443 in the latest quarter. Source
No. Apple Rock, Ram Rock and Slick Rock are for overnight guests and club members, and Summit Rock is members only. Collared shirts are required and denim isn't allowed. Guests pay a $45 nightly resort fee, and a free shuttle runs from the hotel to the courses. Source