With the clocks back on standard time since Sunday, where does a Leander disc golfer play on a weeknight in November? Benbrook Ranch Park is dark before most workdays end. The Monday evening club round that filled the course all summer only runs while daylight saving time is in effect. One local nonprofit now sets the winter schedule, and that same group is helping the city plan its next course.
That group is the Hill Country Hyzers Disc Golf Club. It is a Leander-based 501(c)(3), founded in 2019, and it describes its mission as "revitalizing nearby disc golf courses, advocating for new courses, and raising awareness for the sport." Its home course is Benbrook. Under an agreement the City Council approved on March 19, 2026, it is also the city's partner on a new course at Devine Lake Park. So the Hyzers' calendar shows what disc golf in Leander looks like until spring.
The Monday round runs on daylight, and the daylight is gone
The club's Disc Golf Scene page is direct about it. The Hyzers play "on Monday evenings (during DST, from March to October) and sometimes on the weekends in Leander and the surrounding areas." The last of the season's Monday Minis at Benbrook was on UDisc's event calendar for October 26.
That weekly round was set up so beginners and competitive players could share a tee time. Players chose one of three formats:
- Money game: a $10 buy-in, split into four divisions by gender and skill level, with payouts to the top 25% of each division
- Prizes: a $4 buy-in that covers closest-to-the-pin prizes and the ace pot
- Casual: no buy-in, with a $1 donation to EDGE encouraged
With the Monday round paused, the club's weeknight activity moves indoors and shrinks to the part of the game you can practice in a taproom.
Tuesday nights move to Red Horn
The Hyzers hold a putting league on alternating Tuesday nights at Red Horn Brewery, 1615 Scottsdale Drive. That league is now the club's only regular weeknight event, and its format suits short days. The flex start runs from 6 to 8 p.m., and every round has to be finished by 8:30 p.m. Online registration is free. Players bring $5 to the brewery: $3 goes to the payout, $1 to the club and $1 to EDGE.
The league is numbered, and the count shows how long it has run. The Nov. 3 session was No. 122. The Dec. 15 session will be No. 125. At an alternating-week pace, that adds up to years of Tuesday nights.
Sundays belong to Benbrook
Daylight is short on weekdays but still available on weekends, so the club's two big events of the season are Sunday events at Benbrook.
| Date | Event | Where | Who can play |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun., Nov. 8 | 2026 Hill Country Hyzers Club Championship | Benbrook Ranch Park | Invitation only |
| Tue., Nov. 17 | Putting League at Red Horn #123 | Red Horn Brewery | Open, $5 |
| Sun., Nov. 29 | Triples at the Behemoth, a Wildflower Disc Golf Tour fundraiser | Benbrook Ranch Park | Open, bring-your-own team |
| Tue., Dec. 1 | Putting League at Red Horn #124 | Red Horn Brewery | Open, $5 |
| Tue., Dec. 15 | Putting League at Red Horn #125 | Red Horn Brewery | Open, $5 |
The club championship is two rounds. The player meeting is at 8:15 a.m. and awards run from 3:45 to 4:30 p.m., so it takes up most of a Sunday at the park. Registration for invited players closes Nov. 6 at 9 p.m. Non-players should expect more activity than usual on the course that day.
Triples at the Behemoth is open to anyone who can put together a team of three. It is one unsanctioned round with a flex start from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Entry is $25 per person or $75 per team, and registration stays open until 1:30 p.m. on the day. Proceeds go to the Wildflower Disc Golf Tour, which the event listing describes as female-owned and operated. A team that includes a newer player, an experienced one and someone in between makes good use of the format. It falls on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, when many households have guests in town.
What Benbrook asks of a player in November
Benbrook Ranch Park covers 46.5 acres at the corner of Bagdad Road and Halsey Drive, about a mile north of Hero Way West. Besides the disc golf course, it has Little League and adult baseball fields, batting cages, a rentable pavilion, hike-and-bike trails and a skate park. The city's park page has a printable course scorecard.
