Mill Creek's golf course, designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr., occupies acreage just on the edge of the Texas Hill Country. As a result, visitors get a taste of the live oaks and cedars that call much of central Texas home while avoiding the severe terrain found at many Hill Country courses. Elevation changes of 10 to 20 feet are the norm on the remaining holes.
Flat lies are a rarity.
To help in that regard, the fairways offer plenty of landing area, provided you pick the correct target line. Salado Creek, a clear brook flowing over a limestone bed, winds throughout the course and comes into play on at least half the holes. A pond between the 14th and 18th fairways provides water hazards on those two holes. To avoid, that is. Determining the break on those is a job best left to a surveyor.