What does it cost to live at University of Texas Golf Club?

Homes inside the Steiner Ranch boundary around UT Golf Club sold for a median of $829,500 over the 12 months ending September 2026, across 192 sales, versus $822,500 the year before. Houses, 185 of the sales, had a median of $829,000, and condos, 7 sales, $890,000. 65 listings are for sale today. The right number for a specific home comes from recent sales of the same type and size on nearby streets.

Rick's read is an initiation in the mid five figures, with priority and a discounted tier for University of Texas alumni, plus monthly dues and a food-and-beverage minimum. Membership is usually open with a sponsor. Because the Texas men's and women's teams practice and play here, members share the property with college golf, which is a big part of the appeal. The club confirms current numbers only to candidates, so treat Rick's range as a starting point.

No. At UT Golf Club, like most Austin clubs, buying a home and joining the club are separate decisions. Owning a house on the course does not make you a member, and you can usually join without living in Steiner Ranch. Your property HOA is separate from the club and has its own dues. If membership matters to you, start the club conversation at the same time as the home search, because the club's timeline, not the closing, is usually the slower one.

Roy Bechtol and Randy Russell of Bechtol-Russell designed the University of Texas Golf Club, which opened in the early 2000s on former ranch land in Steiner Ranch, above Lake Austin. It stretches to 7,412 yards, par 71, from the tips, long enough for college events, with wide landing areas from the member tees. It is the home course of the Texas men's and women's golf teams, the program Jordan Spieth and Scottie Scheffler played for.

The median home around UT Golf Club went under contract in 46 days over the last 12 months, versus 32 days the year before, counted on cumulative days on market so relisted homes are not reset. It sold for 94.6% of its original list price, and 52% of the homes that sold had cut their price. Add about 30 to 45 days from contract to closing. A home priced in line with recent sales on launch day usually beats the median.

Over the last 12 months, UT Golf Club had 192 sales at a median of $829,500 and 46 days on market. For comparison, over 12 months, River Place had 49 sales at a median of $953,000 and 22 days on market, and The Hills and Flintrock had 86 sales at a median of $915,000 and 36 days on market. Each club's median reflects its own mix of condos, older houses and new construction, so compare the same home type and size. Rick can pull side-by-side sales for the specific homes you are weighing, and walk you through how the clubs themselves differ.

The MLS does not flag course frontage reliably, so we do not publish a course-lot premium for UT Golf Club. In practice, a lot on the course sells for more than a similar house a street away when the view is good and the lot sits away from the landing areas. What matters is which side of the fairway, how close to a tee or green, and how much the lot sits above the course. Rick knows which streets back to the course and can tell you how each lot plays.

Start with the documents: the HOA and any sub-association rules, leasing and short-term rental limits, golf-ball easements on course-side lots, and whether a seller's club membership can transfer. Steiner Ranch has a master association plus separate rules in the gated sections, so read both, and check commute times on RM 620 at the hours you will drive. Rick adds one more: ask the club, not only the seller, about the current membership timeline before you plan around playing the day you move in.

Of the 185 houses with a recorded build year that sold around UT Golf Club in the last 12 months, 2 were built before 1990, 145 between 1990 and 2009, and 38 in 2010 or later. The median house measured about 3,307 square feet and sold for about $268 per square foot, and the median lot was 0.24 acres. By price, 75 sales closed under $750,000, 95 from $750,000 to $1.5 million, 19 from $1.5 to $3 million and 3 at $3 million or more.

Tell Rick what you want in a club and a home. He can arrange a clubhouse tour and an honest membership conversation at UT Golf Club, and walk you through the homes around the course, including ones he hears about before they list. If you are seriously looking, he will also host you for a round at Westlake Country Club, his home club, to compare notes. Meanwhile, save a search inside the Steiner Ranch boundary so new listings reach you first.