Houston National GC
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3.8
1521 Reviews (1521)
5 Stars
399
4 Stars
627
3 Stars
253
2 Stars
145
1 Stars
97
Conditions
3.5
Value
3.7
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.9
79.6%
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1176 out of 1521 reviews
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3.2
34 Reviews (34)
5 Stars
2
4 Stars
16
3 Stars
6
2 Stars
7
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.0
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
3.7
64.7%
Recommend this course
22 out of 34 reviews
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3.9
99 Reviews (99)
5 Stars
34
4 Stars
40
3 Stars
12
2 Stars
10
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.8
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.2
83.8%
Recommend this course
83 out of 99 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7337 yards
Slope 139
Rating 75.3

Houston National Golf Club, located in the northwestern part of the city, definitely follows the old adage that "everything is bigger in Texas." This whopping course stretches to 7,337 yards from the back tees. It is a lengthy golf course no doubt, but it doesn't just favor those who can hit long. The layout has a unique links design, so long hitters will be pleased but they will have to be careful of the numerous pot bunkers and other strategically placed hazards waiting treacherously throughout. The golf course has an interesting character that sets it apart from others nearby thanks to a landscape of rolling hills and hardly any trees, a surprise since there is no shortage of trees in the area. Houston National Golf Club's wide-open links design also subjects golfers to the strong prevailing winds, making several of the holes especially tricky.

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Course Details

Year Built 2001
Fairways Baby Bermuda & 419 Bermuda Grass
Greens TifEagle Bermuda Grass
Architect von Hagge, Smelek and Baril (2001) Gus Grantham (1999)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Caddies Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Yes
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Single Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant
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3.8
1521 Reviews (1521)
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4.0
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Previously Played

Good day for golf!

Greens are in phenomenal shape! Fairways are hard, but for this time of year the course is playing really well.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 09/18/2020

Thank you for taking the time to review us! Your feedback is valuable, and we look forward to delivering you excellent service again soon. Houston National Golf Club thanks you!

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Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Always good

Played here with a few friends that have never played the course. They loved it, course is in good shape and always good to play somewhere with alot of hills!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 09/22/2020

Thank you for your review! We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Houston National Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

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Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Outing with my spouse

We thoroughly enjoyed our round at Houston National . Check in was seamless and we tee’d off exactly on time. The course was in great condition considering how Hot it’s been this year. The greens were immaculate!!!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 09/22/2020

Thank you for your review! We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Houston National Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

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Reviews 17
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Fun, quick golf

Enjoy a 3 hr round as a twosome, 1st group out and course in nice shape. Good layout in neighborhood of NW Houston

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 09/11/2020

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! Thank you for playing Houston National Golf Club.

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Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens are good

Fairways patchy in places, but very playable. Bunkers in good shape, tee boxes good. Greens are great. No bad spots, good pace.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 09/11/2020

Your feedback is valuable, thank you for taking the time to review us. Houston National Golf Club thanks you!

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Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
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I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 09/11/2020

Thank you for visiting us! We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon!

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Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 09/22/2020

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Houston National Golf Club.

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Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 09/01/2020

Thank you for visiting us at Houston National Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
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Commented on 09/22/2020

Thank you for visiting us at Houston National Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

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Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Decent, but underwhelming/overpriced

Overall, Houston National is a decent course- interesting holes, a moderately challenging layout, and good practice facilities made for a fun day.

There are several pros here: drinks/snacks were affordable, range balls were included in the fee, the practice facilities were well kept and the cart girl/bar staff were very friendly and took good care of us.

I didn't find the pro shop staff very helpful, there are two courses, two carts, rules about what part of the practice area members/vs non-members can use and none of that was explained. I mistakenly grabbed a "member" cart (not belonging to a specific member, but one reserved for their use) and a staff member chased me out to the parking lot demanding that I change carts like I was trying to steal the thing. If they're that particular, explain it in the pro shop or put a different tag on the key. Any of this would have been easily solved with a "Have you played here before? No? Well, let me explain a bit about our course..." rather than the attitude they had.

Unfortunately, I don't think it was really worth the money. The greens had recently been punched, which I was aware of, so no harm there, but nonetheless, I don't think the conditions merited the rate. On a majority of holes there are rouge dirt patches and the bunkers are complete concrete. Anywhere that the course attempted a nice feature, like a deep valley before a raised green or undulation along the fairway, there was either substantial dead grass or dirt.

At the end of the day, I would equate this with a Houston Muni course in terms of course staff (pro shop and "cart manager") and course conditions. Certainly more interesting layouts than a Muni, but not much nicer. I wouldn't play again for $75, but I probably would for $50.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 08/26/2020

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting us and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 09/22/2020

Thanks for leaving us a review! We're glad you enjoyed your time at Houston National Golf Club and hope you'll come see us again soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/17/2020

Thank you for visiting us at Houston National Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Beginner
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/24/2020

Thanks for leaving us a review! We're glad you enjoyed your time at Houston National Golf Club and hope you'll come see us again soon.

Played On
Reviews 12
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow play

Pace of play was terrible. From the 6th hole through the 18th we were waiting on three groups in front of us. Didn't see one Marshall all round. Great course, but pace of play was unacceptable.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/18/2020

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 Houston National Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/17/2020

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Houston National Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Cart Damage

The course layout and facilities are good, but several parts of the course (including fairways) are currently in bad shape and unplayable. also, #1 & #18 are littered with range balls as there is no net to separate them. lastly, the cart return area smells, and has visible trash from the practice putting green, #1 tee box, then turn, and course finish.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 08/10/2020

Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back!

Played On
Reviews 71
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens good but slower than normal. Fairways have some thin areas but overall good condition

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 08/10/2020

Thank you for your review! We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Houston National Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

If you dont want to catch the COVID aviod this place!!!!!!

Realizing I forgot my mask on the way to the course I called to see if there was another way to make payment, the guy answering the phone said oh don't worry just come on in were not concerned about the covid. After turning around and retrieving the mask are group teed off for a twilight round. The cart staff literally followed us around the entire front nine then waited for us at the green of number nine and rudely told us the round was over as they wanted to go home. $80 nine hole fee!!!!!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

Rodeo

The course is very poor maintained. Fairways look like a rodeo ring.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 08/05/2020

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting Houston National Golf Club. We hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 36
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/05/2020

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Houston National Golf Club.

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