BlackHorse Golf Club - North Course

I have played BlackHorse North on and off for over 10 years. Conditions were windy which made it more challenging. Very dissappointed in the condition of the greens and that so many players do not fix their ball marks on the greens. We were the second group playing and the grounds crew did not fix them either. Also in places just off the fairway, the course needs a little love.

The North Course offers two very different 9s as the front nine is more forest like protected by water, hazzards and trees while the back nine is more of a links style course. the greens were great and grass around the greens short and hard. doesn't quite play 7300 yds but it is still a tough course

We got a 7.20am tee time to get out and enjoy the morning. Our threesome had 3 carts but even though they had enough carts they forced two of us to buddy up on a cart. Despite this, the marshals bugged us EVERY HOLE to play faster even though we were always a solid 1.5 holes or more ahead of the next group.

Despite all of this, we were constantly pestered and it prevented us from focusing on the round. To top it all off, one of the carts had a loose part and it broke off so we had to get a new cart as well.

Atleast on the north course, no one even bothered to clean up the sand traps, which were 95% sandstone. Our green fees did NOT justify these poor experiences.

I enjoy playing Blackhorse North. Course is in great condition, sand traps are in great shape ( I should know because I was in most of them). Staff People are very friendly.

I'm a member. Due to heavy play and rain throughout the Spring and early Winter, the greens, fairways, and bunkers are not in the best shape. Its like playing in a mud pit at times. The greens are pimpled with ball marks. Where the bunkers are better than they were in the Summer, overall they need more fresh, loose, sand (frequent rain makes this difficult to maintain).

My advise to the Head Greens Keeper is to fill in the low spots in the course and perform more frequent greens and bunker maintenance. Give the courses time to "heal" through Winter and Early Spring. Make the fairways plush again.

I know this sounds negative and is meant to be advice for improvement.

Other than boxes checked above; the side door (wooden) is in much need of a refinish!

We came in right after a tournament which can be problematic. But not today!

Pace of play, course conditions, friendliness of staff all good!

As an 'out of town' golfer, I enjoyed the layout of both the North and South courses but I found the conditions to be very average. Greens were fast and rolled true but many of the fairways/tee boxes were a bit scraggly. Decent range but annoying that it closed precisely at 2pm. Signage from South to North could be better. The clubhouse is well stocked and the staff is very friendly. Food in the clubhouse was good as well. $99 seems to be kindof average for 'top end' courses in Houston and that's how I would describe Black Horse...average. Nice property but average.

Got bumped from 1240 tee time to 1345 due to overrun of competition

Staff organized south course alternate round

But south is inferior

Slow

No Marshals play was slow at the turn we could see the group backing it up. Three holes open in front of them.

Nice staff, good amenities, clean facilities, and overall decent courses. However, for the north course the signage to hole 6 is really poor. How about some signs, don't cost much. Most of the courses tees are not marked very well either. Sand traps are often more salt pan or ponds than real traps. The real problem, however, is that the lay out for a lot of the fairways and holes is such that one has to guess where they are. There is often little to no visual difference between fairway or rough, no half way markings, and even the location of the greens are sometimes guesswork. If you go with carts or people moving, guess again, may be on a nearby parallel fairway. The score cards do show the fairway layout, but so small that the pics are more or less worthless. Also, carts do not have any GPS in them, so good luck guessing where you need to go. Ends up just being annoying.

Starter suggesting two players behind four players rather than pairing two player groups.. The course is full of four player groups.Marshals asking if four players ahead of us are on pace when a two player and one player group is complaining about waiting!

The Marshall’s do not seem to enforce a reasonable pace of play. Groups hitting 4-5 balls per player off the tee box and the Marshall finally appeared on the 18th hole.