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Carlton Gipson designed the Golf Club At Cinco Ranch in the early 1990s. It's a long golf course that features an ocean of water impacting play on 16 of 18 holes. For the most part, the holes are straight and open, with minimal trees framing the paths to the greens. The greens are unique because of the unusually shaped bunkers that create very different short game challenges from what one normally finds. One of the best holes is no. 4, a 557-yard par 5 that features an approach shot over water into an elevated green. In addition to the water, the green is fronted by a bunker that is at least 10 feet below the hole. This requires a phenomenal, blind bunker shot for an up-and-down.
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Nice, challenging course
The course poses some nice challenges with the placement of bunkers and hazards requiring you to lay up.
Unfortunately, pace of play ruined the round somewhat. I had a tee time for 11:57, but for some reason, the starter called my name about 30 minutes before. Four holes later, we arrive at the tee box and are waiting behind two other groups. For the rest of the round, we were consistently on the heels of the group in front of us and having to wait 5-10 minutes to tee off.
The greens were recently sanded, so they were pretty fast. The fringe is rather thick and was difficult to putt out of. The fast greens and the thick fringe really made it impossible to putt from the fringe.
The bunkers were in decent shape but a lot of the surfaces were pretty solid. In fact, one of the guys that I was teamed up putted out of the greenside bunkers a couple times.
First Time
I paid in full online for 18-hole golf, cart, GPS, and practice balls. But the pro-shop did not honor the practice balls. Do not understand why this happened.
Great conditions
Overall good value for the money. Fairways fine, greens fine, a little slow pace due to being very busy
Greens are super
Great greens. Good pace enforced. Need to better maintain Fairway
Cart Broke Down
The front nine was great - no one around and the greens were in great shape for August in south Texas. Once I made the turn my cart started to act funny. It finally quit about 100 yards from the 10th green - for those who haven't played here it's about a half mile from the club house and it was about 106 degrees outside. I tried calling the clubhouse for about 30-45 minutes to no avail. It turns out they were having a medical emergency at the clubhouse and no one was managing the phones. After walking about halfway back a foursome picked me up and took me back where the guys inside gave me a full refund for my round. I only asked for 1/2 off instead of rain check because I was just visiting Houston and wouldn't be back - staff was very accommodating.
Cinco Ranch
The course was fun to play and challenging from the back tees. It was a really hot day, so the course wasn't as packed as I would expect on a normal Sunday afternoon. The staff was very friendly all around from the starter to the cart girl, who was by every three holes or so. The course itself was in good shape considering how hot and dry it has been. Greens were smooth, fast, and firm. Some other areas including tee boxes were a little more dried out than you would like to see, but again, it has been incredibly hot and dry as of late.
Great Course
Great course. Greens were in real good condition as were the fairways. Worth $50 but I paid less. Would gladly play again.
Great shape
The greens are in great shape
This might be the only course in Houston area right now that your approach shot will plug if you hit your shot short of the green. Yes they are watering heavy and the condition of the course shows it. Great job by the Greens Keeper
Great course!
Everything was really nice about this course. When I find a good deal on golf now, I would play this again. They take really good care of this course.
Good course, slow play.
Good course slow play. I would still recommend it for play but just be ready for a long round.
Afternoon player
Excellent value for the money on Thursday.
There was sand on the green but they still ran very good
Good Course
As a resident of Cinco area the GC is our go-to course. In excellent condition and greens/bunkers are well maintained.
Pace of play is a continual problem, especially at the weekends. Two ball in front of us was so slow it really impacted the enjoyment of the game. No course steward out on course to hurry people along, just a video played in cart. Nice idea but not as forceful as a person!
Lady in drinks cart was awesome but it was a super hot day and she was working whole course alone - needed another drinks cart out there to keep folk hydrated.
Only play using the Golf Now discount - standard rate is too high for this course.
Great condition!
After a week of heavy down pours the course held up very well. It had rained all morning prior to us playing in the afternoon. The course drained and dried excellent.
The course itself was fun to play. Nice, long, open fairways and good greens. Some tricky holes. You will use a good mix of clubs. I will definitely be back to play again.
Play golf
The course is in great shape, but price is to high on the weekend.
Since Ranch Golf Club
Very nice greens in great shape and the fairways were in good condition I loved it
This course is great for the average (and above) golfer
I've lived on this course for twenty years and after the renovations I have never played this course the same twice. I played on a beautiful day after rain so condition were excellent. Pace was perfect, but then again I scored a t-time at 3 on a Monday so go figure. All in all great course but if you don't catch a great deal on golf now it might get a little pricy. I recommend it.
Good Community course
Cinco Ranch is a very nicely designed course. The course was in fairly good condition. The greens could have been better but I think they had just fertilized or sanded them recently which is just part of course maintenance so you can't hold that against the course. While the clubhouse is fairly dated, it's still very nice inside. All in all this course is a pleasure to play. I will be playing again and would recommend it to others.
Thank you for your comment and thank your for playing our golf course
We are always on top of our pace of play and monitor it via GPS in our pro shop, that particular day you played we had an event that was slow and caused a back up.
Look forward to having you back soon.
Jose M.