Brushy Creek Sports is lined by a fairway of bark that gives you a general direction as to where to go next. I miss this course very much, if anyone out there wants to donate airfare to me to any play within 300 miles of this course. I'll play it. This course is difficult; pulling off a good shot here makes you feel great. As nine hole courses go there are a few long holes here and it towers above the simple neighborhood park course. This course is unforgiving once a tree is bashed, and it gets deep into trees and stays mostly in the natural setting.

I played here a bunch when it got hot out and enjoyed the shade. I had the pleasure of enjoying this course after a period of heavy rain so water hazards abound for a few months. I have played maybe three dry rounds here and each way has benefits. The course plays even more beautiful when the water is moving over the limestone and the round is more difficult. Without water scores comes down a tad and there are some interesting looks that were not available before hand from the dry wash bed.

Compared to its north Austin area nine hole brothers, this course is king. The park has restrooms and there is plenty of parking. There are no crowds here and a round can be accomplished quickly. Number one has a typical Texas tight lined fairway, but goes to a point in the trees where the course plays in and under the canopy. It's like a step inside. From this point until some parts in the back, the course is shaded and you must throw darts to survive. This is my personal favorite style of course.

There's room for improvement. I admit to being turned around and needing a scouting mission or two my first time here. It seems easy enough to follow the trail of bark, but I am proof that you can get lost on your first go. Adding sinage or cement teepads would be a nice cherry on top. This is it most basic flaw. The design for big bombers would probably be frustrating. There is very little margin for error. The greatest shot, if off my one centimeter, becomes difficult in a hurry. It's tough; people focused on scores may need to prepare themselves for a five or six on a hole or two.

For a little less than a year I considered this my home course. This was where I played when Circle C and East Metro, which are no doubt better courses, felt like too much of a challenge and I just wanted to enjoy the sport for an afternoon. At first I felt the rating reflected a high amount of home boy bias. As I became the home boy myself, I really grew to love this course. I've seen deer, snakes, lizards, and fish when it's full of water here.

I've shot under par only a few times because its freakishly hard and requires a certain amount of luck and creativity that make for very interesting rounds. If you only care about carding great scores, then I could see being frustrated here. Trust me; there are birds to be had here. If you are like me and have much love for a course that plays into nature, this is one of your places. I would recommend the course to anyone, and let lesser experienced golfers decide, like I have, what they feel about this place from the bushes. For a traveler, when you come to Austin play the other courses and put this in your top 5-10, but when you are here, you'll understand why a guy that lived on the 620 really grew to like this course.

You can come here to get away from the crowds at the better and most established courses in the Austin area. By no means is this a rinky-dink park nine holer. I could see rating this course anywhere from a 2 to a 4. Ultimately for me the things I like about it outweigh what I don't like about it.

This is a very tough and rough course to play. WIth that being said this is one of my favorite courses to play. Its very challenging and creates a situation for you that can only be overcome if you get bette as you play.

Trees and long dog legs on a few

I dare you to go even or better on this course.

This is by far one of my favorite courses. It's really not all that hard to find. You go into the park entrance from brushy creek, turn right and head towards the skate park and the first hole is right on the other of the big bowl. This course is great to go to on a hot day, surrounded by countless trees but still having a stable breeze. You have a variety of holes on this course from your straight drives to your technical dog legs. Most of the course is covered in trees and a few holes, like #3, require that you throw right at one. There are a number of holes that will test your patience. Feels a little long for a nine hole too, maybe it's just hole #5 or #6 because they're so long. The tees are marked very well with little red sprout looking things.

For you beginners, this is going to be a real frustrating course. You are going to hit trees and in most cases, it will cause you to throw from the thick brush. It's difficult to regain strokes and you can almost expect to bogey more than you birdie. For the experienced players, the only bad thing I can say is the plant life can get caught up underneath your feet and you will also be challenged as well on the course. It's tough but fun though.

Great course for shade, fun, and challenges. It's secluded and fun for anyone. Go to this course.

Technically precise short course. Despite a lack of signs, pins are marked, all the baskets are in great condition (they are, after all, pretty new), and the fairway is made abundantly clear by the bright wood chips laid down leading from tee box to pin. The tee boxes are... present. No flat, open holes with 100' wide fairways here; power & distance are almost detrimental to a well played round, making way for precision & composed shots. Abundant trees offer ample shade from the strong Texas sun. Meticulously designed and, so far, well maintained. Pretty low key course, generally unpopulated.

