Wildcat Golf Club - The Lakes
About
Architect Roy Case created both courses on this new 36-hole, daily-fee facility that is located only 10 minutes from downtown Houston. In addition to the views of the skyline, Case had at his disposal a touch of Hill Country terrain with dramatic elevation changes, as well as the typical Houston- area prairie lands. From this he was able to carve the links-style Highlands Course and the more traditional Lakes Course.
As its name implies, the Lakes Course, which tips out at a par 72 7,016 yards, is loaded with water. The best hole is the 539-yard No. 7, which is listed as the number one handicap. Interestingly, the four easiest holes are the par 3s, which range from 165 to 218 yards.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 7016 yards | 73.2 | 135 |
| Gold | 72 | 6535 yards | 71.2 | 131 |
| Blue | 72 | 6045 yards | 68.9 | 114 |
| White | 72 | 5482 yards | 66.3 | 103 |
| White (W) | 72 | 5482 yards | 71.3 | 129 |
| Green | 72 | 4906 yards | 63.2 | 98 |
| Green (W) | 72 | 4906 yards | 68.7 | 111 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 74.4/140 | 394 | 416 | 588 | 171 | 429 | 347 | 381 | 165 | 552 | 3443 | 398 | 573 | 399 | 182 | 443 | 440 | 539 | 218 | 381 | 3573 | 7016 |
| Gold M: 72.2/136 | 374 | 390 | 495 | 150 | 408 | 323 | 362 | 158 | 532 | 3192 | 379 | 547 | 387 | 160 | 422 | 416 | 520 | 182 | 330 | 3343 | 6535 |
| Blue M: 70.6/128 | 325 | 376 | 466 | 130 | 379 | 295 | 334 | 148 | 499 | 2952 | 353 | 514 | 377 | 137 | 398 | 381 | 483 | 146 | 304 | 3093 | 6045 |
| White M: 67.9/116 W: 72.1/124 | 294 | 352 | 436 | 114 | 342 | 270 | 295 | 127 | 458 | 2688 | 319 | 478 | 361 | 109 | 359 | 349 | 452 | 111 | 256 | 2794 | 5482 |
| Green M: 65.2/110 W: 68.8/112 | 286 | 304 | 409 | 104 | 283 | 251 | 260 | 100 | 417 | 2414 | 293 | 450 | 315 | 85 | 346 | 328 | 382 | 94 | 199 | 2492 | 4906 |
| Handicap | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 5 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
Course Details
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Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Texas (2014 #17)
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Good experience but hard following thelayout
Pro shop was very courteous and welcoming, which is refreshing. The pace of play was fine but it was a little hard to find out if you were playing the correct hole if it is your first time. Multiple blind tee shots that force you to rely on cart GPSs to ensure the coast is clear.
Solid Houston course
There’s a lot to like about the layout of the course, with well-placed water and interesting turns. A few holes are somewhat gimmicky (blind shots, double fairways), but nothing too terrible. Course was in decent but not great shape for early March. For some reason, I wanted to like the course more than I did. Just feels a notch below top-tier Houston tracks.
Not fully impressed.
I was expecting much better greens. Understand the recent cold front might affected them. They have a temporary 18 green and we were not aware. Otherwise will wait a little longer to play the course. Over all we had a great time
Not worth the money
Way over priced for the condition of that course. Must be paying for the club house. The mast hole didn’t even have a green, just some short cut grass.
Too pricy for the condition
Had rental clubs. They charged 60 USD which I feel is a bid high.
General condition was only average.
Overall, I enjoyed it.
Great Layout
Course was in amazing condition and the layout was awesome and will challenge you no matter what handicap you are. Love it and will return.
What a good course
Brilliant lay out and it was challenging to play and manage
Vacation golf
We love golfing in Houston area. This course was fun and in great shape
Wildcat Lakes
Excellent course. Only downside was the temporary 18th green
Fivesomes made us have a 5 h round
A fivesome was playing in front of us they never bother the play others play theough, marshall never showed up
Whybare they allow to have zero respect for other players time?
This should not be tolerated or accepted by management
Hot, but manageable
Lakes has a challenging layout with many blind shots. A fun challenge after playing Highlands. We got recommendations not to play any golf at all in Houston during August, but it was very manageable with an early tee-time. Get a cart a fill it with ice and beverages!
Significant leg injury because of a grass covered, unmarked deep tube/hole at hole 7 lakes course
I did hurt my leg significantly as I fell with my leg into a grass covered at least 4 feet deep hole/tube at hole 7 on the lakes course next to the bunker. Still waiting to hear back from the manager. I showed my injury and had to stop playing because if was not able to walk anymore. No follow up by anybody,….
Lakes course is tougher
Lots of target golf with narrow landing zones, but course was in great shape. GPS system for the carts was ridiculous, especially with so many blind tee shots and needs to be revised to let you get ten yards off the fairway without shutting down. There was no signage to inform you that you were reaching GPS limit. Very painful.
18th green under repair and temporary ‘green’ was a joke. But the layout was challenging from any of the tee boxes and again, the course was otherwise in great shape.
Fun Course!!
Wildcat, the Lakes Course, is not a traditional course but we had fun!! The greens have almost recovered from aerating but they are rolling true so all good. Enjoy!!
Great Property - Recently Punched Greens
As with many of the courses in the area this time of year, the greens were recently punched... is what it is.
Other than that, there is work constantly going on on this course, which is a good and bad thing. They are constantly improving it, but also, constantly improving it. The 18th on the Lakes course is currently being re-done so the whole is currently a flag 250 yards from the tee. Don't let this deter you though, the track is still a great one!
I do prefer the Highlands course. Lakes is a nice change of pace, but it tends to not be particularly gettable...
Overall this is still one of the nicer public courses in the area and is well worth a Hot Deal.
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