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4.2
145 Reviews (145)
5 Stars
61
4 Stars
56
3 Stars
21
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.5
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.2
Amenities
2.5
91.1%
Recommend this course
132 out of 145 reviews
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4.5
40 Reviews (40)
5 Stars
27
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.7
Layout
4.8
Pace
4.6
Amenities
2.9
StaffFriendliness
4.8
92.5%
Recommend this course
37 out of 40 reviews
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4.3
64 Reviews (64)
5 Stars
33
4 Stars
21
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.7
Layout
4.8
Pace
4.3
Amenities
2.8
StaffFriendliness
4.7
90.6%
Recommend this course
58 out of 64 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 7165 yards
Slope 142
Rating 75.2
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Grand Lake Golf Club
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Course Details

Year Built 2003
Greens Tiff Eagle Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Gary Player (2003) Jeffery D. Blume (2007)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Putting Green No

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper golf attire required.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
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4.2
145 Reviews (145)
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Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great layout, needs work

Grand Lakes is a course with a great layout. If the course was in better shape, it would be outstanding. NO FACILITIES!! Be aware.

Supposedly new owners and they are starting to make renovations. If they do, it will be great. Still enjoyed my round.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Has Flaws but is Worth Checking Out

I'll start off with saying that there is no clubhouse, range, bathrooms, concessions, parking lot, and no turn at 9. Getting there can be annoying as you have to drive down a slow, windy road and you'll have to drive through the neighborhood in between some holes with easy to miss signs. Pace of play is some of the worst I've seen on weekends but is tolerable on weekdays. As for the course, the fairways have some small deadspots and are fairly hard throughout most of the course, the greens are slow and can be small and simple. The bunkers are not maintained with the sand being hard and full of small rocks and will be flooded if it rained within 3 days of your round. The tee boxes are not treated equally, some will be perfect others horrible. Staff can be a bit unprofessional at times but are generally fine (I did have an altercation with staff where I was threatened). Negatives aside, the course still has a lot to offer. The par 3's are all unique and enjoyable, the par 4's have wide open fairways with hills with a variety of doglegs and straight shots, the par 5's are interesting and allow for different play styles to be used. There are no houses on most of the holes just woods and the overall scenery of the course is pretty beautiful. Since the course has no concessions or TABC license, you can just save your money and bring whatever food or drinks you want. They use a fixed rate so you'll be paying 49 pre tax all day everyday which means no twilight rate but cheap weekends. Altogether, the course definitely has its flaws but for the value and ambience of the course I would say that its worth checking out at least once.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Fun Course to Try Out

I'll start off with saying that there is no club house, bathrooms, range, turn at hole 9, twilight rate, concessions, parking lot, have to drive through neighborhood in between some holes with easy to miss signs, and to get there you have to drive down a windy back road then through a long stretch of neighborhood. As for the course, fairways are mostly pretty hard with some dead spots, roughs are just lawn grass, some tee boxes definitely need some work, and greens are pretty slow and simple. Pace of play is usually fine on weekdays but can be near unbearable during weekends. Negatives aside, the course itself has an interesting and wide open layout, nothing too complicated. Most holes have no houses on them and are cut out of thick forest. With the course being fairly isolated in the middle of a forest, it is extremely quiet and soothing. The par 3's are all unique and enjoyable, par 4's are fairly basic with straight, wide fairways with some hills, The par 5's are vast and open with features that allow for various play styles. Hole 11 in particular has quite a view. In summary, the course has several glaring flaws but the layout and aesthetics justify its 50 dollar fee(which is fixed so weekends aren't up-charged).

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great Course with little extras

Great course that is in great condition

Need to spend some resources on amenities.

$50 is a pretty fair price to play in TX.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun layout

Fun layout. Staff extremely friendly. Course conditions are ok. Map it link on confirmation email took us wrong location.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Pace Please

I've played this course dozens of times over the past 5 years. Recently I declined buying the Lake Card after having it for 3 years. The biggest problem here has become the pace of play. GL needs a Starter to enforce tee time punctuality and reasonable separation between groups. This round was like my last one and the one before that...you've got people breathing down your neck while waiting for the group ahead to tee off at every single hole. Making for an unrelaxed day at the course...total opposite reason I pay to play on any given day.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Overall Great Course

Very fun layout and the greens were in great condition. Hard to beat for the price.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Best local value

I played Grand Lake once in December. Greens crusty but ok. Bunkers not maintained. Played yesterday. Transformed. Bunkers perfectly playable and Greens now at least 7/10.

With a practice Green and basic range this lovely layout would be a really attractive course. At $50 for a Prime Saturday slot, still magnificent value. I visit Montgomery every winter for 2-3 weeks and this will be my number one to play.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Need a Marshall

We skipped three holes because of the pace of play. They need a marshall to remind the slow pokes to let twosomes and faster players to play through. There are zero amenities...no range, putting green, or clubhouse.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

They layout was great.

First time playing the course. Staff was friendly along with people playing the course. Rolling fairways and nice greens for winter golf.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great Track

The course is in excellent shape, and the staff very friendly. I'm looking forward to another round next week.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Room for improvement

Great course, great layout. With the influx of people playing, they should invent more in the course.

Starter not on hole one, shows up randomly blaring music disrupting golfers mid swing.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Ok lower tier type course.

There are no facilities or clubhouse. No driving range & no practice green. However the course layout is really quite decent and a full 18 holes of good length. Most holes are reasonable design too. Some water carries and gully hazards. The fairways were mainly ok with only a few bare areas. The greens looked grey, it was January, but actually putted ok. It was very quiet & that suited my novice playing partner. No pressure from behind. I got a bit of a reduction on Golf Now and at $40 per player it was an enjoyable stress free afternoon. I'll go back when I'm next in the area.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Course

May be the best course I've played this year. Nice rolling hills, greens in great condition. A few very challenging holes. Scenic country setting. Nice staff.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Very enjoyable round!

It'd been some time since I'd been on Grand Lake Estates, but I won't be long in returning. The course was in excellent shape: clean "edges, " fairways not too short, neat tee boxes and firm greens. For this time of year, you won't find a better track. Big props to the superintendent and grounds crew!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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