Due to construction in the area, it's a pain to park and then get to the first hole. When you do get there, it's a little disheartening to find that there are no signs. This can lead to some confusion as to where the tee boxes are. Tee boxes are dirt patches semi-enclosed by rocks; as such, it's advisable to play when the ground is dry, and not to need a run-up to tee off. Some of the lines are like those out at Bible Ridge: asking a bit too much. Unlike there, though, an errant shot won't punish you too much (unless you have to wade through thorn bushes to retrieve your disc), and you can usually get a pretty okay line on a recovery shot. Only 9 holes. I've heard from other golfers in the area that there are plans to extend it to 18; I've also heard from other golfers in the area that there are no such plans.

Love the shade, but it comes at a price, and that price is paid in your score.

If you are a fan of tight and technical, than this is the place for you. There are no real open holes, and instead wind you through a mix of hill country trees and cactus. The creek, during the rainy season, adds extra depth to these intense nine holes. Even experienced players will have to work to get pars and birdies.

I love that a mulch path guides you through the holes and transitions between holes. It's a nice little feature seen on a few of the newer Houck courses in the Austin area. It's necessary though with the lack of everything else. I also have to praise the work involved placing stones, and other features to help navigate through the woods. It's rough, but very cool.

BEST HOLE/S: #3

My first question is - when construction on the course took place and #1 essentially disappeared from view - why didn't they just renumber and make #8 the new #1 and make #7 the new #9. This would have may the flow to the parking area a lot easier, and help with navigation issues for anyone without a map or not familiar with the course. As it stands - #1 is a long trek around the skate park area, and #9 ends dead center in the woods leaving you to take the trail back out. This kind of issue is small, but really annoys me.

There are no signs, and the tee boxes are vaguely worn by play since this course is so new. Besides having a map, the only indication you have about being on the right hole is the numbered pin, but on holes like #3, #5, and #9 this can be difficult due to length. Hopefully this issue will be resolved soon, because I've played enough Houck designs to know that quality signage is one of the specialties his courses have to offer. Note, there is a map on hole #1, but the post is not in good shape, so we'll see how long it stays there.

As always, there is a fine line between tight and challenging to a little absurd. I like heavily wooded courses that reward me for accuracy and punish me for being off, but to a point. #5 is a great example of a long wooded hole open just enough to let you shape shots around the trees and get good placement for your next shot. However, move forward to #9 and what? Your disc had better be laser guided since this pinball hole is more luck than skill. A few more key trees should be removed here to make this course really enjoyable.

WORST HOLE/S: #9

It's hard to rate a course that plays so well for the advanced player, and yet is still so rough that it lacks the basic essentials a good course needs to rate high. On the other hand having things like mulch run the whole course lets me know that love, sweat, and time have been poured out already, so hopefully the signage and navigation issues will be fixed this year. Newer players may enjoy the atmosphere but be forewarned that may not be the best place for you. It's easily frustrating on the best days for any recreational level player. I think Sidewinding made the best comparison; this course is a shorter yet no less challenging version of East Metro Park in Manor.

I think this is a great place to play in conjunction with the slightly more open Brushy Creek MUD DGC, and I am really anxious to get back here in a about six months to see what improvements have been made. This course certainly has a lot of potential and is a great addition to the Round Rock area, so my hopes are high. Bottom line, bring a map, expect to be challenged and even frustrated at times, but also expect to get a very interesting and rewarding nine holes of golf.

Challenging yet fun. Great layout though the trees, with a creek running thoughout entire course. Beautiful course thought the woods. Summertime shade, no problem! Lately the rain has keeped water in the creek making for great play on basically 8 of the 9 holes. Excellent scenary all around. Large stepping stones and stone stairs going over creeks. Lots of trees, rough isnt to bad and not extremely hard to throw out of, with time and wear will only get better. Not very crowded, yet. On a sunny weekend day youll find maybe six small groups playing the course at a time.

Only been playing disc golf since Nov '09 and this is one of my favorite small courses. Even as a new player i have found that if played with ease this course is a breeze. No room to really bomb a disc down the fairway. Tight tunnel shots definatly help accuacy. I have birdied holes 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8, although not is the same game, but gives me hope that one day i will pull a great game together here. I usually throw around +4 OR +5 on amateur par here which isnt great but isnt too bad for a beginner.

