Stonebridge at Newport

First time to play Newport. Short course but Left & Right doglegs with OB down both sides put a premium on good drives. Really liked #18 finishing hole with island green. Sunday afternoon round, decent pace of play, course in okay shape, nearly all bunkers need work, temporary green on 13, some isolated bare spots and a lot of thin spots in fairways, tee boxes in okay shape, greens in decent shape & really fast, friendly staff in pro shop & clubhouse, nice cart girl, would play again especially with a GolfNow deal.

Trying to improve course conditions by redoing back bunkers

Greens in better shape. Still too many bunkers under repair.

Wow, this course has done some tremendous upkeep. FYI...they are still working on bunkers (drainage), but the greens are looking better than last year. I started playing this course 3 yrs ago and I play it every other month. The change is very noticeable.

Great deal for the money, excellent staff and everyone is very friendly, cart girl always on course, they are working on the bunkers will be great when they finish bunker work. 4 out of 5 stars. Great course to work on your game. I am working in the Houston area on hurricane Harvey response work, the staff at Stone bridge always goes out of there way to accommodate me when I play. Keep up the good work guys. Mr. G.M. Traxler

This is a very cool golf course mostly for the sights. The lodge is very cool, there is woods that surround the course. I liked the atmosphere - even when you pull into the parking lot, you travel down a nice road through a nice neighborhood. The drive on the course is beautiful.

Now, for the conditions: they're meh, but it is still too early in the season to expect too much. The grass needs a little work as do the greens. The sand traps aren't good. I expect the grass to improve as the season goes on. I would play here again as I actually had a great experience.

The course is unfortunately a goat ranch. All the grass is weeds and the greens are covered in poana and dirt. It is a decent layout it's just in terrible shape. They are also fixing the bunkers for who knows why. They should spend the money on the greens and fairways

The course is great but sand traps all need work on .they are working on that

I’ve been watching bunker & other on course repairs going on for a LONG time here. I’m not sure why it would take this long to complete bunker & drainage projects. It reminds me of driving on I-45, it’s always under construction or repair. Hopefully it will be worth it when finished. The Pro Shop worker was friendly, unlike the younger guy that’s usually there. Pace was slow, no Marshall or drink person seen. Greens were fair.

Really liked the design. Conditions were playable but not what I would call good. Fairways were mostly weeds not cut very short. The groom's were slow smooth with very small spots of some kind of weed. The ball rolled ok with an occasional bump. Staff was very friendly and actually got me off a little sooner than my scheduled time. Had fun.

Always enjoy Stonebridge but very anxious for them to finish repairing bunkers. Especially considering the amount of bunkers they have and their locations directly in front of many greens.

The course is in below average shape at best. No sand in any sand traps, just large dirt areas, some with the drain pipes in play. Many areas around greens that should be ground under repair.

No Marshall on course was seen. Played as a three some and waited on every hole as the group of two in front of us shanked every shot into the woods then hit at least one more shot each on every hole, then spent time driving around in the woods looking for the lost balls.

At one point got to watch a family of four appear from nowhere and let a young child practice his golf game, clearly under the illusion it is their private course.

We were 90 degrees from the cart path which made very good. Beverage carts staff readily available.

All conditions were go. Great Deal.

Nice course. Nice staff. Still working on bunkers for another month give or take.

Wish they had Houston beer here as there are over 20 breweries now. 19th hole is my only real complaint.

Lots of work going into making this a great course. New sign mark and describes each hole. They were aerating all the holes on this day so I look forward to another round after the grounds have taken sto this preparation.

This course has very tight fairways. All of the bunkers are being repaired. The gentleman at the pro shop was very pleasant and said that they are rebuilding after it looking dilapidated from the previous owners. It was not really expensive to play but the overall conditions were just very poor.

While the course was under drastic levels of repair, every bunker and many of the fairways and tee boxes, you can tell the bones are there for a nice little course.

The fairways were decent, and we enjoyed the layout. Greens are deceptively speedy, despite the typical spring time patchiness. Many of the teeboxes were rock solid, but had been aerated so I would expect them to soften up.

Will definitely visit again.

Nice little course, especially for the value and the friendly staff.

1st time playing this course and was weary about it after reading recent reviews. Decided to give it a try. Not the worse course ive played, but i won't be going back. Every bunker was under repair. Greens were in bad shape as well. Many patchy spots which caused the ball to not roll true. Fairways were uncut despite no significant rain for weeks. And most fairways had mounds of dirt in spots due to bunker repairs.