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Wildcat Golf Club - The Lakes
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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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Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Texas (2014 #17)
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Great view & course layout
If you’re near downtown, this is the course you would play!
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Great Course(s) in Great Condition
Haven't played Wildcat in a good while, but checked out the Lakes course and it was in great condition overall, especially considering the extreme heat and lack of rain in the Houston area lately. Greens were great and the facilities (practice and clubhouse) were well kept, place is still one of the top notch public courses around Houston!
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Great condition
Even though we’re in a drought, they are keeping this course in great condition. They are watering it so much that there were wet spots in some of the fairways, but I appreciated it.
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Good and challenging course
Nicely designed and interesting to play. Hard to figure out where the green was though.
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Seen it better
Not the first time I played. Given the extreme heat not bad but many muddy parts, puddles in bunkers and greens not in optimal quality. Not a $100+ course but always fun.
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Tough and lots of blind shots.
Played the lake 18, the first 7 holes where the toughest I've played, which isn't a problem. There are lots of blind shots. There no diagrams on the tee boxes of the hole. A book that describes each hole and how to play it would help speed up play and a chance to have pro shop make some money. Bring lots of balls.
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Wildcat during summer heat!
Golf course was challenging with many water hazards.
My only dissatisfaction was the permiter of the club house looks like they are behind on maintenance and the golf carts are getting really old. I had to get a second golf cart because I had issues with the first one.
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Pre Tournament Play
Course was in great condition overall. Only saw one green that had some rough spots. Greens were very fair late in afternoon under Texas heat! Some construction being done near cart path on a later hole.
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Good course, a little pricey, markings not good
Overall good condition, not well marked with directions to holes. Very disappointing to not have pin placements or flag colors on greens. Was told new carts, gps etc coming but been coming for months. 75.00 weekday
Thank you for the feedback! Carts coming this year with GPS to help golfers navigate the course. Hope to see you back at the course sometime soon. Thanks!
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Played a very hot, Hot Deal
I have zero complaints about the Lakes course at Wildxar. Fairways and greens in terrific shape. We played on a 100 degree day, but still enjoyed the day. Can't wait to get back out there again soon.
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Great round at Wildcat
Wildcat Lakes is an atypical course for Houston with fairways to go up or down from the tee box. It has a very good and challenging combination of water hazards, bunkers, dog legs and thick green areas - I would not recommend it for a beginner but surely a nice change for an intermediate/superior player who wishes to try something different in Houston
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