No signs telling you where hole one is located. Some tees are hard to find if its your first time. Bring a course map is you can. Tees are dirt with little rock piles to designate. After rain tees are a little muddy. Very tight tree fairways on 90% of course, can be frustrating to impaitient players. Lack of trash cans causes clutter at some holes. I try to at least pick up some trash when i go out there. There is water but its not deep and very narrow so its easy to retrieve discs. Hole 1 basket is on an island surrounded by water, pretty fun but easy to throw over, left and right of basket into water. Hole 6, on nice days, has walkers cut through to get to the park.

Overall i think this is an excellent course, definatly one of my favorite courses next to wilco, brushy MUD, and pease. I think once the park is finished and more people visit the course it will break in very nice. Trash cans are a must, at least at the parking lot/basketball court area. Signs and better tees is all the course will need to be one of the best 9 holes out there. Everyone can play this course and i recommend it to all. Its just a great place to go play disc golf.

For a rank beginner (first course ever) the shot variety was fun and the very fact that it's 'hidden' up in the trees made this course very enjoyable for my wife and I as our first course.

While rough the cedar mulch fairways allowed for easy navigation from hole to hole. Time has improved the smoothness based on how long the course has been complete.

It may be the time of year but the fairways seemed even narrower than the pictures showed. This made for more of a challenge than expected.

The construction on the skate park has destroyed the path the the first tee box. My wife and I went in through the mud pit...(to the left of the skate park) and decided to wear hiking boots next time. (go in off of the far south lot and backtrack from hole 4 to avoid)

Do not be afraid to try this course. My wife and I had never even tried DG before this and we loved it. Despite the mud from recent rains just being out in the woods enjoying the day together doing something we both found we liked made for a very good day.

It is a hard course, but we went to enjoy the day and practice the very basics of the game... next time we will have a picnic lunch and of course our hiking boots. (lol) A great time, many lessons learned about power, throwing methods and using the right disk for the distance on the fairways.

It's close to my house. For a quick round when I don't want to drive i'll play here and usually end up asking myself why at about the 5th hole. The designer definitely was going for difficult and did a good job at that. You may invent new cuss words during your round here.

Limited options. The harder holes (6 of the 9) don't leave any room for creativity. There is one route and it's all or nothing. Which is fine on a few holes but it's the only game this course is playing.

It's tricky to navigate if you don't go with someone who's played it.

As the course ages it may get better. For now the layout is just about laughable. It's one circus stunt hole after another. You can have fun here, but it won't help your game at other courses.

I think the reviewer, skurf, got it right for most part. I largely agree with his points, so there's no reasons for me to be redundant.

This is an interesting course, and quite difficult for the average player to master/enjoy.

The fairways: too tight for most people, particularly on these long holes.

Some of you might get slightly too frustrated here, so all you can do is go out and try to have fun. I didn't play that well, so take my review with a grain of salt!

I'd come here again, but I wouldn't take my friend who just started out playing to this course. This would be suited for the more experienced players.

Talk about tight fairways, yikes! This course takes some serious mental discipline to get through without wanting to kill someone, but alas, I resisted the urge. And oh by the way, there's a huge freakin' gully to the left of pin 1...wish I would have known that before throwing down it.

I digress. The course is actually quite good if not a bit comical in its ridiculous difficulty level. I played this course after playing the other Brushy Creek course, which is actually a plus for this course because it's close to both the Williamson County DGC (great course) and the Brushy Creek M.U.D. DGC (good course) so you can get 2 or even 3 rounds in pretty quick at some really nice courses.

The mulch trails are good (and bad...see cons) for the fact they tell you where the fairway is, because otherwise it would be a wild guess since some of the fairways are so narrow you wouldn't be able to make them out otherwise, and some of the holes are so long (cough #5) you'd really start to wonder if you were still within the park's property. The hole is epic, and if you can score a 5 on it, congrats.

This is an extremely wooded course, and as such, offers tons of shade. In fact, after hole 1, I don't think I was ever in the sun, which is awesome for playing disc golf in the hot Texas summers.

Although the tight fairways offer challenge and make this course what it is, it seems like they could have widened the fairways on a couple holes to offer a bit of diversity and respite from this extremely demanding course.

The mulch is fairly large-chop mulch and has a lot of larger chunks of wood and sticks in it. On one drive I planted on stick, which rolled under foot. Luckily I didn't fall or twist my ankle, but my shot went way off course, and when you go off course here, it ain't pretty. The fairways are tight and the rough in unforgiving.

