Westin La Cantera - Palmer Course Review

Westin La Cantera - Palmer Course

Posted on: February 7th, 2009 Categories: Texas Course Reviews

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Course Information

Course Name: Westin La Cantera - Palmer Course
Address: 16641 La Cantera Parkway
City: San Antonio
State: Texas
ZIP: 78256
Phone: 210-558-6500

Type of Course: Hilly Links
Price Paid: $100.00
Month/Year Played: May, 2008
Public/Private: Public
Par: 71

Yardage
Ladies: 5066
Mens: 6535
Pros: 6926

Rating
Ladies: 65.3
Mens: 72.4
Pros: 74.2

Slope
Ladies: 116
Mens: 139
Pros: 142

Play Information:
Tees Played: Mens - Palmer Course
Time: 4 Hours 30 Minutes
Walkable: No
Snake Holder: N/A

Comments

Bone: This is the sister course, designed by Arnold Palmer, of the Resort Course at La Cantera which hosts the Valero Texas Open. It has elevation changes on every hole and no two holes are remotely alike. It is very challenging with extremely hard to read greens that are very fast. The area has a fault line which runs through the course and the putts break towards this. Add a foot or more to your read! The wind was blowing 25-35 mph today and the course has many holes in this Texas Hill Country around the top of those very hills. The pro shop has been rated in the top 100 for many consecutive years. A sleeve of balls is only $8.50 but I found out that it is because you will find many more on the course! There are no out of bounds… The entire course is played as a lateral hazard and you can play them if you find them. I found over 30 balls while searching for mine. Some very nice Pro V-1’s I might add. The course is laced with live oak trees which are native this area of Texas. Sand traps had the white silica-type sand and were very soft, deep and playable. This course has 5 different tees to play from and golfer should be careful not to assume they can play from their usual distances and score on this course. Go back one or two tees on this very difficult yet fun course.