Panorama GC - Thunderbird: #2
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4.4
934 Reviews (934)
5 Stars
424
4 Stars
379
3 Stars
85
2 Stars
27
1 Stars
19
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.5
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.1
94.5%
Recommend this course
866 out of 934 reviews
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4.5
37 Reviews (37)
5 Stars
19
4 Stars
16
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.5
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.6
100.0%
Recommend this course
37 out of 37 reviews
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4.5
86 Reviews (86)
5 Stars
49
4 Stars
32
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.6
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.6
97.7%
Recommend this course
84 out of 86 reviews
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Course Highlights
Pure greens, tight fairways, and well-cleared conditions consistently reward golfers seeking a challenging yet affordable round. Friendly staff and a complimentary warm-up bucket make this course a genuinely welcoming place to play.

About

Holes 9
Type Public
Par 36
Length 3306 yards
Slope 139
Rating 36.7

Previously known as The Village Golf Club - Thunderbird Course.

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Course Details

Year Built 1960
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities, Locker Rooms

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards
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Reviews

4.4
934 Reviews (934)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 10
Course Challenges Include:
Undulating Greens 10
Bunkers 9
Narrow Fairways 8
This course/club is great for:
Locals 12
Beginners 8
Playing Multiple Courses 8
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 9

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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Fun day

First time to play the course and loved the day. Course was not crowded the staff friendly carts in good shape good pace of play greens excellent considering they were recently aerated. I plan to play again soon excellent value.

I read a few comments about the fairways and greens and I think some of these players need to experience a desert course with brown greens. Golf can be fun with any conditions.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Response from on 06/01/2017:
We appreciate the great review and your terrific attitude! We always strive to provide a great experience for our golfers and we're thrilled to hear that we succeeded! We hope you'll come and play again soon!
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Don't overlook this one!

A gem of a course, tucked away in a small community near Conroe. Friendly staff, friendly patrons, beautiful weather -- what's not to like?

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 06/01/2017:
We agree! Thanks so much for taking the time to leave us a great review and we look forward to seeing you again soon!
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 03/28/2017:
Hi Jean, thank you for the review. We regret to hear that our course conditions were not up to par and that our staff was not the friendliest. This is certainly not the standard we are trying to set for our golfers and will pass this note along to help make improvements. We are however glad to hear that the pace of play was good and you enjoyed our off-course amenities. Thank you for playing and we hope to see you again!
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Nice experience

Although the tee boxes need some work, the greens were good and the fairways in pretty good shape

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 06/01/2017:
We appreciate you taking the time to leave us a great review! We're happy to hear that you enjoyed your round despite despite some work needed on the tee boxes!
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Course is in terrible shape

For being an extremely mild winter, the course is in very rough shape. Course maintenance is difficult to work into the schedule, but for a course with 3 nine hole courses, it is completely unacceptable to be aerating the roughs on holes that is currently in the daily rotation....the fairways and greens were lacking grass which makes play very difficult. Staff was very nice but course directions are lacking....we played 9-18 and 19-27, when coming off 18, there was no directions on how to get to hole 19, which turned out to be .25 miles down the road from the club house; simple directions go along way to improve the experience. Course is pretty open and as a residential course is lined with houses on most holes. Some challenging holes however very little difference between the gold and blue tee boxes.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Response from on 06/01/2017:
Thank you for providing great feedback! We're continuously working to improve conditions and, as we're under new management, we have no doubt that we'll succeed in every way! We hope that you'll return in the future to see all the great improvements!
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Tee Boxes

The course was in good March shape, but the

T-boxes could use a lot of TLC.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 06/01/2017:
Thanks for the great feedback!
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Reviews 17
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Management is not good

Great for the money! But, did not like the way GolfNow puts players into a foursome and not letting golfers know! They don't inform them that they put you into a spot like this. You are put with other golfers that you don't even know! Makes for an uncomfortable experience!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Response from on 06/01/2017:
We're sorry to hear that you didn't enjoy being paired up. We do this to keep pace of play as brisk as possible but we never want our golfers to feel uncomfortable and for that we do apologize.
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Commented on 04/26/2017

I don't understand the complaint. I've been playing for 45 years. Many many times I have gone out as a single and gotten paired up with others. In those 45 years I have had 1 player that I didn't care to play with again. Some of my best friends I met this way.

I would rather have people paired up than have a bunch of twosomes mixed with foursomes, where the twosomes are pushing the foursomes all day.

No reason playing with someone new needs to be "awkward"? I would embrace it... you never know who you're going to meet.

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Used cart

Greens in good shape

Played the second and third nine-hole layouts on Thursday, Feb 16. It is a good course for practice on a pretty day. The greens seemed to have been top-dressed and rolled within the last month. Good speed and most putts rolled true. There are still a few areas on the greens with invasive grasses that caused bumpy rolls. These few small spots of weeds should be killed now. Some greens have enough contour to be interesting if pins are placed near slope.

Some maintenance digging and raking had been performed on the sand traps and they were mostly OK after some rain earlier in the week. There are several green-side traps that obviously hold ponds of water after rain. Major work needs to be done to redo drainage of these troublesome traps.

We played from forward, black tee boxes. The teeing areas and the fairways need more grass and less bare sand. In February, it is forgivable that fairways are not lush, but the tee areas could be re-seeded or re-sodded.

The tee to green layout of most par 4s did not have great variety nor are they memorable. The par 3 designs are better.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 23
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

first time walking course

Walked all 18, first time ever. Had a blast. greens and FW in great condition, staff and marshal were very kind and helpful.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 65
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

Fun fun

As the marshal/starter stated this course is an old souls course. The lay out is great if you have control of your ball. Not knowing the layout got me on a couple holes. Drove it through the sharp doglegs and my score paid for it. Overall a fun course a couple fairways were washed by the resent rains but can't wait to play again to improve on that score.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nicely Maintain Course

Nice course greens tougher than they look. Can be very challenging. While I was there course received a new fleet of carrs this shoild help to enchance the golfing experience.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great value, great condition!

I play here several times a year with my 11 yr old son. Great pace and not crowded. About 10 mins north of the woodlands. Fairways and greens in good shape.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

much improved over last time played. new management doing a good job, primarily with the greens

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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