La Cantera, The Quarry, Canyon Springs and The Bandit with a rental home in northwest San Antonio are the plan. A 17% lodging tax, golf bag fees, a rental car and a JW Marriott stay if you want to play TPC San Antonio are what push the total up.
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417 courses around San Antonio that take public tee times, by city, with peak green fees. Private member clubs are left out.
Home of the PGA Tour's Valero Texas Open and the area's top course a visitor can play, but only with a stay at the JW Marriott next door.
golfdigest.com dallasnews.comPete Dye's hilly Hill Country layout next to the Oaks, a former PGA Tour Champions stop and usually the easier of the two to get on.
golfdigest.com dallasnews.comTen minutes from downtown, the back nine drops into an old limestone quarry with 100-foot cliff walls.
golfdigest.com golfpass.comA former Texas Open course with big elevation drops and views of Six Flags, open to the public and to guests of La Cantera Resort.
golfdigest.com golfpass.comA Hill Country course on the city's north edge with limestone waterfalls, live oaks and big elevation changes.
golfdigest.com dallasnews.comTwenty-seven holes on old ranch land at the Hyatt Regency, an easy-going resort course near SeaWorld.
dallasnews.com golfpass.comTexas's oldest public course and the first home of the Texas Open, a short tree-lined Tillinghast layout minutes from the River Walk.
golfdigest.com alamocitygolftrail.comThe toughest course on the city's Alamo City Golf Trail, with Hill Country views and U.S. Open local qualifiers.
golfdigest.com alamocitygolftrail.comA popular, flat city course close to the airport and Alamo Heights, good for a quick, cheap round.
golfdigest.com alamocitygolftrail.comThe longest course on the city trail at about 7,200 yards, with a 663-yard par 5, next to the Spurs' arena.
alamocitygolftrail.com golfpass.comA budget city course along the San Antonio River south of downtown, with a nine-hole par-3 course for beginners and kids.
golfdigest.com alamocitygolftrail.comThe cheapest 18 on the city trail, an open layout on the south side near the Spanish missions.
golfdigest.com alamocitygolftrail.comRanked No. 5 among Texas public courses by GolfPass golfers in 2026, this rolling layout sits in a 55-plus community but takes public tee times.
golfpass.com golfpass.comA Keith Foster course along the Guadalupe River where kids under 18 play free with a paying adult on weekdays.
dallasnews.com banditgolfclub.comA short, tree-lined city course next to the Comal River and one of the best values around, ranked in GolfPass's 2026 Texas top 25.
golfpass.com teeoff.comA Hill Country course with creeks, ponds and an 1860s ranch house for a clubhouse, about an hour north of San Antonio.
dallasnews.com golfpass.comGeorge Strait's resort course in a Boerne valley, with deer on the fairways and a stay-and-play hotel on site.
golfforkings.pages.dev golfpass.comThe sample is 4 travelers for 4 nights. Your plan ($6,384) covers the main costs most people budget for, the ones you enter on the left. Costs people forget ($2,633, about 41% 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 $9,017 real cost. Nights and travelers multiply most of these costs, so changing either one moves the total the most.
11 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) | $485 per traveler | Four peak-spring weekend rounds with cart: La Cantera $210 (TeeOff/Fairway Finder showed $201 for a Sunday morning in Nov 2026; Dallas Morning News gave $207 in 2023), The Bandit $105 (2026 rate card, Fri–Sun), The Quarry $85 (Green Fee Tracker $79 weekend, checked April 2026) and Canyon Springs $85 (GolfNow $75–$82 in Nov 2026). Total $485. Judgment call. Our estimate |
| Rental home per night (whole group) | $250 a night | San Antonio short-term rentals average $158 a night overall and $164 for 3 bedrooms (Rabbu, April 2026); no 4-bedroom figure was published. $250 for a 4-bedroom home in northwest San Antonio in spring is our estimate. Judgment call. Source |
| Airfare per person | $491 per traveler | US DOT (BTS) average domestic itinerary fare for San Antonio (SAT), Q2 2026: $491.39 (Q1 2026 was $456.43). Austin (AUS) Q2 2026: $443.26. Source |
| Food per person, per day | $74 per traveler, per day | GSA FY2027 meals and incidentals (M&IE) rate for San Antonio (Bexar County): $74 a day (same as FY2026). 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 San Antonio: 9% city hotel occupancy tax (7% plus 2% convention center expansion), 2% Bexar County and 6% Texas state = 17%. The city says short-term rentals must collect it. Rentals outside city limits (Boerne, New Braunfels) have different rates. Source |
| Rental car | $80 a day | KAYAK at SAT (Nov 2026): SUVs about $67 a day, large cars about $60 and vans about $88. $80 a day for a minivan or large SUV in spring. Judgment call. Source |
| La Cantera resort fee and parking Off by default | $139 a night | Resort Fee Checker (June 2026): $57 mandatory resort fee per room, per night at Signia by Hilton La Cantera Resort, up from $41 in 2025. The resort's policy page lists self-parking at $25 per 24 hours and valet $42. Two rooms plus one self-parked car = $139 a night. 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 $6,380. Once you add golf bag fees, lodging taxes, rental car, drinks on the course, balls, tips and side bets, it's closer to $9,020, or about $2,250 each. Use the tee-time planner above to price the courses you want.
Only as a guest of the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort next door, or with a member. Guests can book tee times up to 60 days ahead. Packages for late 2026 start at $569 per person for one night and one round, and include a free replay round. Source
Summer and winter. Highs reach the mid-90s from June to August, so take early tee times, and December to February is mild with dormant fairways. The city's courses, such as Brackenridge Park and Cedar Creek, keep the same rates all year, so twilight is the bigger saving there: $58 instead of $88 at Brackenridge on weekends. Source
San Antonio International (SAT) is about 15 miles from La Cantera and TPC San Antonio and about 5 miles from The Quarry. Austin's airport has a lower average fare, about $443 against $491, but it's about 80 miles away. Either way, you'll need a car. Source
Yes. At The Bandit in New Braunfels, kids 18 and under play free with a paying adult Monday to Friday, and after 1:30 pm on weekends. The junior rate there is $42 on weekdays. Source