Moody Gardens Golf Course
About
The Carlton Gipson-redesigned Moody Gardens Golf Course is one of the most difficult tracks in Texas, universally considered one of the top five municipals in the state. The Gulf winds pound the course and water comes into play on every hole. Even from the regular tees, the route rolls 6,816 yards, so short knockers are truly at a disadvantage.
Getting there : From I-45 south, exit 61st St. and turn right. Find Stewart and turn right, then turn right again on 99th Street. Drive to Sydnor Ln. and turn right-you'll see the entrance on the right side of the road.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange (W) | 72 | 6816 yards | 78.9 | 145 |
| Orange | 72 | 6816 yards | 73.0 | 134 |
| Black (W) | 72 | 6380 yards | 76.5 | 140 |
| Black | 72 | 6380 yards | 71.0 | 129 |
| Gold | 72 | 5972 yards | 69.1 | 124 |
| Gold (W) | 72 | 5972 yards | 74.2 | 136 |
| Green | 72 | 5529 yards | 67.0 | 118 |
| Green (W) | 72 | 5529 yards | 71.7 | 130 |
| Maroon | 72 | 4549 yards | 62.9 | 110 |
| Maroon (W) | 72 | 4549 yards | 66.6 | 113 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange M: 73.0/134 W: 78.9/145 | 512 | 428 | 368 | 140 | 570 | 232 | 584 | 413 | 162 | 3409 | 389 | 524 | 346 | 192 | 575 | 341 | 426 | 142 | 472 | 3407 | 6816 |
| Black M: 71.0/129 W: 76.5/140 | 493 | 409 | 329 | 120 | 557 | 216 | 560 | 386 | 145 | 3215 | 375 | 490 | 317 | 173 | 545 | 321 | 401 | 122 | 421 | 3165 | 6380 |
| Gold M: 69.1/124 W: 74.2/136 | 425 | 397 | 312 | 105 | 537 | 175 | 528 | 352 | 126 | 2957 | 355 | 473 | 302 | 166 | 527 | 308 | 378 | 107 | 399 | 3015 | 5972 |
| Green M: 67.0/118 W: 71.7/130 | 410 | 369 | 272 | 91 | 515 | 155 | 510 | 317 | 93 | 2732 | 332 | 428 | 282 | 119 | 513 | 291 | 353 | 98 | 381 | 2797 | 5529 |
| Maroon M: 62.9/110 W: 66.6/113 | 353 | 330 | 193 | 89 | 390 | 77 | 465 | 284 | 63 | 2244 | 270 | 356 | 232 | 76 | 442 | 240 | 312 | 65 | 312 | 2305 | 4549 |
| Handicap | 7 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 4 | |||
| Par | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 7 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 4 |
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Reviewer Photos
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Photo submitted by Alvinrt on 05/21/2024
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Photo submitted by CharlesLately on 05/19/2024
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Photo submitted by TDOYEL11 on 07/17/2023
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Photo submitted by TDOYEL11 on 07/17/2023
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Photo submitted by TDOYEL11 on 07/17/2023
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Photo submitted by GKing77098 on 05/07/2023
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Photo submitted by GKing77098 on 05/07/2023
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Photo submitted by pdcurran on 01/09/2023
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Photo submitted by u8529739 on 01/07/2023
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Photo submitted by u8529739 on 01/07/2023
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Photo submitted by u8529739 on 01/07/2023
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Photo submitted by SMOKEY2020 on 06/24/2022
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Photo submitted by SMOKEY2020 on 06/24/2022
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17th green Photo submitted by u8529739 on 03/13/2022
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Photo submitted by ShibTx on 11/17/2021
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Background: Moody Gardens Discover, Rainforest, Aquarium, & Hotel. Photo submitted by GordonATX on 10/07/2021
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Photo submitted by Zeuswon on 05/29/2021
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Photo submitted by Zeuswon on 04/12/2021
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Pelican watching me on #8 bridge. Photo submitted by u8529739 on 02/10/2021
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Photo submitted by u169948982 on 01/22/2021
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My son and I Photo submitted by garthedc on 09/07/2020
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Photo submitted by lv370540 on 09/02/2020
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Photo submitted by Joshfast on 06/15/2020
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14th Hole Approach Photo submitted by GolferJake78 on 06/15/2019
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18th Hole Approach Photo submitted by GolferJake78 on 06/15/2019
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Photo submitted by Robert1518933 on 04/25/2019
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Photo submitted by barry9114506 on 05/17/2017
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Photo submitted by sanwaldjf on 06/28/2016
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Photo submitted by itismej83 on 08/16/2014
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18th Fairway looking across the pond to the 18th green Photo submitted by bobby6830772 on 06/21/2013
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Photo submitted by u000001596690 on 10/15/2012
Golf getaway!