There's not teepads of any kind...just a pile of rocks to mark where you tee from, and some of them, the monstrous hole five in particular, don't even have any room for a run-up.

There's no sign pointing you in the direction of where the course is when you enter the park and we ended up going to the wrong end first, parking, wandering around asking people if they knew where it was..."a what?" "No, haven't seen any golf courses around here." BTW, when you enter the park, take a right, go all the way to the end and park, then follow the mulch trail to the freestanding map-sign of the course where the first "teebox" is.

If I lived closer to this course I could see myself playing it often. It seems like a great course to hone your skills on and even though it's only 9 holes, if you can score under par here, you are one badass disc golfer.

Very tight and technical, but lots of fun shots. Tough pin placements makes for an interesting game. Nice variety of different shots. Can easily be played through twice for an 18 hole game.

Tees not marked very well, and no signs. No trashcans or bags either. Wood chips get annoying to walk on. Some baskets located on tough hills, hard to find discs if overthrown. Also tough to navigate between holes.

Very nice 9 hole course, very fun to play. Not for beginners, but a great course to practice long, accurate shots. Hopefully it will be expanded to a full 18 hole course with a few more open shots. Bring a map first time, kinds tough to navigate between holes.

Has 3 par 4's and 1 par 5 which makes for an enjoyable course for intermediate players and up, unlike most 9-holes.
All the tees are fairly easy to find, especially with a map of course.
Lotta shade.
Now they got signs, though they're a bit crappy-- thin plywood.
Bring your ultra-precision game!

I actually wish that the entire course wasn't SO tight, even though I do enjoy tight fairways
The 1st hole is the only one that allows a little "breathing" room, but the 1st tee is a complete joke-- it sites right behind some big oaks. You gotta basically tomahawk over the trees; it needs to be moved to the left.
The abundance of mulch can get a little annoying to walk on sometimes, but is great in rainy weather
Really needs to be trimmed up a bit to allow for better flow; trees are nice n' all, but some throws are more a matter of luck getting through rather than skill.
The pars are too low on a couple o' holes in my opinion--- hole 3 should be a par 4 and hole 9 should be a par 5 because of the technicality on these holes.
Must have concrete tees!

I also hope that they will extend it to an 18-hole course, 'cause there's plenty of land for it there. Perhaps you could put 3-4 holes in front of # 1 and a few after # 5 along Brushy Creek which could swing back around to # 6.

Nice new course, wood chips down the middle of all the fairways. some baskets are place on "islands", anything that is overthrown is doomed. Very challenging, Very clean/well maintained course. Another great Round Rock Course. I LIKE IT!!!

I still hate thorn vines, i guess i should stay out of the rough. Hole 6 has bike riders and joggers cut through the fairway to get to parking lot. need to put something to block traffic.

Very shaded, lots of water that plays into shots which makes it cool, not a lot but its there. will make for a great summer time course.

By the time you finish hole 1 you can tell this will be a fun course to play. The mulch...while not that great to tee off of (or to walk on for that matter) is a nice guide to where the pin locations are and really make for a nice overall course aesthetic. There are a good mix of shots required for this course but for the most part accuracy and restraint are key to a good round. Unlike some of the other courses around town this will utterly punish you if you hit a tree and your disc goes into the rough...especially on holes 5 or 9. I expect this to change as the course is played and cleaned up a bit.

The terrain really is gorgeous out here. The ravines and the clear creek water are a refreshing change from, say, Pease Park's water holes or the flat Wilco course.

Pretty much the same cons as suggested before. While the wood chips do provide a trail guide there are a couple holes where an arrow would be helpful.

Tee boxes...even dirt or gravel would be nice. But b/c this course is obviously still a work in progress I'm not going to harp on that.

The biggest thing to keep in mind is that this is NOT a course for beginners or the faint of heart. It's probably as 9 holes harder than most courses at 18 holes. Though I'm sure this will change as the course gets broken in.

If you are a tomahawk or pancake thrower, you probably won't like this course much either b/c there is a ceiling over 95% of the course.

If you try to force it instead of laying up you're probably going to hit a tree and shank off into the woods and it's going to cost you strokes so this is almost an accuracy only course.

To me this course plays like a tighter fairway version of Wilco but with the terrain of Manor. I'm sure as the course is finished (i.e. additional trees cut away and as the wear and tear clears out a lot of the brambles or small bushes) this will become a favorite of mine.

