Southern Oaks Golf & Tennis Club

If you have 6-7 spare hours on a Wednesday this is the course for you. No marshals, beverage person seen twice in 18 holes. Our cart was missing the cooler (apparently these get stolen a lot here???). We asked if we could have 1 from another cart (no).

On the 5th green the pro or heads greenkeeper was on the green telling us to hit into him. Not fun.

Too bad cause the course has a lot of potential. Played here over 10 times over 10 years.

Unfortunately this course is going through some major transition. We last played after the winter storm and it was in better shape. The greens are a snails pace with a lot of dead spots. I really love the challenge of this course but not for the price they are asking. I hope it gets back to normal because it’s truly a beautiful layout. Only tip you get is if your approaching a green on every hole go strong because the ball will stop on a dime. Hope it gets better sooner than later.

Over the past 2 years this course has got better. Pace of play was great and flew through the Round. Price was good but the greens had just been punched and sanded so getting true roll on the greens was impossible. Wish Golf Now and the course.would.commicate when greens are punched. Once greens are ready again in a few weeks this course will.be back to top.shape.

Southern Oaks is a 108 mile round trip for me. I love the course - layout, fairness, pace of play. So before I made the trek to Burleson, I read the reviews, made sure weather would cooperate, even called the golf course. I did all the homework. The course reported 'no maintenance issues' on Monday. I arrive on Wednesday to beautiful blue skies, light winds....... and 300 tons of sand on the greens. The picture is a typical green today. Unplayable. I will give them props on the rest of the course - rough was high, fairways and tees level and soft, bunkers decent, but the greens made it hard to enjoy for a good player.

I know every course with Bermuda needs to aerate and sand. I just wish they would tell you when they do it rather than surprising you. Today, the long drive was not worth it. I will go back, but it's gonna take some time for that much sand to sink in. Disapponting.

The rest of the course was fantastic, but the greens were nothing but sand. It’s required obviously after aeration , but there was an inordinate amount which made putting not even worth trying.

I do love the course. And most the staff is friendly. But no joke ive called on several different occasions throughtout the years...and they NEVER anwser the phone. Not a huge deal most the time i guess since u can book online but id like someone to pick up if they got a phone.

I used a $20 Golf Now voucher on this course I've been wanting to play for a while. It helped to have a playing partner who'd played the course before.

Prior to the round, I watched the YouTube videos of flyovers for each hole, which I found helpful.

The combined tennis/pro shop was somewhat hard to find (it's on the way left of the parking lot near the tennis courts). There is ample space for the practice area, which consists of the driving range, practice putting green, & an area for practicing chipping/pitching/sand shots.

Further advice I received from my playing partner was NOT to miss the 2nd green long. The course is convenient--to the Burleson Airport!

I didn't expect this course (or any for that matter) to be in excellent condition after the winter we just experienced. The course is in prime condition, the fairways are good, the greens are manicured and speed is good. This course is the BESY for practice - and for warming up. The range balls are included in the price - as many as you want to hit. The chipping green is surrounded by large bunkers and again, there are ample balls to practice chipping and bunker shots. There is a large practice putting green and even with 10 or so there, plenty of room to practice putting. The course layout is challenging even though the fairways are wide in most instances. There are multiple fairway bunkers. Water doesn't come into play really unless you hit a very errant slice. Tees are level and in good shape. The beverage cart came around 3 times during the round. There was a large cooler loaded with ice on the way to the 1st tee - and towels in each cart. I believe this is one of the best deals in the area.

This course is good layout and very challenging, especially from the back tees. The conditions were fairly poor. Tee boxes need a lot of attention and grooming. The fairways are not well defined from the rough. The greens were very poor overall. I realize all the local area courses are coming out of winter (and the recent "big freeze") but many of these items could be fairly easy to address. One final note...the practice range was set up for "mats only". I'm always amazed at any course (when the premium fees for a "holiday/weekend") are in place and yet, the facility isn't set up for a good practice session.

We had over 1.5" of rain earlier in the morning but the course had drained well and the fairways and greens were in good condition.

The wind was 35+ mph and that made the day challenging but overall it was a great time on the course