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re: Houston Course Conditions Thread
Posted on 10/21/23 at 6:56 am to BabyTac
Posted on 10/21/23 at 6:56 am to BabyTac
Played Highland Pines on Wednesday, $125 with a bucket of balls during the week is pricey. Fantastic shape as always, I don’t think I’ve played a course with faster greens.
Still worth the money
Still worth the money
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Posted on 10/21/23 at 10:51 pm to IH8ThreePutts
Looks like they are humming along on the clubhouse too!
Playing Grand Pines tomorrow, will report back.
Playing Grand Pines tomorrow, will report back.
Posted on 10/21/23 at 11:20 pm to Cleathecat
Got away from my club and played Cypresswood (Tradition course) this morning with some buddies. Course was in fantastic shape.
However, it was a 5 hr round and we even teed off early. Marshals were driving around plenty and aware of the problem but didn’t actually help. He even said that 4:30 is what they aim for pace of play.
The waiting was miserable and these guys vowed to never book there again.
However, it was a 5 hr round and we even teed off early. Marshals were driving around plenty and aware of the problem but didn’t actually help. He even said that 4:30 is what they aim for pace of play.
The waiting was miserable and these guys vowed to never book there again.
Posted on 10/22/23 at 10:23 am to Hou_Lawyer
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He even said that 4:30 is what they aim for pace of play.
Welcome to public golf on weekends. Only reason I joined a course.
Posted on 10/22/23 at 5:43 pm to BabyTac
Played Grand Pines at Bentwater, course is in good shape. The real mvp was the Tomball Tollway, left house at 1115, course by 1220, played 18, stopped at HEB and back home in The Energy Corridor by 535.
Posted on 10/22/23 at 5:49 pm to Hou_Lawyer
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However, it was a 5 hr round and we even teed off early. Marshals were driving around plenty and aware of the problem but didn’t actually help. He even said that 4:30 is what they aim for pace of play.
That’s ridiculous. Played High Meadow Ranch today, and we finished in under 4 hours with a group of 3. Super enjoyable with only a little waiting between shots.
Course is in pretty good shape other than a couple holes. Couple tee boxes under repair and one hole was pretty wet due to a sprinkler leak somewhere I'm assuming. Greens are a little slow, but they were rolling really nicely, so can’t complain too much. I really like playing that course early in the morning. Deer everywhere running around the course, and a little bit of elevation change makes for a nice round.
Posted on 10/22/23 at 7:55 pm to classicgold
I really like High Meadow Ranch.
Just so dang far from Sugarland.
Just so dang far from Sugarland.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 4:43 am to bopper50
Played Cypresswood’s Cypress course yesterday morning with some co-workers. Course was in great shape, but it was a 4:45 round. Never again.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 8:57 am to Hou_Lawyer
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Got away from my club and played Cypresswood (Tradition course) this morning with some buddies. Course was in fantastic shape.
However, it was a 5 hr round and we even teed off early. Marshals were driving around plenty and aware of the problem but didn’t actually help. He even said that 4:30 is what they aim for pace of play.
The waiting was miserable and these guys vowed to never book there again.
Our exact experience and they don't seem to care, way too crowded. We vowed to never go back after a 5+ hour round.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 9:03 am to PierPunk
For the price, in that area both Cypresswood courses are tough to beat which is prob why they stay so crowded.
Not sure about the Traditions course, but the Cypress course has a few risk/reward holes that bottleneck everything. Guys wait on the tee box for the group in front to get on the green meanwhile lines of carts start piling up.
There is nothing more frustrating in a round of golf than turning a corner, seeing a group waiting on the tee box and another group waiting in their carts for them to tee off.
Not sure about the Traditions course, but the Cypress course has a few risk/reward holes that bottleneck everything. Guys wait on the tee box for the group in front to get on the green meanwhile lines of carts start piling up.
There is nothing more frustrating in a round of golf than turning a corner, seeing a group waiting on the tee box and another group waiting in their carts for them to tee off.
Posted on 10/23/23 at 8:46 pm to BabyTac
That’s because the average weekend warrior isn’t going to play a hole as it was designed. They are just going to get up to the tee box and slice driver. They wait for the bottleneck to clear on the off chance they catch one, therefore, you get long wait times on that course.
Posted on 12/27/23 at 9:46 am to Cleathecat
Tried to get a tee time at Highland Pines for yesterday once the registration window opened. I waited until mid morning to book a foursome and nothing was available. We ended up playing the Tournament Course at the Golf Club of Houston. The course was in fantastic shape but surprisingly it was cart path only, I would have thought that it would drain better. The Marshall said the LIV Golf folks did a tour of the course last week and they were overall please with the conditions. I started off even par after four, but the fifth hole got me and then the wheels fell off. Ended up with a 89.
Posted on 12/27/23 at 11:05 pm to IH8ThreePutts
Played Bearkat in Huntsville last week, it sucked.
Didn't play but was at Memorial today, I hate the overseed, looks pretty to people who don't understand golf but looks like a big soft meh.
Didn't play but was at Memorial today, I hate the overseed, looks pretty to people who don't understand golf but looks like a big soft meh.
Posted on 12/28/23 at 11:13 am to PierPunk
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Our exact experience and they don't seem to care, way too crowded. We vowed to never go back after a 5+ hour round.
covid ruined that course. Used to move decently. Last few times i played there were at least 2 groups on every hole
Posted on 12/28/23 at 2:41 pm to Dire Wolf
Playing Walden tomorrow, anyone played there recently?
Posted on 12/29/23 at 7:18 pm to Cleathecat
The overseed work did it's job, Memorial is in superb condition
Posted on 5/24/24 at 8:34 am to Cleathecat
Bump
I wanted to play Highland Pines next weekend. Asked a friend to book me a tee time, he was curious to see the aftermath of the floods. He said the clubhouse is finished and turned out nice. He drove around the course and said Tee to Green 9 out of 10. Greens were 1 out of 10. He talked to some of the members that play everyday and they said the greens are bumpy, won’t hold a line and are slow. Looks like the greens will be a long term project to get them back in shape.
I wanted to play Highland Pines next weekend. Asked a friend to book me a tee time, he was curious to see the aftermath of the floods. He said the clubhouse is finished and turned out nice. He drove around the course and said Tee to Green 9 out of 10. Greens were 1 out of 10. He talked to some of the members that play everyday and they said the greens are bumpy, won’t hold a line and are slow. Looks like the greens will be a long term project to get them back in shape.
Posted on 5/24/24 at 9:03 am to IH8ThreePutts
A few weeks ago greens at HP were fast and rolled ok but looked ugly. I'm at OT Baller, Bluejacks greens are very slow and very grainy right now
Posted on 5/24/24 at 9:33 am to Cleathecat
Haven't played the Bluejack renovation.
I really like it when it was Blaketree National and the greens were always fast.
I really like it when it was Blaketree National and the greens were always fast.
Posted on 5/24/24 at 12:22 pm to bopper50
I like the Blaketree layout more, Bluejack is cool but very easy.
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