Ample parking in a sports complex
Has nice navigation getting you to the course with signs saying disc golf and kiosk board
This is a very difficult 9 hole course not your average 9 which is refreshing to see
Par 3s 4s and a par 5 make this a very unique 9 hole
Accuracy is very important here as it's a pretty wooded course with some very hard lines
Great mix of lines for righty and lefties
The holes that are good are very good
Nice looking disc catchers and tee signs
Most 9 holes don't offer much score separation not the case here
Loops back to parking lot well
Pretty shady can get out of the heat, and most likely not much player traffic

Not a place for begginers even though it's only 9 holes. The rough can be punishing here, the par 5 hole 5 is super tight along with a few other holes. If you don't see the arrow getting from hole 5 to hole 6 can be confusing. Lots of ground brush, and foliage can make footing tricky.

This isn't what I was expecting from a 9 hole course. Rounds can take a while here and isn't just a quick round. Great warmup though, and good to see a 9 hole that can challenge even the advanced and up players

(2.638 Rating) A very challenging heavily wooded Houck designed course. This is not a beginners course.
- UNIQUENESS - Whoa. I've played 80 nine holes courses as of this review and I would put Brushy Creek Sports Complex course at my #1 for the most hole type variety among 9ers. Multiple par 4s and a par 5. Doglegs in both directions. Pockets, tunnels, tree gaps and windows need to be hit. Shallow creeks, gouging creeks and some rock faces. Elevation is less than 20 feet on every hole but it makes an impact on just about every play. Typically when I think of sports complex courses this is not what I imagine.
- CHALLENGING - I first played here as a beginner in 2014 and never played here again in the remaining 2 years I living in Austin. I decided to give it a shot again on a revisit to the area in April 2018. The course very much beat me up in 2014 and although I improved a lot since then, I still couldn't crack par as an intermediate level player. Houck courses are extremely demanding. Missing a shot along his intended designed line can be quite punishing. Hole (1) is the perfect example where the basket is located on a peninsula with 10 foot down slopes on three sides. Being aggressive around this basket can result in 3 putts or more. Hole (3) is an insane tree gap play threw a cedar tree 75 feet down fairway. Hole (9) is probably the most difficult sub 550 foot par 4 I've ever played. 64 recorded rounds on DGCR as of this review and the hole score average is sitting at 5.45 throws.
- RAW BEAUTY - The course feel starts off fairly average with somewhat of a park style tee shot. Luckily for me the line featured the recent bloom of bluebonnets which happens every April. Then the course dives into a fully wooded and completely secluded back drop. Several shots I would define as "WTF... well at least it's beautiful" As mentioned above, this was my second appearance here, yet I still snapped a few tee photos which something that almost never happens to me on 9 hole courses.
- SHOT SHAPING - Skilled players that are magicians in the woods will love this place.
- CHAINS - DISCatchers, the perfect basket for a heavily wooded challenging course.
- DESIGN - Classic Houck design where shot placement and accuracy is key to score low. I constantly changed my disc selection at the tee. I properly executed his designed line only once, but when I did on (6), it was exhilarating.

Yes, Brushy Creek delivers challenge and beauty, but I need more than that to love a course.
- FORGIVENESS - Like most wooded courses, Brushy Creek will generally not be to kind to misguided shots. I think I hit a tree on every hole. Being a accurate mid range thrower, to scramble for par, will be key to shoot low.
- BEGINNER FRIENDLY - Way too difficult for beginners and probably also novice level players. I'd be willing to bet that many local players play this course once and then stick with the other brushy creek, aka Cat hollow.
- POISON IVY - Poison had exploded in several locations on my April 2018 visit.
- TEES - Mulch tees or dirt with no defined line.
- CHARACTER - In addition to poor tees, the amenities and comfort items are pretty bleak for the Austin area. Its basically baskets and poor tees and poor signage.
- MAINTENANCE - So so. I could tell that people are not coming here routinely. When you have to clear vegetative growth well into the tee area you know that something is up. A few of the fairways had some higher grass. Overgrowth on the fringes was encroaching on a few lines.
- TERRAIN - If you have bad knees or ankles stay clear of this course. Lots of roots to stub a toe or twist an ankle on. Probably also not the best course for the disc golf bag stroller but doable with the hardier models.
- TIME PLAY - I don't think I've ever played a 9 hole course that has taken as long as this one. Almost an hour for me solo. Only 2900 feet, but players will be making 50 foot tee shots into early trees and doing a fair amount of searching for discs. So don't expect some quickie round like every other 9 hole course.

I have a serious love hate relationship with course. Yes its beautiful, challenging and loaded with variety. However, with the one set of tees throwing up advanced level lines, only the better players may have fun out here. It's kind of where the course fails. Most better players I know don't play challenging 9 hole courses with bad tees. The other Brushy Creek DGC down the road, aka Cat Hollow, draws 50 times more players than this layout. that course has concrete tees with multiple ace runs and is also a well designed Houck course. Sometimes fun and amenities trumps beauty, challenge and variety.
- NAVIGATION - Adequate. There's a course map posting near (1) showing the "you are here" and its fairly detailed and scaled correctly. The tee signage is pretty dreadful. They are just simple red signs showing a line, hole # and par info. The pathways between holes were typically mulched on my appearance and yet that still didn't stop me from picking the wrong path once and I had to pull up my photo of the map to get back on track. A few baskets had a tapped spoke.

I like this course, but find it frustrating too. It has narrow fairways that zigzag through the woods and juniper breaks under overhanging oaks. Throw too far right or left or too high and your in trouble. There is seasonal creek and juniper scrub that runs through the entire course to penalize the errant throw. This course challenges you to become a better player.
Add to that, it is never crowded and there is other recreation, basket ball, skateboard park, hike and bike trail, soccer, football and baseball, kiddos gym set, creek for paddling (if you have a boat). It's as well designed as this small acreage allows.

The course lacks balance:
No open fairways, even on the longest holes - everything is about accuracy and control;
Three holes for predominantly right hand backhand players and six holes favor lefties;
The map and diagram are deceiving. Most of the holes have zigzag fairways that don't show on the map, so even a well controlled drive straight drive on a short hole may not land you in or even near the basket.
There is usually trash on the course. There are trash cans at the parking lot, but none on the course. Players often bag it and leave it at or near the tees, but it doesn't seem that the parks dept. collects it often enough.

The pictures were taken when the course was new and the wood chip path was fresh. Since then there has been a major flood which washed away most of the wood chips and the chips that remain have degraded. It is now pretty easy to lose your way.