It's a great place to work on the accuracy portion of your game. Power is not really something that comes into play for the most part. Bring your midranges and fairway drivers and play conservatively.

This course has a rediculous difficulty level. It is a nice scenic course with mulched fairways,(see cons), that lead to the next tee pad, (see cons),

Mulch fairway and tees have a tendency to cause you to slip on hard throws.
Flags to mark tee pads are missing.
No signs to lead you through the course, although the course is not hard to navigate. No marked distances.
No tee pads yet, even if they are just dirt they would be better than the mulch.
Hole 5's fairway is to narrow, until the last 300 ft or so, for its distance.
Hole 7 tee is on an akward incline.
Hole 9 is hard to tell where the tee pad should be so we just threw from the begining of the mulch path that lead to the basket.
Did i mention the mulch sucks.Maybe with time it will settle and wont be as bad.
Only 9 holes.
there are lines that are mostly under 100 ft on each hole, then the line ends at a tree. there are no real lines on most holes.
Luck is a larger scoring factor than skill

I think that if this course is finished and they put in signs and concrete teepads, the course will be better, Hole #3 #5 #9 are poorly designed IMO. Hole 3 could have been 2 holes that would have still been hard along with 5 and 9.It is all about basket placement. Then again i am not one for long holes that are just long for the sake of being long like 5 and 9. As much as I am complaining about this course I still really enjoyed playing it and hope it improves with time.


After playing this course more it has just become stupidly impossible to enjoy. There is no reason to play this course, unless you enjoy making a fool of yourself.

This course is very scenic. The rugged central Texas terrain with huge live oak, juniper, prickly pear, etc. is just beautiful. It would be a great nature hike even if you didn't play disc golf.

One of the things that make this place unique is the system of stairways and bridges built with large boulders to help you cross the many creeks and washes that meander through the course.

Most of the holes are very technical with many straight and narrow, or blind curving fairways cut out of a dense forest. If you don't throw forehand this course will force you to learn. If you don't throw backhand this course will force you to learn. If you can't throw straight and land in the fairway, this course will force you to learn.

Once you find the course map sign at tee pad #1 (It's a short walk down the mulch trail from the southern most parking area), the course flow is easy to follow due to a mulch trail that follows the entire route of the course.

There is no sign at the parking area to let you know you're in the right spot. Just park in the southern most parking area and start heading down the mulch trail until you see a course map on a 4x4 post.

There are no tee signs and the course map does not have the distances on it but thanks to Bevo for measuring and thanks to DGCR for providing a place to post the distances.

There are no tee pads and only a few holes still have the little red flags that show you where to tee from. You basically tee off from just behind where the mulch fairway begins on each hole.

This course has a high frustration factor due to the combination of long hole lengths and narrow fairways and what some might argue are too many small trees left in some of the fairways.

When you finish #9 you are in the middle of the woods and you have to find your way out and back to the parking area through the woods and then across a large field.

Experienced players who love long, narrow, technical fairways will love this course. Newer players and those who like more room to let the disc fly will loathe this course. I normally don't compare courses but I have to compare this one to East Metro Park in Manor. It's basically a mini Manor minus the tee pads and signs.

There's a lot of elevation changes on this course as it winds itself through a dry creek. The wood chip trails are real nice and I love the large boulder stepping stones as you cross the creek back and forth.

Hole 3 has a couple of trees in a V formation right in the path. It's a great obstacle.

Hole 7 is really fun as the tee is at the edge of a cliff and the basket is just outside the treeline across a large gap.

The rough areas are not completely full of brush, so it's not to difficult to shoot out from it.

I'm sure the cons will be fixed in the coming months as this course just opened.

The course map reads more like a cartographers map than a DGC map.

There are no signs at the tees.

No trashcans.

This course rewards accuracy over power.

I hope they find the space to make this an 18 basket course.

Short Review that will be updated! NEW COURSE which is very nice. Only played 3 of the holes (6-8) but just from those three holes I can tell that this course is going to be great. A beautiful but dry (for now) creek runs through the course. I had no problem finding the course and the pins. Lots of big trees.

Not finished yet, but of course that will be fixed. Needs defined tee pads and maybe signs added, and some trees removed. Also some baskets may be in the wrong position. This is straight from John Houck himself.

Almost skip aced hole 7, hit the top of the basket. I can't wait to get back out there in 3 weeks and give the hole course a go. Course said to be complete by May ish