The course is a full-length 18. On UDisc, the long-tee event layout measures 6,953 feet at par 61. Tees are a mix of concrete, dirt and sidewalk, and the targets are Black Hole Portal Version 2 and Black Hole Pro baskets. Water is the main hazard:
- Creek crossings on holes 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 11 and 18
- Elevated baskets on holes 2, 7, 14, 15, 16 and 18
- A sloped basket on hole 1 and rocky terrain on hole 8
Holes 2 and 18 have both a creek crossing and an elevated basket, so the opening and closing holes are among the hardest on the course. The course has a 4.5 out of 5 rating from 1,363 UDisc ratings. Recent reviews praise the scenery and amenities and warn about water hazards and mud after rain. After a wet week in November, plan on muddy shoes and a disc retriever.
The current layout came out of the club's involvement too. UDisc credits the "Benbrook 2.0" layout to work that included MINT Discs and MVP Disc Sports. The city staff report on the March agreement describes the redesign as completed in collaboration with the Hyzers, Mint Discs and Oise Disc Golf Design.
The second course is built for a different player
Benbrook's water carries and elevated baskets are tough for someone throwing a disc for the first time. The city's next course is designed for those players.
Community Impact reported in March that Leander would build a "beginner-friendly" disc golf course at Devine Lake Park with the Hill Country Hyzers. The park sits at 1807 Waterfall Avenue. There were two reasons for the new course. Construction of the North Brushy Creek Interceptor, a water and wastewater infrastructure project, is expected to disrupt Benbrook, and the new course lets people keep playing in Leander while that work is underway. Community Impact also quoted city documents describing the course as permanent.
"This location will serve as a permanent secondary course within the park system and provide an accessible option for new players and families."
The city estimated the course at about $20,000. City documents say the Hyzers have expressed interest in sharing that cost, though no split has been disclosed. The amended agreement sets out the roles. The city keeps final authority over improvement activities and maintains the facilities, subject to available funding. The Hyzers help plan improvements, discuss cost-sharing, run programming, and report on course use and finances.
On timing, the most recent public word came at the State of Leander Summit. As the Leander Chamber of Commerce reported on Sept. 30, the Parks and Recreation Department plans to renovate the Benbrook disc golf course and open the second course at Devine Lake, with both expected to be complete by year's end. No opening date or hole count has been announced. A beginner course as the city's second disc golf site fits the club's other work. Besides weekly rounds, the Hyzers do a service project at a local course one Saturday each month, hold disc swap meets and lead beginners' clinics.
Devine Lake Park also has a family event right after this post goes out. The city's Fall Family Campout runs there from 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, to 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, with outdoor games, a movie, campfires and campout meals.
Where the club plays beyond Leander
Benbrook is the main course, but the Hyzers list four home courses in all: Benbrook Ranch Park and Williamson County Disc Golf Course in Leander, Brushy Creek Sports Park in Cedar Park, and Cat Hollow in Round Rock. The club also plays the Rivery, Old Settlers Park, Davis Spring and other nearby courses. The WilCo course is an 18-hole John Houck design. Closer to home, Quarry Park in Leander has nine baskets, each with two tee positions, set around a pond on mostly open ground. Its short, open layout makes it a good warm-up course until Devine Lake opens.
Club membership is $25, and members get a custom waffle-knit towel that the club uses in place of bag tags. The club says all of the money it raises goes directly to supporting local courses. Joining also gets you onto the club's digital standings, which are tracked for the weekly rounds and will matter again when the Monday rounds return with daylight saving time.
I'm a Grand Mesa neighbor, and I follow changes at Leander parks like Benbrook and Devine Lake the same way I follow the housing market. If you'd like to compare notes on what's opening around town this winter, or just talk through Benbrook's back nine, Sherri Farias is happy to hear from you. Let's Connect.
