Houston National Golf Club

I first played here about 9 months ago and the fairways, tee boxes, and around the greens had tons of bad spots and patchy grass. I thought to myself “this is awful what the freeze has done to this nice course”. I gave it 9 months and came back…. It’s probably worse now then it was then. The greens are uneven and slow, the fairways are very much beat up. If you don’t hit the green you might as well just fluff your lie because it’s for sure going to be in junk. Played the bunkers as ground under repair because they were more rock than sand. This is officially on the “do not play” list. You could tell me the twilight rate was the prime Sunday morning rate and I’d still go elsewhere.

We had a blast playing Houston National on April 29, 2022. The course is fun, fair and challenging from start to finish. My only complaint is the current condition of the bunkers. Some of the bunkers are unplayable. It wouldn’t take a lot of work to fix and maintain the traps. It does take some work, though. All in all, the experience at Houston National is positive.

the fairways were dry, since there has been little rain lately, there were patches of dirt in some areas.
the greens had been plugged and sanded, which took away some of the enjoyment of the round. they were slow and bumpy.
the layout is still very challenging.

Houston National is a wonderful course! All the holes are fair, and the fairways are wide and (for the most part) forgiving.
Greens were punched yesterday, but they were fair too! Very smooth and not the bit bumpy. They were however slow. (I never really got used to the slowness and three putted 6 times.
But most of all the course’s layout has fantastic ‘character’ and is a joy to play!

Great layout
Fairways are fair
Greens are bumpy with too much weed/bluegrass
Traps are not good

This course is worth 40$ max right now worst course conditions I have ever seen for a 80$ round

They layout is great with many different and challenging holes. The groundskeeping is very poor with cart damage right up to the edges of some greens. Because of this there are many bad, dirt lies right next to the greens. The greens are overgrown and very bumpy. Get some rope out and keep the traffic away from greens and direct the cart traffic!

Even on a GolfNow deal it’s overpriced. Could be soo much better with better course maintenance. Greens bad with weeds etc, bunkers bad, fairways hard af. Pay little extra and wait for a Blackhorse South deal. 100 percent better value!

The greens had little weeds all over them. You couldn't hit a straight putt to save your life. This course needs major recondition to be charging what they are charging. There was literally no one on the course and now I know why.

Other than the greens being rough from little sprigs of grass or weeds (not sure which) the course was in very good condition.. I will play here again. It is a tougher course than I'm used too as the fairways were narrow but it will just help improve my game.

Staff was quite friendly and did a great job.

They had just plugged greens on 3/30/22 and we played next day but they failed to inform us of this or provide a discount, which is customary. Overall, course is a bit hit or miss with a lot of brown and dead areas in fairways but I’ve almost come to expect that at most public courses in Houston. Sand traps were unplayable and had standing water in all. It had just rained the day before but I saw no attempt to try and drain them or even keep in playable condition.

There was a terribly slow group of 4 in front of us with no Marshall to police their pace. What should have been a 4 hour round on a Thursday took nearly 4:30 or 4:40.

But, it was a beautiful day and hard to get too bummed about being away from work. And they still offered the burger and chips after the round, included with your green fee, so that helps save the value proposition a bit. The adjacent members course looks it great shape - just wish they took a 1/4 of that time to invest on the primary course.

Stacking multiple foursomes of walking kids monopolizing three holes on our front nine negated the hot deal we got from golf now.. I’ll credit the trailing group for waving thru our threesome’s two blue tee hitters on the par 3 number three hole but by the time I pulled my cart to the white tee, they proceed to SLOWLY tee off and then I was forced to wait for them to clear the green. I picked up and headed to number 3 where my group took it upon themselves to bypass the clogged fairways on four and five, finally joining up six. I was finally able to finish ahead of sunset on those three missing holes. I encountered the Marshall just before my last hole. He said he talked with them about stepping up their pace of play and admitted they should have waived faster groups through. This was a weekday during spring break. Don’t play this course when school is out.

Great staff & great course. Will definitely recommend to friends & come & play here again.