The best Austin golf weekend is two days of munis and one round that feels like a treat. Play Lions on Friday, where Austin golf began, and Roy Kizer on Saturday, the links-style muni that lets you swing. Then on Sunday head east to Lost Pines Golf Club, the Arthur Hills course at the resort near Bastrop, which the Dallas Morning News has named one of the best in Texas.
Between rounds: a swim in Barton Springs, smoked brisket on South Lamar, breakfast tacos at 7am, a barbecue lunch from the Michelin Guide, records under Hotel Magdalena and a Sunday afternoon on the river in Bastrop. Friday stays central, and Saturday stays in southeast Austin near Kizer, which also puts you on the right side of town for Sunday. Heads up: Saturday and Sunday tee times at the city munis open online at 8pm Central on the Monday before, and they go fast, so set an alarm for Kizer. You need a Golf ATX account, and each account can book one tee time for up to four players. Friday at Lions books on the normal weekday window.
The two munis come to $85: $41 at Lions on a Friday and $44 at Kizer on the weekend. Lost Pines prices by the day, so check its tee sheet. We also picked six things to pack, four of them from Texas makers. The muni fees are the City of Austin's rates, read on 17 September 2026. Venue hours, pool prices and product prices were read on each one's own site on 2 October 2026.
The historic muni and a cold swimPlay Lions in the afternoon, jump in Barton Springs, then smoked brisket on South Lamar and records under Hotel Magdalena.
Friday at LionsThe course where Crenshaw and Kite learned the game.
Open fairways, then barbecueTacos at 7am, the links-style muni in southeast Austin, a barbecue lunch and a brewery lawn. Make it an early night.
The nice oneCoffee and pan dulce on East 7th, an Arthur Hills resort course in the pines east of the city, then pizza and a pint on the river in Bastrop.
Six things that make the tripFour from Texas makers and two small things you will use all weekend. Prices read on each brand's own store on 2 October 2026.
Swap any stop for one from our other Austin guides: 15 food trucks, the barbecue field guide, cafés before an early tee time, date night after 36, special-day rounds near Austin and, for a five-round version of this trip, the Austin golf road trip.
The two munis come to $85: $41 for a Friday round at Lions Municipal and $44 for a weekend round at Roy Kizer, the City of Austin rates read on 17 September 2026. Lost Pines Golf Club prices by the day, so check its tee sheet when you book.
Lions Municipal. It opened in 1924, Ben Crenshaw and Tom Kite learned there, and it is central, walkable and scorable.
At 8pm Central on the Monday before, online only, for that Saturday and Sunday. You need a Golf ATX account, and each account can book one tee time for up to four players. Weekday tee times book on the usual schedule.
At Lost Pines Resort, 575 Hyatt Lost Pines Road, near Bastrop, east of Austin. The resort puts it about 20 minutes from Austin.
Arthur Hills. It is a 7,300-yard, par-72 course, and the signature holes are the 603-yard par-5 3rd and the 155-yard downhill par-3 12th.
Yes. Barton Springs Pool is about ten minutes from Lions and is open 5am to 10pm every day except Thursday daytime. Adult admission was $9 for visitors and $5 for Austin residents on 2 October 2026.
