A lakeside daily-fee round on Austin’s northern fringe.
Avery Ranch Golf Club sits at 10500 Avery Club Drive, in the 78717 corner of Austin where the city runs out towards Cedar Park and Round Rock. It calls itself the city’s premier daily-fee course, which means you need no membership, just a booked time. The layout is the work of Andy Raugust, a former Jack Nicklaus architect, and it is built around a 60-acre lake. Golf Digest gave it four and a half stars, and Avid Golfer magazine named it Central Texas’s top luxury course in 2013.
Avery Ranch Golf Club green fees and tee times.
Public tee times are sold online through the GolfBack booking link on averyranch.com, or by phone on 512.248.2442. The public and Player’s Club members can book seven days ahead; Avery Ranch members get ten. Every time is guaranteed with a credit card, and you must cancel at least 24 hours before, or you pay the full value of the booking. There is no fixed green fee. The club runs dynamic pricing, so the rate moves in real time with demand, availability and course maintenance, and you see it only on the tee sheet. A shared cart costs a further US$35. Join the club’s text list for tee-time offers sent each Monday and Thursday. Do not hold overlapping times at one of its sister courses, as that cancels the booking.
The round, in perspective.
Raugust gave the course five sets of tees, and Golfbreaks lists it at more than 7,100 yards from the back. The club describes the front nine as very challenging; the back nine is balanced in an unusual way, with three par threes, three par fours and three par fives, so the scoring chances arrive late. Golfbreaks singles out the 7th, a dogleg framed by a rock wall and native cacti, and the 13th, a short hole with water and a rock outcrop beside the green. The finish is the hole people talk about. The 18th is a 477-yard par four along the edge of Lake Avery, with the Hill Country behind it, and Avid Golfer readers voted it the best closing hole in Central Texas. Greens are TifEagle Bermuda, double-cut every day; fairways and tees are 419 Bermuda.
Know before you go.
Booking window
7 days for the public and Player’s Club; 10 days for members
Cancellation
24 hours or more before play, or the full value is charged
Cart fee
US$35 shared cart; riding alone costs extra, if carts allow
Rental clubs
Callaway sets, US$85, request when booking
Push carts
Not available to rent
Range buckets
US$10 (about 30 balls), US$17 (60), US$25 (90)
Make the trip work.
Mind the practice schedule. The range shuts early on Tuesdays (2pm in the site footer, 3pm on the rates page) and does not open until 10am on Wednesdays, so a Wednesday dawn round means no warm-up balls. The bays carry Toptracer, and the Toptracer Range app records carry, ball speed and swing video. The golf shop is open daily from 6am to 6pm, and lessons run through the Hanlim Performance Golf Academy based at the club. Golfbreaks notes the Sunset Grille restaurant and an infinity pool by the clubhouse. The clubhouse also hosts weddings of up to 175 guests, which can fill the terrace on weekends.
Austin-Bergstrom International (AUS) lies about 21 miles south-east of the course in a straight line, and the drive crosses most of the city, so allow extra time in the morning and evening rush. A hire car is the only practical way round; the course is in a residential district north-west of central Austin with no rail link.
There are no rooms at Avery Ranch. Golfbreaks pairs it with the Omni Austin Hotel Downtown, close to Sixth Street, roughly 16 miles south as the crow flies. That suits a trip that mixes golf with nights out downtown. If golf comes first, look at hotels in north Austin, Round Rock or Cedar Park, which cut the morning drive to a few minutes and leave the city centre for one evening.
Make a trip of it.
Our guide to Lost Pines Golf Club, the course formerly called Wolfdancer, covers the best-known round east of the city near Bastrop. Heading west, Horseshoe Bay Resort on Lake LBJ has three Robert Trent Jones Sr. courses and works as a second base. TPC San Antonio, home of the Valero Texas Open, adds a tour course for guests of its hotel. Off the course, Austin’s live-music bars on Sixth Street fill the evenings.
Find your season.
Bermuda turf and Texas heat make spring and autumn the best months to visit. March to May and October to November give the most comfortable rounds; in July and August, book the earliest times and expect the greens to be firm. Winter golf is possible on most days, though the Bermuda goes dormant and turns brown.
Yes. It is a daily-fee course, so anyone can book. Public tee times open seven days ahead through the online system on averyranch.com, and you need a credit card to hold one. Members of the club book ten days out.
How much are green fees at Avery Ranch?
Avery Ranch uses dynamic pricing rather than a fixed rate card. Prices and change with demand, availability and maintenance, so check the live tee sheet. The US$35 cart fee is charged on top, and the text club sends discounted times twice a week.
Who designed Avery Ranch Golf Club?
Andy Raugust, who previously worked as an architect for Jack Nicklaus. He routed the course round a 60-acre lake, with the 477-yard par-four 18th running along its shore.
Last checked 11 November 2026. This is an independent planning guide, not a first-hand review or a booking service. Check live availability, access, fees and travel details with the operator before booking. Airport suggestions are starting points for route planning.
