Moody Gardens Golf Course

Moody Gardens Golf Course is the public golf course on Galveston Island. I found it to be a really well maintained course, with great pace of play and a somewhat challenging layout.

The Good:

Moody Gardens is one of the best conditioned public courses I've ever played. There is hardly a blade of grass out of place! The greens roll true, the fairways are lush and fast, and the bunkers are well maintained. There isn't much rough on the course, so that's a plus if you are not a fan of rough.

I played at 7:30 on a Friday morning. I was paired up with another golfer, and a 3rd joined us a few holes later. We played through one group on the back 9, and finished 18 holes in under 3 hours!

The Average:

Moody Gardens is on a flat piece of property with several lakes/ponds. This creates limits in what can be done with the layout. With that said, the layout is very repetitive in my opinion. Most of the holes run in the same direction, with water on either the left or the right side.

The Not So Good:

The course cost me $75 to play. For that price, I would have liked to have had GPS on the cart. Not knowing distance to the penalty area cost me 2 shots on my round, and I would have played a couple holes differently had I known distances.

The 18th hole is my favorite on the course. It's a medium length par 4 that begs you to challenge the left side of the fairway. If you do that you can get a short iron into the green, over water. A really nice way to finish a round.

Great services and golf course

Be aware wether conditions windy

The cashier had me start on #10 to quickly move around the course. I finished in 2.5 hours. As usual, the fairways, greens and rough were beautifully green and mostly weed free.

The cook made me a burger with fries which was above average for agolf course burger.

Management has 80s rock coming from the outdoor speaks at the clubhouse which I like.

It's a pleasure to play here and I highly recommend that golfers looking for a premium, public golf to play consider this venue.

The course is in great shape. I enjoy the linksy style and the short grass that enables a ground game. The superintendent needs to rethink the patterns they use for cutting the greens. On several there are well defined rows, if not ruts, where the wheels of the cutter. Need to constantly rotate direction and stop/start points.

Great experience. Great course. Love it every time.

The course was in amazing shape after two days of thunderstorms. Sand traps were unplayable, but should have been expected with amount if rain. Greens in fantastic shape. My wife's first time there and she fell in love with the course.

18 hole is my favorite over the water shot. First time playing here I’ll be back.

Great course great condition for this time of year and great staff

THE best course South of Houston and probably most of Houston. Bring your thinking cap. Fair but challenging. If there's a wind in the range of 15 to 20, bring your low ball flight. Very little protection

Course is always in the very best condition. It is challenging but fair if and only if you play the correct tees appropriate to your handicap. If you're macho than you will pay the price for playing the longer tee and not enjoy the round. This a windy links type course that is always in great condition with good pace of play.

ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Course was tougher than normal playing in a 3 or 4 club wind all day. Greens were a little bumpy but should be great in another month or so. Fairways were in excellent condition. Some tee shots were blind with sloping fairways which rolled out. Hole 18 is a forced carry over water where you need to challenge the left fairway bunker to get a reasonable distance to the green. The shot was into the wind on the day I played but I made it on the green in 2 and 2 putted for par! Great way to end the round. I would definitely make this a must play if you are in the area.

Fairways and tee boxes ok. Nice layout, narrow fairways. Good views. Greens were bad. Patchy and bumpy. Not worth the price from golf now and it was a hot deal. Would play again only if the greens improved.

Unfortunately, we were behind a high school tournament. Had he we known we would have played elsewhere. The Marshall let us play the front nine twice in hopes it would be faster but he routed everyone there so I think it was even slower. Course was ok, I’d heard much bout it and was looking forward to playing. Maybe another time with no slow tournament it might be fun. At least it was a beautiful day

Course is challenging for experts and beginners. And you reap the reward of that one good shot keep you coming back ! Never disappoints .

Great course, but greens and tee boxes need some work.