Brackenridge Park Golf Course

Wonderful historic course near downtown San Antonio and the Pearl district. Very well maintained. Great fairways and greens. It’s a little more challenging in the back nine with more water hazards to contend with. Great value for a wonderful course. It is certainly one of the top public courses in San Antonio area. There is no driving range hear. There is a putting green and a chipping area if you walk toward the #10^th hole.

Awesome old school course. But the people that work here aren’t friendly at all. Go play cedar creek.

Well the course is historical and beautiful, and very well maintained. I will give it that.
It is expensive, really short, and ridiculously close together though. The front 9 are tight, right next to each other… fairways within steps. I almost got hit by a stray drive twice (like within five feet of me.)
The guys behind us were playing so fast that I felt extremely pressured the whole time and we were 40 MINUTES ahead of pace by the 9^th hole. Turns out they let the guys behind them play through, so I guess they must have been getting pressed too. With a 7:15 tee time, we were at breakfast at 10:30. This is not an enjoyable game of golf, especially for the price!
It’s pretty bunker-​heavy too. We did enjoy the square greens, and again, it was a nicely maintained course. If you like to work on your short game, or are in a hurry… go for it. Just watch out that you don’t get pegged…

Great old Tillinghast design. The course is short but has a lot of character. For the price, I think you would be hard pressed to find a better course. The pace of play was even good. I will return.

My son and I love playing this course and it’s one of the nicest courses in town for the price. The greens are always in great shape and the people that work there really do care about the course. I’ve been playing this course for over 20 years and remember the ordinal course, I think it’s even better than the ordinal. The front 9 has stayed the same and the back 9 has one of the toughest holes in golf #14.

Brackenridge truly is the crown jewel of public golf in San Antonio. The historic course has plenty of charm and play-​ability for its age and location.
The course is kept in its historic condition which means some things you don’t see very often — square greens, deep sand traps and strategic approaches. It will feel short, especially on the Par 4s, but there are enough design elements to keep things interesting. Lovers of the long ball will find themselves challenged as the irons do the most work here.
Let’s talk for a moment about the Par 3 holes. I have never in my life played more difficult Par 3s! Unless you are an expert with a 7 Iron, you’re going into the sand. Or off the back. Or just short and in need of a perfect wedge shot. Holy hell, there is no relief here!
What makes this course special and great for the public is that it is not intimidating. You can take someone out who has never been or it’s been a long time and they will feel at home. You don’t need to be perfect to play this one and have a good time.
Kudos to the city for resisting what must have been numerous temptations over the years to alter the design. A great place to play right in the heart of the city.

this course is highly overpriced for what it offers. it’s far from being a ‘nice’ course to play. it felt like a typical municipal course in california which i would have paid half of B’s fees. those who were playing had no understanding of any golf’s common courtesy. there were balls flying everywhere and i was scared in fear of getting hit by a stray, with no warning. the group behind us hit into us on more than one occasion and i don’t think they felt bad about it at all.
btw, i’m not joking… every time we got to our tee box, we saw a different group playing ahead of us. how does that happen and what does that tell you this course? the word ‘ghetto’ comes to mind.
only good thing i can say about this course is that we were able to finish in 4 ½ hours since it was so short. put this in perspective with a 7000+yd course, i’m sure it could have been 5 — 5 ½ hour round for sure.
my biggest beef was that i came down from austin to play this course. it was not worth my drive at all… i could have paid half the price and played on a course 10x better. i was highly recommended to play this course which is whole seperate issue…

Went out with my Co-​workers to settle all the trash talking about golf on the Course. Beautiful course located just north of downtown. The course is extremely challenging but highly recommend

Brackenridge, or Old Brack is a really good public course that is run by the City of San Antonio. Have played City courses across the country, this is one of the best. It was redesigned a while ago and the back 9 is a fun layout. The front 9 is pretty tight and can be a bit of a shooting gallery as there isnt much separating the fairways.
The staff is very nice, the course is in really good shape. All around solid experience. It would get a higher rating, but the course is pretty flat and not that challenging, but it is fun.

I love Brackenridge Golf Course. This place give me two of thing this in live that I love the most: Golf and History.
The course opened in 1916, the first municipal golf course in Texas and the second in the United States. Playing here is a time trip to how golf was played in the early 1900’s.
The course has some quirky no longer found features like flat bottom sand traps and square greens. The course is short by modern standards but the elevated greens add length. The narrow fairways place the ability to play target golf at a premium.
The Texas Golf Hall of Fame is currently being constructed and will be a very nice addition to historical Brackenridge Golf Course. If you really want the historical feel, try walking a round.
*** Review #50 for me ***
Tee Box Rating Slope Yardage
Back — Men’s 70.3 126 6,243 yds
Middle — Men’s 67.9 122 5,807 yds
Forward — Men’s 65.9 118 5,279 yds
Middle — Ladies’ 74.3 137 5,807 yds
Forward — Ladies’ 71.1 126 5,279 yds

Played in a tournament here — it was a nice course for a muni. Lots of sand though. The only bad part — sections are very close to 281 so if it’s during a peak traffic time there might be some jack holes who things its funny to yell right as you are going to swing. I was locked in the bathroom at one point — thought I was going to die in there alone of heat stroke.

A great M-​Thur value, especially if you already have the Alamo Golf Trail card — $ 42, w cart.
Very interesting layout since remodel, has definitely made it more challenging.