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Wolfdancer Delivers Big Texas Golf with a Heaping Side of Challenge and Beauty
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Since entering the Austin golf scene in 2006, Wolfdancer's incredible setting and thought-provoking, challenging layout has garnered prominent national awards and top regional & state rankings.
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The 7,205-yard, par-72 course was designed by Arthur Hills/Steve Forrest and Associates and named after the land it occupies, which formerly belonged to the Tonkawa American Indian tribe, who performed ceremonial dances covered in wolf skin and imitated the behavior of wolves by dancing on all fours.
The course and its sister resort ramble over a dramatic, 150-acre stretch of terrain dotted with oak, cedar elm and pecan trees and cut by the Colorado River, which frames the right side of Wolfdancer’s memorable finishing holes.
The Wolfdancer course claims to be Austin’s toughest track from the black tees, but offers plenty of variety for a wide range of skill sets.
Holes dubbed “Through the Trees” and “Random Long” serve as a warning of what to expect at Wolfdancer, as well as a reminder to check your ego at the door. While the tips at Wolfdancer are manageable only by low single-digit handicappers, the middle-back tees are rated 74.3, and four shorter sets of tees are available daily down to just shy of 5,000 yards from the women’s box, making the golf course navigable, fun and interesting for golfers of all level of playing ability.
Generally wide open off the tee, the Wolfdancer fairways are enjoyably generous. It is the approach shots that define the character of Wolfdancer, with scoring opportunities rising and falling upon the execution of a player’s shot into the greens, which can be difficult to hit, particularly when big Texas winds start howling.
Wolfdancer features a 13-acre driving range, full-scale practice facility complete with 10 target greens and eight tee boxes, and a short-game area with two chipping greens and bunkers, as well as GPS units in each golf cart.
Golfers looking to stay a little while longer than their round can enjoy the property’s clubhouse, complete with eight dining options. Overnight guests of the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa can participate in a variety of outdoor activities including horseback riding trails visible from points of the golf course, rafting on Texas’ Lower Colorado River, full-service Spa Django, live music and a water park featuring a 1,000-foot Crooked River with two-story water slide.
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About the Author
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Rebecca Case
Rebecca has been writing about and promoting golf since her college days where she was the media contact for the Northern Arizona University golf team. She then worked with a golf marketing and public relations firm, promoting golf courses, architects and events across the US, primarily in the Southwest. Rebecca has now turned her sights on providing golf news and course reviews to golfers across America by managing the editorial content of Par Stars. |
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