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Bluebonnet Golf Course in Austin Texas

AUSTIN IS TRULY ONE OF THE BETTER PLACES TO PLAY GOLF IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. THE CITY MAINTAINS FIVE COURSES THAT ARE STRATIGICALLY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY AND THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF PRIVATELY OWNED PUBLIC COURSES THAT PRETTY MUCH SURROUND THE CITY SO THERE IS ALWAYS A COURSE REASONABLY CLOSE TO YOU NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE. ONE OF THE BEST OF THE PUBLIC COURSES IS BLUEBONNET HILLS GOLF CLUB. IT IS LOCATED ABOUT FIVE MILES NORTHEAST OF AUSTIN IN THE SMALL TOWN OF MANOR TEXAS. MUCH OF THIS COURSE IS SITUATED ON TOP OF THE HIGHEST HILL EAST OF AUSTIN AND HAS GREAT VIEWS OF DECKER LAKE AND THE AUSTIN SKY LINE. MOST FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF BLUEBONNET HILLS IS "WOW, A WIDE OPEN LINKS STYLE COURSE, PIECE OF CAKE! SO YOU GRAB YOUR BIG HEADED DRIVER AND START BLASTING AWAY" BUT AT THE END OF THE ROUND AS YOU TALLY THE DOUBLE BOGGIES, THE TRIPLE BOGGIES AND THE LOST BALLS, YOU REALIZE THAT THIS COURSE DEMANDS YOUR RESPECT AND WILL EXTRACT ITS POUND OF FLESH IF YOU DON'T PLAY SMART AND USE GOOD COURSE MANAGEMENT. FROM THE TIPS IT PLAYS SIGHTLY LESS THAN 6600 YARDS, EACH SIDE HAS TWO PAR FIVES, AND TWO PAR THREES. THE FRONT TWO PAR FIVES ARE NOT OVERLY LONG AND BOTH CAN BE REACHED IN TWO IF YOU ARE A BIG HITTER. BUT YOU MUST BE VERY ACCURATE. THE FIRST PAR FIVE IS DEAD STRAIGHT WITH A FAIRLY NARROW FAREWAY, OUT OF BOUNDS ON THE LEFT AND ALL SORTS OF WILD UNDER GROWTH ON THE RIGHT. THE SECOND PAR FIVE IS TWO OR THREE BLIND SHOTS TO A PRETTY SMALL GREAN. A WATER HAZARD WAITS ON THE TO GOBBLE UP YOUR DRIVE AND MORE WILD UNDER GROWTH IS ON THE RIGHT. THE TWO PAR FIVES ON THE BACK NINE ARE FAIRLY SIMPLE, THE FIRST ONE CAN BE REACHED IN TWO WITH A DECENT DRIVE AND A GOOD FIVE IRON, AND THE LAST PAR FIVE IS USUALLY THREE SHOTS EVEN WITH A REAL GOOD DRIVE. THE MOST DIFFICULT OF THE PAR THREES IS NUMBER 17 WHICH IS BLUEBONNETS SIGNATURE HOLE. ITS ALL OVER WATER AND ITS ALL CARRY. 180 - 200 YARDS FROM THE TIPS WITH ROCKS BETWEEN THE WATER AND THE GREEN! I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN GOLFERS NOT EVEN HIT, BUT THEY WOULD TOSS A WATER BALL INTO THE LAKE AS A SACRIFICE TO THE WATER GODS AND HEAD FOR THE DROP ZONE. IT REALLY IS THAT BAD, BUT WHAT A FEELING IF YOU MAKE IT! WEEK DAY FEES ARE ABOUT $27.00 WITH A CART AND $21.00 IF YOU ARE 55 OR OLDER. A SENIOR CARD IS AVAILABLE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO PLAY FIVE ROUNDS (WEEK DAYS ONLY) FOR JUST OVER $16.00 PER ROUND WITH A CART AND THE GUYS IN THE CLUB HOUSE ARE GOOD ABOUT NOT CHARGING FULL CART PRICE IF YOU ARE PLAYING ALONE. BLUEBONNET HAS AN EXCELLENT DRIVING RANGE A VERY LARGE PUTTING GREEN AND SEPERATE CHIPPING GREENS WITH SAND TRAPS FOR PRACTICE.

By: Curtis Reddehase

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