Golf Club of Houston - Tournament Course

I'm tired of courses not letting golfers know ahead of time that they aerated their greens or at least offer a discount and not charge full price. Very annoying that I have to basically call a course and ask about greens conditions before I book a tee time online.

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Wondering why lower rate and more hot deal

Secret is out that’s how Golfnow does it

Never warns you

Always ask why so cheap?

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I wish I was informed first thing on starting booking

But this course is osome

From the looks online and reviews, I was looking forward to my round at Golf Club of Houston.

I arrived 45 minutes early and enjoyed my time on the range and putting green, it was a very nice set up and made me more excited for the course.

Hole 1 through hole 18.

No Tee Box had been cut in a few days.

The fairway grass was long and striped with dead grass lines and grass clippings

There was no second cut on the fairway.

I understand it had rained non stop the prior week, but it was well over a week from the last rain. Overall the Tee boxes and Fairways were in horrible shape.

The greens have been aerated and sanded, The sand was inconsistent on every green with large portions of sand where the sand ran off due to water

No beverage carts or snacks

No food at the turn, they ran out of all food other than candy bars and we had a 9:20 T-Time so it wasn’t late in the day.

Fair layout with a few simple holes and others much more difficult. Always in great shape.

Paid over $110 four days in advance only to find course had been aerated 4 days earlier- no info to that effect from GolfNow. Played behind 4-some who had 2 open holes ahead of them - multiple opportunities to let us play through, beginning with Par 3 on 7th hole - no ranger to move play along. Also no beverage cart in spite of 95+ degree heat. Miserable experience.

Played the tournament course, and it was in average shape. Greens had just been air fried (plugged and covered with sand). Fairways were trimmed but seemed pretty dried out. No cart person at all no one working the Tourn ( snack bar). Marshall’s were friendly.. I’m sure, given the setting, if the course was in top shape it would’ve been beautiful and a different experience. Since I’m reviewing my experience,though, it only gets 3 stars

The greens had been aerated and there was more sand than in Galveston. The fairways seem to have been stripped of thatch and so were very sparse. I think the greens would rate a 6 on a stimpmeter, you needed a full shoulder turn to get a putt to go 20 feet. The sand traps had no sand and were like bricks. Hope to play again when in better condition.

If you like fast greens & a tough layout, this is the place.

It is great course with excellent condition. However, I was paired with a gentleman, who is not friendly at all and friendly to played more than one ball so often. ..... No marshals to rule on playing pace.... I will play back on weekday, definitely not weekend and holiday.

To avoid hot Houston summer, tried to get on at 7 am tee time. The pro shop wasn’t open at 6 as listed. There were no balls at the range. The staff was rude . Not worth the extra $50 I paid to tee off early when you don’t feel welcomed

Beautiful scenery, quiet, calm and well kept course. Perfect greens compared to your cheaper courses. One downside is sun exposure on the course. If it is hot and bright, you will need a gallon of water. Very little shade but that is kind of expected on a golf course.

Wish it were slightly more affordable but $100 gets you a really nice golf cart on a beautiful course. Definitely recommend.

This course rarely disappoints. It's more expensive than your typically public course but it's typically in really good shape and it's a fun layout. Good mix of short and long holes. It took a full five hours to complete the round which was disappointing but it was a holiday weekend and cart path only so I wasn't expecting to finish in four. Practice area is wonderful too. It's always cool to play a course that the pros (used to) play.

I have played this course several times and it seems to get better. The course is in wonderful shape. The staff is great. If you're in the Houston area, I highly recommend.

Course in great shape. Helpful friendly staff. Pace of play was overall fine, but the layout does have a couple of bottlenecks with some reachable par 4’s forcing longer hitters to wait on the greens. But still only a 4hr round!!