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 |
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Best Public Course in Houston!
This course is very well maintained and challenging in a great way. You have to be strategic to play this course well and not just crack the big stick everywhere.
Greens were okay, the rest of the course was a goat path.
I would not waste my time or money if you are a decent golfer. Many much better courses in Houston. Keep in mind, you get what you pay for and this is about $65 worth.
Good course but insufficient guidance
Course in a good shape. Always entertaining and challenging. Course guiding information is not sufficient ( missing a maps board at the t-boxes and directions to flag and next T) played the wrong green and needed others assistance to find e.g. t-box 2…
Great course
Had a great day. The course was very difficult with a lot of blind shots. The course was in great shape and the pace of play was good.
Doesn’t get any better.
The best course I’ve ever played and at and it isn’t even close, I called the pro shop the minute they opened and Marcus was super friendly helped explain in detail any and every question I had. Even walked me to the carts and 1st hole. The starter was very friendly as well I think they call him Hightower, very personable and let me know about what I had ahead of me. A few holes in a nice cart girl by the name of Shelby (I think) maybe that was another person Was happy to help with whatever I needed, basically from start to finish, before I played and when I got done everyone including the manager was extremely friendly, the guys in the pro shop were joking around and the manager came in and chimed in on the fun. I Would definitely recommend this course!
Former course member
Course is very much the same as when I was a member 15 years ago. Nice challenging layout, good condition. Always fun to play.
Great course
Great layout, good condition, friendly and helpfull staff. Will play again
Great course but rough is too high
Course is in great shape and it's extremely challenging, but the rough is so tall you can't find your ball sometimes.
I'm all for challenging conditions, but it kills the rhythm of the round when you can't find a ball that you know didn't go into a hazard.
No Name
Nice, challenging golf course here. Too much torpedo grass however. I guess the cost to owners from the pandemic situation prohibited the use but need for chemicals to destroy the fast growing stuff. The greens were slower than expected. More bermudagrass and less torpedo would be normal.
Fun in the sun, with my son
Picked the hottest , muggiest day of the week, but had a great time. A bit disappointed that there was no notice that the driving range was closed, but the starter was able to get us on earlier, thanks to a no-show foursome. Beverage cart came by four times, which kept us hydrated and the Marshal checked on us twice (both folks were very friendly). It had been a couple of years since we played here last, so appreciate the new cart setup and the course was in excellent shape (sand in some of the traps was a bit tamped down, likely due to all the rain). We will be back soon
A Bad Day
Not the first time I’ve played the course but sadly the last. Such a pretty course with a fun and challenging layout. Course conditions were fairly nice today. Pace of play and the Marshalls/starters/pro shop’s ambition to fix or alleviate the problem were nonexistent. Listened to the Marshall get yelled at by a scramble group for 5 minutes while waiting 3 groups back on a tee box. Front 9 took 2 hours 45 minutes, took approx. 45 minutes to play 10&11 before deciding to leave. Group in front of us drove a cart onto the fringe of our green to try and pick up a fairway shot we hit up and off the back. Maybe because the cart girl sold the group 24 beers on hole 5 that were finished by hole 10 and their awareness depleted, I’m not sure. If you can get out here when the course is very open it’s well worth it, if it seems like it’s busy at all, buckle up for your 5.5 hour + long round.
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