Ample parking with a nice kiosk board when you pull up and hole 1 right there.... And what a hole it is a uphill lots of trees par 4 sets the tone of this course. Uses the entire park & Great mix in this Typical Jon Houck design and great one at that. Some ace runs and some bomber holes, Lots of hole variety, and distance change. Elevation change comes into play which isn't normal for texas courses, using the hillside allowed for this and I know why it's name was hillside lol. Great tee pads/signs and mix of par 3s and 4s. Even a super hard par 5 thrown in. Red and blue tees to fit every one skill level. I'm sure the reds are still hard for begginers but nice option to give. 19 holes puts you right back at parking lot avocation pretty simple throughout as to finding next pad

Plays on both sides of the main road so you have to cross that. Not a major con just nit picking.a lot of blind holes where you don't really know where the pin is requiring a lot of people to walk up to find it. Loose rocks can make footing difficult on second throws

This is a gem and a must play in texas wish I could do quarter stars it's more of a 4.25 to me

This is a well-designed, varied, and challenging course in a lovely park. Fairways are fair, but getting out of position can cost you strokes. Nice mix of short technical holes and long bombers. For example, the red (short) tees have eleven holes < 250', three holes > 500', and zero holes between 250' and 370'. The blue (long) tees range from 192' to 912', with zero holes between 350' and 560'.

Wide-spreading live oaks and cedars frame tees beautifully, define fairways, and create a low ceiling for many drives and approaches. Early trouble on many tees, but all gaps seemed fair to me (and I was not throwing particularly well lol).

Excellent concrete teepads on all blue and red tees. Level baskets caught well and featured a highly visible yellow band. Excellent signs on the long tees describe the distance and layout for each hole. The short tees have posts so I would guess that short teepad signs will be forthcoming.

Super-easy navigation for an out-of-town player. Most tees were not far from the previous basket, and helpful directional signs were posted wherever the next tee location was not obvious.

Hole 19 is a nice respite after a challenging round.

I enjoyed playing here very much. Live oaks, cedars, and weird zebra-banded trees throughout. Prickly pear cactus growing on horizontal tree limbs. Massive drainage culverts betray the possibility of flash flooding, but serve skateboarders when dry.

I found myself wishing for more elevation on this course. The available hills were used well, but sometimes it is just a ton of fun to try threading a big downhill bomb through tree-lined fairways (and a ton of challenge to throw back up steep hills). But the available landscape was used very well.

Loose rocks on the fairways make footing a bit tricky so watch your step, especially on slopes.

Manageable safety issues on a couple of holes. When the course is crowded it would be prudent to check ahead before throwing over blind hills. Two of the holes (4 and 7, I think) were close enough that stray shots could fly into the adjacent fairway.

Lots of friendly dogs out for walks, but unfortunately not everyone picks up after their pooch.

From a mid-Atlantic perspective, "very hilly and heavily wooded" is an overstatement. I would say moderately hilly and moderately wooded, although the modest elevation changes were used well and the course features several tight, technical holes.

I played mostly long tees, but the course was not crowded so on the short holes I threw a second drive from the red (short) tees trying to run aces. Scared the basket a couple of times but no joy, sadly.

For a 300-ish throwing old guy the fairways were quite manageable. The course seems designed to challenge bigger arms, though, and I expect the fairways would be more of a test for longer drives.

The course does not loop back to the parking lot midway, so bring plenty of water during hot weather.

The course was well-maintained and I had no difficulty finding errant drives in February. I don't know whether the rough is more inclined to eat discs at different times of the year.

This is just about everything you can want in a course. Holes are memorable, enjoyable, and diverse. I especially enjoyed the touchy short holes where you have to clear a hill in the fairway then get it to settle as the hole runs downhill past the basket (3 and 11). Playing through the fork of a tree on 7 is another great one. The course is challenging and long from the long tees, and very approachable from the short tees. I threw pretty much every shot I have in two rounds here. While I think the hills are a little overstated (I'd call it moderately hilly), they're used very well and definitely dictate shot choice. The tee pads, signage, and baskets are excellent, with all tees now being concrete. The park seemed really well maintained.

I consider myself an intermediate player, and I thought the long tees were a little too difficult, especially on the long holes. At the same time, I thought on some of the shorter holes that short tees were too short or took away too much of what made the hole special. On 3 and 11, the short tees eliminated the uphill. Differences between the two are often 200+ ft. If there's a detraction on shot variance, it's that I seemed to have too many shots where I was just trying to keep it as straight as possible on the long holes. There's currently no signage on the short tees, but they have posts, so I'm assuming signs are coming soon.

This was a really solid course, and I'd love to play it many times over. I'd like to see an official intermediate set of tees, which could work well using a mix of the existing tees. White tees could just be a stripe on the post next to the tee you're supposed to play. For the most part, it'd be the short tees on long holes and the long tees on short holes. The 19th hole doesn't feel like it should be part of the round, but seems like a good place to warm up or take true beginners for their first outing.

Great variety of shots. Very challenging from the long placements.

Some of the pads need erosion protection. Some.of the walking paths are rocky.

Rewards shot placement and punishes you for mistakes. This isn't a casual course from the long pads and the short pads are dirt