Toughest course in the Houston area

Only Houston course I’ve played was Tour 18, and their “Amen Corner” was Humble’ing… lol

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And in it's day Waterwood National was a beast in Huntsville

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Heavily forested and brutally long, especially in the age of balata. It was Champions Cypress without the maintenance and smaller greens.

Waterwood is the hardest course I’ve ever played, wish it was still around! I’ll say that The Covey at Big Easy Ranch is a pretty good challenge as well.

I think Jackrabbit is more difficult than cypress at champions. However, at cypress they can do some brutal stuff on the greens.

TPC Woodlands and GCoH Tournament courses can both be brutal from the back.

For me though Deerfield in Kingwood consistently pisses me off and I play like trash. Doesn’t matter the tee box.

I'm thinking Kingwood Island cause it's dumber than a liberal.
Champions isn't hard, just long.
Woodlands Player is hard.
Wilderness plays tough.

Wilderness is tough because by the time you get to the back nine you are weak from losing a pint of blood from the mosquitoes.

I miss Waterwood! Pretty cool layout, and a tough Par 3 on the lake. We did a golf trip, with 20 plus guys, back in the day there. Perfect set up, park your car and didn’t have to leave the resort for several days. They threw an extra condo in, for our group, as a hangout spot to eat, drink, and tally up scores/games. The burgers, at the clubhouse, were excellent too. At one point there was talk of an investor, from the Dallas area, buying it and re-opening it up….never happened though.

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Don't know what the rating/slope is but I think Quail Valley El Dorado is tough from the back tees.

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#17 and 18 for sure.

#18 on the island doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

Just like a par 5 at Falcon Point where you go iron then iron and iron.

Yep Deerwood is light years ahead of all the courses on the reservation but it is also light years ahead in that monthly bill as well. Luckily I get to play it a bunch with a vendor who also lives in Kingwood. I don’t think Deerwood is Mag Creek level hard but it does have some quirks that can bite you if you don’t know the course at all. What I like about it is they keep it in great shape despite the hurricane damages and they just redid the greens. It also isn’t a boring course and has some pretty scenic holes plus it has the Tin Cup hole.