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Wildcat Golf Club - The Lakes
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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 |
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Worth playing
Tees and fairways and great shape. Greens roll true but slow. Don't know why they slowed the greens down, but they aren't my favorite. Once they cut them back down and speed them up...it will be a top ten in the Houston area.
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Good value and pace of play
With so many courses either closing or in terrible condition I was very pleased with the Lakes course. Despite the recent monsoon the fairways were generally solid and greens good.
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Challenge as always
Lakes/Highlands has never let me down. Always up for the challenge of Lakes, and if I need to feel better about myself, still love to play Highlands.
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Great course, tough layout but still recovering
I played the Lakes course several times for scramble tournaments in the past but it’s been over 5 years, and never kept a personal score. Let’s just say its a really tough course if your not familiar with it. The course was in “generally “ decent shape but many of the green are damaged or portions under repair due to winter storms.
I got a golf now hot deal of 43- bucks. Which I thought was a fair price, but the course has definitely seen better days. Staff and clubhouse amenities are great.
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Wildcat Golf Club - The Lakes.
What does a marshal do?
I like Wildcat. On this day we had a group in front of us playing super slow. Seems like they had a group meeting over every shot? There were no groups in front of them and the course was backed up and waiting on every shot behind them? Saw marshals, driving around, talking on their phone, talking to each other. But not speeding this group; up, made NO SENSE.
So while all this waiting is going on the group behind my group hits into us on three occasions, the last time as we are walking off the green. I not so nicely let them know they needed to pull their head out of...their cart.
Wildcat, get your act together! I will need to let you patient types play here, I'm out!
We apologize for the pace of play issue you experienced. We always try to keep a great pace when having our golfers on the course. Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback as we will use your review to better the experience going forward. We hope you give us another try in the near future!
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Wildcat Golf Club - The Lakes.
Challenging layout; slow greens
The greens are recovering nicely from the freeze, but they are super slow.
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Recommandebl
We arrived with a Golfnow reservation and could play immediately.
The golf cart is really top.
The layout is nice and quite difficult for beginners but challenging and excellent for others.
We enjoyed it
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Best Layout and fun course
Great golf course, amazing layout, great deal, one week point: slow greens but overall top 5 public courses in Houston!
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Nice
Enjoyed this course. Some blind shots so course knowledge will help.
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Andrzej60
This course is really nice!!Very good conditions fairways and greens!!Club staff are friendly!!We have great time!!
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Overpriced
This course has always been overpriced but occasionally I will play it just because it is close to downtown. This time will be my last until the conditions improve or they cut their prices in half. Spent nearly 100 bucks and at least 5 or 6 of the greens were bare. I wouldn’t pay more than 40 bucks for course in this shape.
Thank you for reviewing the course. Let us first start by apologizing for the poor experience you had during your visit. The current condition is by no means the standard we strive to achieve, and we are working towards getting things up to par. Thank you for playing Wildcat Golf Club - The Lakes. We hope to see you again soon.
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very nice course layout
this is very nice course layout and very good condition. will play again.
Brian, thank you for your kind words! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Wildcat Golf Club - The Lakes.
Thank you for the feedback! Course is coming back together nicely after the freeze, and we are glad you enjoyed it. Hope to see you at the course again soon.
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