4/11/2023 0 Comments Quicksand golf course![]() #7 is a 621-yard par 5 that is the #1 handicap hole and it's a fun and challenging bear to play - a narrow rolling slightly uphill fairway twists and turns through 14 treacherous multi-fingered bunkers leading to a raised green guarded by 2 more bunkers #5 is 357-yard par 4 with one of the largest bunker's I seen and from the tee box most of it is hidden and reachable on your drive a precise shot to the odd shaped green #3 requires an accurate drive tee shot from a slightly raised tee box to nail the fairway and avoid the long bunker and lake on the left side which has a finger into about the middle of the fairway - you need an accurate approach shot from a roller coaster fairway to miss the huge greenside bunker and the lake of the left and some trees on the right side of the green ![]() Speaking of fun, there are some outstanding holes, for example: But don't let all of that discourage you from playing this outstanding layout it's fair, fun, and an outstanding value. To score well you'll need to pick the right set of tee boxes (five to choose from with yardages of 5023 to 7171 yards), consider leaving the big dog in the bag on some holes, and be precise on the approach shots. The bunkers pinch the landing zones and protect the greens. The 71 sand and 15 to 20 grass bunkers clearly define Quicksand Golf Club and make it a very demanding course that requires excellent course management and strategic thinking, precise and accurate tee as well approach shots, and excellent skills to try to get out of the bunkers. I have plenty of first-hand experience with the bunkers, I must have found at least half of them and taken a lot of the sand home with me in my hair, shoes, socks, and pockets! Quicksand Golf Club is very appropriately named after its 71 steep, deep, and huge treacherous bunkers that seem to attract and swallow your golf ball. The course is a combination of a desert course (with forced carries, natural sand areas, cactus that will stick you, snakes, and sage brush) and a links style course. Quicksand Golf Club in San Angelo is a fun but demanding 18 hole course that plays on 320 acres of what we would call typical west Texas terrain - relatively flat desert terrain with small trees, desert brush, cactus, and sand. Texas Outside's Review and Rating of Quicksand Golf Course in San Angelo
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