Four championship courses, 493 rooms, and a $150 million renovation that rebuilt the flagship Hill Country golf resort from the ground up.
Omni Barton Creek is the only property in the Austin corridor where four championship courses share a single address. The resort sits on the western edge of the city in the Hill Country limestone terrain that defines the region's golf character, and its recent $150 million renovation reshaped both the accommodation and the golf infrastructure into something substantially different from the property that preceded it.
The 493 rooms include standard guest rooms and suites, all updated during the renovation. The scale of the resort creates a self-contained environment: Mokara Spa, three pools including an adults-only infinity pool, ten tennis courts, a fitness center, and nine dining options ranging from casual poolside service to full-service restaurants. The property operates at a level of completeness that makes leaving optional, which is both its strength and, for visitors who want to experience Austin itself, a consideration worth noting. Downtown is roughly 20 minutes east, but the resort's westward orientation means the Hill Country, not the city, is the immediate context.
The golf is the primary draw. The Fazio Foothills course, designed by Tom Fazio and Roy Bechtol in 1986, routes through cliff-lined fairways with natural caves and waterfalls; it ranks among Golfweek's top 40 resort courses and Golf Digest's top 35 in Texas. Fazio Canyons, completed in 1999 with Beau Welling contributing to later refinements, threads along Short Springs Branch Creek beneath oak and sycamore canopy. Golfweek named it the No. 1 course in Texas in 2002. The Coore Crenshaw course, only the second collaboration between Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw when it opened in 1991, offers a more strategic and walkable alternative with subtle green complexes along cliffside terrain. It was renovated as part of the resort's overhaul and rewards patient, ground-level play. A fourth course, Palmer Lakeside, sits roughly 30 minutes from the main property.
Stay-and-play packages through OmniHotels.com bundle accommodation with golf access, and the resort-guest-only access policy means the courses carry less traffic than comparable public layouts. At $300 to $550 per night before golf packages, the Omni represents the top of the Austin market. For groups whose primary objective is concentrated golf with minimal logistics, no other property in the region eliminates as much friction between the hotel room and the first tee.