Built on a decommissioned wastewater treatment plant in southeast Austin, Roy Kizer is the muni that shouldn't exist — and it might be the most interesting public course in the city. Named after the man who kept Lions Muny alive as superintendent from 1937 to 1973, the course opened in 1994 and plays like a proper links: 40-plus bunkers, 35 acres of lakes, 22 acres of wetlands, and a par-71 layout stretching 6,749 yards.
Sit it next to its sibling Jimmy Clay — a parkland track sharing the same address — and you've got 36 holes in two completely different styles for $35 weekday, $44 weekend. The GolfATX muni system doesn't get enough credit for what it offers, and Roy Kizer is Exhibit A. Southeast Austin's best-kept secret is hiding in plain sight.
