4408 Long Champ Drive,
Austin Texas 78746
The Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined & open parkland. Undulating terrain.
Surroundings:
Woodland, high-end residential and Lake Austin on the Colorado River.
Designer:
Layout at current location by husband/wife team of Pete & Alice Dye (1984).
30.344610
-97.798328
10 mi NW of downtown Austin.
From Capital of Texas Highway (Hwy 360) turn East on to Westlake Drive. Take the first left, which is Long Champ Drive. Austin Country Club is at the end of Long Champ Drive.
Austin CC
Austin Country Club: nestled in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, the private Austin Country Club is home to a championship course that ranks with some of the best in Texas.
The challenging 18-hole layout, designed by Pete & Alice Dye, includes a stretch of holes sidling up alongside Lake Austin on the Colorado River, and overlooked by the famous Pennybacker Bridge. The course plays host to a prestigious World Golf Championships (WGC) event.
Private club; visitors/guests may only play if hosted by a member.
Non-metal spike facility.
Excellent
Austin Country Club is one of the oldest existing golf clubs in Texas and home to one of the greatest golf instructors who ever lived, Harvey Penick. Parts of the course are overlooked by the famous Pennybacker Bridge, also known as Austin's 360 Bridge.
Austin is host to the WGC-Dell Technologies Championship Match Play since 2016; see details on Top Golf Tournaments played at Austin CC.
Texas: 12th best course in Texas (Golf Digest, 2023/24).
Ryder Cup: Rome plays host to the first ever Ryder Cup to be staged in Italy, with the USA defending golf’s greatest team trophy at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club (Sept 29-Oct 1).
Solheim Cup: also in September, also in southern Europe, the 18th Solheim Cup will be contested at Finca Cortesin on the Costa del Sol, with Europe defending after their surprise win in Toledo, Inverness Club (Ohio) in 2021 (Sept 22-24).
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Céline Boutier: with many successes as both an amateur and professional golfer, Boutier added a major championship title to her impressive résumé at this year’s Evian Championship.
Alex Cejka: buffeted by rain and high winds, especially on the high-scoring final day, Čejka prevailed over Pádraig Harrington in a playoff at Royal Porthcawl, to scoop the Senior Open Championship title.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
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