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Flying L Ranch Golf Course
📍 566 Flying L Dr, Bandera, TX 78003, USA
★ 4.0 (105) Easy to bookFlying L Ranch Golf Course is an 18-hole layout in Bandera, rated 4 on Google from 105 reviews. Golfers praise the well-kept fairways, crushed granite bunkers and good greens, and some call it one of the better courses near San Antonio. A few feel the pricing is steep for what is offered and note that the clubhouse food menu is limited, but the overall condition of the course earns regular compliments.
Reviews
Went after a rain. Called before hand for a rain check, was told the course would be fine. Attempted to play but course was very water logged to the point of almost not playable. Went with a large group but the Marshall forced us to break up even though we booked extra tee times to make up for any lost time per hole, and we weren't slowing play for the players behind us. Pro shop girl was rude as well as the cart girl was rude. Prices were too high. Won't be returning. It got 2 stars because although the course was very water logged, it looked good
Flying L is overall decent if you live around Bandera, but was agreed upon with the group I played with that it is over priced for what is offered. The fairways are nice, rough is decent, but the tee boxes are very unleveled. Greens are marked up by golfballs, spike marks, and deer tracks making putting unbearable. The driving range isn’t much of one and is always turf only. The sand is not actual sand. The golf carts have brains of their own and will shut down when they want even if you are in the cart path. While it’s overall a decent course to look at, there’s to many other variables to play good golf and shoot low. If Flying L charged closer to $50 I’d consider playing again, until then, I’ll play other courses within a half hour that are charging not an arm and leg.
Golf course looks in excellent shape, they put alot of money back into it. I just hit balls at the range and then went to the clubhouse to grab some lunch but they are very limited on the food. Probably had less then half the food items on the menu. Some of the things they did have would take 15 minutes to prepare.
One of the best courses near San antonio! Very well maintained, crushed granite bunkers, great greens. Worth the drive for sure!
Want to preface this review by mentioning the last time we golfed here (Nov 2024), the front 9 greens were destroyed due to "acid burns". They still proceeded to charge us full price which was around 100 bucks. Nowhere on their website did they mention the front 9 greens would be basically unplayable; We drove in from San Antonio so we were basically stuck paying the price. Fast forward to this year (Oct 25, 2025), we thought it would be a good idea to try the course out again. Unfortunately, about an inch of rain had dropped that morning so I called up the pro shop and was told the course would remain open and that if we cancelled, we'd be charged the price of the round. So we drive to Flying L from San Antonio to play the round and get charged the full amount ~$100 each. We make it to hole 3 before we are called into the pro shop for lightning. We get sent back out after about 20 minutes. Make it another 1.5 holes before we are called back in because of lightning. It has been pouring most of the time at this point, so the fairways and tee boxes are being flooded out. When we get to the pro shop, I ask about a potential rain check (not even a refund). We are told they will asses the course condition and make a decision from there. We are again sent out after around 20 minutes into the conditions shown in the pictures below. Can confidently say we will never be back to this course. Too often these days, these golf courses are putting money over the golfer's experience. I know they can't control the rain, but you can control how you treat your customers. It's a shame that greedy management can ruin such a beautiful course.
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