Delaware Springs is about an hour from Austin and a couple things about the course interested me. First, every review I’ve ever read about this place glowed. Second, and probably more important to me ... Continue »

Delaware Springs is about an hour from Austin and a couple things about the course interested me. First, every review I’ve ever read about this place glowed. Second, and probably more important to me personally, the course was designed by Dan Proctor and Dave Axland. The duo designed Wildhorse Golf Club and Bayside Golf Club (both in Nebraska). I thoroughly enjoyed both of those Nebraska courses!

What you’ll find at Delaware Springs is a well cared for, playable and interesting course that just seems to fall onto the landscape. The course has an address in the city of Burnet, but it is a bit south of town. It is actually located near the airport, in a small community.

I’m not sure if there are plans to build homes around the course in the future, but for now the course has a rustic, country feel to it – a bit like Diablo Grande in California! The front nine has a mix of open and wooded holes while the back nine almost has a bit of a high desert feel to it with cactus beds and brown native grass lining some holes.

The best holes at Delaware Springs are probably the 1st and the 13th. The 1st is a short par-5 where you might have to lay up with an iron from the tee depending on the wind conditions (to avoid a creek). That is never my favorite thing on a par-5, but you still can easily reach the green here in two shots. The tricky part of going for the green is that the angle isn’t great and you’ll need to turn a shot from right to left.

The conditions were fantastic and for $37 it was a steal! I’d highly recommend a round at Delaware Springs as it turned out to be a great find – hidden gem status for sure.