Sienna Plantation Golf Club

Second time playing Sienna -- top 3 value course in the Houston area.

It's a long course with challenging holes; elevated greens are hard to come by in Houston.

Conditions are solid, staff is very helpful from pro shop to the bar -- lady helped me fill ice in my 2 gallon Igloo! Pace is pretty slow as the course can be very challenging for beginners.

Pros - Value

Cons - Pace of play

Excellent course, tee boxes, fairways and greens were all in great condition.

Course a little wet in some places due to the recent rain but would definitely consider going back - even with the fairly lengthy drive to get there.

I moved to Sienna in 2001. At that time the course was relatively new and maintained by the community builder. The layout was great and the scenery was off the charts. The course had undulation and was different than other Houston area courses. Over the years, the course had growing pains. The community built up and took away most of the scenery and they had problems keeping grass on all parts of the greens. But the people were nice and the course was still fun to play at the right price. Then the course was sold to a different group to manage. Since, it has been a steady decline.

I live within a mile of the clubhouse so I continued to play, especially during Covid. Each time it was a little worse than the last.

So I took a break and spent my money at Quail Valley and other courses in the area. It had been almost two years since I played the course in my neighborhood, so I decide to give it a try yesterday.

Things have not gotten better. Service in the pro shop is not friendly. It is not horrible, but the guy is just cold. The greens are better than when they were at their worst, but there are still bald patches, mostly around the edges, on almost every green. New holes have not been cut in some time so the cups are ragged. The tee boxes had not been trimmed so there were weeds and shoots between the markers. The sand traps have very little sand, are not properly groomed, and were an off green color from what appeared to be something sprayed around the greens that drifted into the sand. Yardage markers are missing and/or very hard to find and the overall shape of the course was poor (no edging or trimming around tee boxes, cart path, etc. muddy tractor marks in fairways, digging (maybe to repair sprinklers) on a number of holes, and overall maintenance of facilities is poor. Top that with no drink cart and very little drinking water on the course (despite multiple signs prohibiting outside beverages) and less than nice service at the bar and Sienna is not a place I will spend my money or recommend to others. If you are desperate to play golf, are willing to overpay, and don't really care about the condition of the course, go for it. Otherwise, look for something else.

Course is very nice, but they are in desperate need of signage directing new players from one hole to the next.

Overall, it was just ok.

The course is very technical, with lots of hills, narrow fairways, and plenty of blind shots into the greens. It’s a nice layout, but the cart path signage is seriously lacking. It’s not intuitive at all which direction to go after each hole.

Fairways and greens were in mediocre condition, but there were several patches of dead grass and rough spots. Also, there were a lot of range balls scattered on 18's fairway, which felt sloppy.

I had discount tickets, so I was fine with it. But if I had paid full price, I would have been disappointed.