Beautiful day for golf on a beautiful course! Really enjoyed it!
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Water and more water
Great course and friendly staff!!
Was not planning to play golf on this vacation, so had to rent clubs. staff was excellent in assisting, good Titleist clubs. Having never played there before did not want to try the back tees with rental clubs. With all the water and back tees would be a very challenging great course to play. Great layout,! Would recommend for any golfer. The variety of tee choices was great, they just need the hybrid tees on their scorecard.
If your in the area it’s a must play. As some reviews say if you need to travel over an hour not worth the trip..
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u184597370, thank you for the awesome rating! We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another great experience, and thanks for choosing Moody Gardens Golf Course.
Don’t Plan on a Drink After Golf
Course conditions were good, greens were great, but tee boxes were terrible. Range balls are horrendous & bar is always closed by the time we finish.
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Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Moody Gardens Golf Course!
C’Mon Moody
We play this course probably once a month. Greens were fantastic, course conditions were good. Tee boxes were very rough with little grass.
More irritating, the range balls there are terrible! 4 different people mentioned it on the range. Come on Moody, if you want to be a 1st class facility you shouldn’t have range balls that look like you stole them from Bayou in Texas City!
Hello, u9718767. Thank you for visiting us at Moody Gardens Golf Course. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Moody Gardens Golf Course!
Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Moody Gardens Golf Course!
Hello, rogstephens. We appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at Moody Gardens Golf Course. Let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!
Great track, especially for the money! Relatively challenging, too.
Hello, Linkster1. Thank you for visiting us at Moody Gardens Golf Course. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Got robbed..
My tee time was 9:20am, 3/12. I drove an hour and 20 minutes to come play this course for the first time and was pretty excited just thinking about the experience.
As soon as I arrived, just from the looks of the place. I immediately felt like I over played by at least $50 bucks lol. The check in staff and starter were super cool and nice people. The driving range and 1st Tee run parallel with each other so if you are not driving the ball 300+ yards you are in for one heck of an Easter egg hunt when looking for your ball.
To be fair the greens were in ok shape, they needed a cut, but all in all they were good.
The fact that they charged $100+ for this course was ridiculous. I’ve played much nicer courses for half the price. I believe if they cut that price in half they would see a lot more people visiting and returning to the course.
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Now's the time to play Moody Gardens
About the course: it plays long due to the wind; the greens are in incredible shape. The Golf Now price and course conditions mean that I'll be playing here as often as possible this spring.
Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Moody Gardens Golf Course.
Never disappointing
Greens were emaculate! Everything else in great shape shape too.
Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Moody Gardens Golf Course.
Amazing! Fav course ever!
Greens rolled amazing! No waiting all day, I play this course 6-7 times a year and I don’t remember ever waiting. A few of the palm trees died during the freeze making it a little easier. Super fun course, causes you to be creative when the wind is blowing 30. Makes the par 3s on the front play like 180 and 240 🥲. Staff is awesome!! I’d play double the normal rate to play here no problem. Some people literally leave their golf balls after a shot so one of the Marshalls ended up giving me like 30 golf balls, everyone was in a good mood. Feel like home here!
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Perfect greens!
The course was great, as always. Especially the greens, which were fast-- very fast-- and true.
Breeze the front nine and almost a gale the back nine.
The only problem is that we could have used some help from a marshal or two. Several groups began to bunch up on #13 and eventually there were FOUR groups on the tee box at #18. No exaggeration. We had to wait nearly 30 minutes to play the last hole.
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Weekend Round
Course was great condition. However, driving was from the mats.
Hello, CodyDavis. Thank you for visiting us at Moody Gardens Golf Course. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Course was not what I expected
The first thing out of the gate the starter was grumpy. If your not happy to work at golf course, don't.
The layout/routing was a little to be desired. Hole 6 and 8 would be great holes if they were able to run the ball in like a links style course, especially in the wind.
#9 wasn't a great finishing hole for front nine
Back 9 was a little more enjoyable 18 could be designed a little better.
Pace of play was not a good pace. The pace should have been better after play starting with empty course at 1 PM, I started at 2 PM and had to skip around slow groups and come back and play those holes later to finish before dark.
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