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Bay Forest Golf Course
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Amongst the chemical plants, refinery towers, and wood-lined waterways of La Porte lies the 18-hole Jay Riviere municipal known as Bay Forest. Riviere's design opened in 1988, featuring a tight front nine that opens up on the lake-dominated back side. Water is in play on 16 of 18 holes. Because of La Porte's proximity to the Gulf, the coastal winds make this a long course.
Despite its tight nature, the front nine offers a few nice birdie opportunities, including the short par 3 No. 6. This hole generally only requires a 9 iron to carry the bunker fronting the green.
On the back, the par 5 No. 10 is one of the most birdie-friendly holes on the course. It's followed by the signature No. 11-a great-looking dogleg right that bends around a pond to a well-bunkered green. The play with the approach on 11 is to leave it below the hole.
The par 5 No. 18 is a challenging finisher that requires good golf shots into the wind and the accuracy to avoid the water that sneaks into the fairway in the landing area from the right. The second shot must carry water and a bunker, and the recommended play on the approach is to keep it on the right side of the green.
Getting there : From Hwy. 45 south, take the 610 Loop north. When you come to Hwy. 225 head east and take the Pasadena exit. Turn right, find Hwy. 146 and go south (right). Next, get off at the Fairmont Pkwy. exit and turn left. When you get to South Broadway St., turn right and drive 1 mile to the course. The clubhouse is on the right side of the street.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6768 yards | 73.0 | 135 |
| White | 72 | 6249 yards | 70.4 | 125 |
| Gold | 72 | 5661 yards | 64.8 | 107 |
| Green (W) | 72 | 5661 yards | 73.4 | 133 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5132 yards | 71.0 | 127 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 73.5/137 | 406 | 402 | 184 | 499 | 418 | 171 | 516 | 187 | 376 | 3159 | 521 | 510 | 436 | 180 | 542 | 451 | 383 | 180 | 452 | 3655 | 6814 |
| White M: 71.0/130 | 389 | 368 | 158 | 459 | 390 | 151 | 480 | 161 | 353 | 2909 | 486 | 482 | 396 | 148 | 503 | 420 | 360 | 155 | 415 | 3365 | 6274 |
| Gold M: 68.7/119 W: 73.2/131 | 364 | 354 | 135 | 428 | 311 | 135 | 424 | 140 | 341 | 2632 | 444 | 453 | 359 | 138 | 461 | 355 | 306 | 145 | 368 | 3029 | 5661 |
| Red M: 66.1/115 W: 70.8/124 | 336 | 339 | 120 | 402 | 270 | 130 | 396 | 127 | 321 | 2441 | 409 | 412 | 321 | 111 | 397 | 327 | 266 | 135 | 313 | 2691 | 5132 |
| Handicap | 6 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 1 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 10 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 3 |
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Bay Forest 3/32/20
Course in good condition even though area has received little rain lately.
Will play again when I can meet my schedule.
One of the Bestbin Houston!
For the money Bayforest is the best deal in Houston. The greens are in consistently good shape and rival the higher dollar courses like Moody Gardens and Golf Club of Houston. The pace of play is usually good even on weekends. The staff is pleasant especially the cart girl and concessions girl. I really hope they keep it up, this makes me think about getting a membership there!
Thanks for such kind words! We would love to have you as a member, and a part of our family here at Bay Forest Golf Course!
Thanks so much for taking the time to rate and review us!
Great Value
Greens always run fast and always in great shape. They keep loosing surrounding trees. Tee boxes is ok shape along with fairways
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Bay Forest Golf Course.
Thanks for the 5 star rating!
Favorite course
Tough test especially when the wind is blowing. If you are playing well you can score. Greens are nice.
We really appreciate you taking the time to review and rate us. We are especially happy that you enjoyed your time at Bay Forest Golf Course. We cannot wait to have you back here soon!
Little soggy
The course was a little soggy from Monday’s rain. It played short but fun. Greens were deceptively fast and a lot bumpy. Fairways still dormant but no rough to speak of. I Only had time to play 9 holes but pace was good. Never had to wait on group in front of us.
Hi Brokengolfer69. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Bay Forest Golf Course.
Nice open course
Decent course. My only complaint is that the greens were inconsistent from one hole to the next but overall it was a good round. I’ll be back
Hello. Thank you for taking the time to review the course and rate us. We'll pass along your feedback to make changes. Thanks again!
Hi dbuswell. We appreciate you taking the time to rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Bay Forest Golf Course.
Bay forest
Very easy course if your looking to walk 18 holes. This course always seems to be wet, but still plays well.
Hi Bdeaver. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Bay Forest Golf Course.
Golfer55
Course drying out greens were fast and good day was excellent with people we played with hurry up spring
Thanks for the rating and review. We appreciate you taking the time to leave us some feedback!
Hello, Changodoa1. Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you'll give us another try in the near future.
Needed my waders
I’ve played here many times. Because of our resent downpours the course was soaked. Lift clean & took relief from casual water on every hole. Cart path only obviously so was an extremely slow day. 5 hrs for a 4 some. The fairways & greens need to be mowed. Other then the wet conditions Bay Forest is well worth the 3 hrs of drive time I have to make. Would always recommend to play. I would wait until it dried out a little.
What an awesome review! Thanks so much!
Great Golf Course
Outstanding service personnel to assist you in getting ready to play golf. Very consistence in helping you prepare to play the course, never had any problems. Great golf course lay out. Make you play golf and stay focus on your game. Great service snack bar and golf cart concession for food and drinks. Greens are all ways great for putting. I love this golf course. Thanks for making golf enjoyable to play.
Bay forest Golf Course
Greens are in great condition, enjoyed course layout and improvements to course since my last visit many years ago.
Would recommend playing at course.
Thanks for the stellar comments! We do our best to keep our course in excellent condition. We are looking forward to having you back here again!
We appreciate the 5-star rating!
Best greens in HTX area
This course is a gem. Challenging layout with tight fairways and the fastest greens I’ve played in Houston. The fairways were a little rugged on one or two holes but it does not take away from the round. I will definitely be returning to this course quite often.
It is so great to hear you had such a lovely time! We cannot wait to have you return soon for another round!
Hi Joe. We appreciate you leaving a review and rating us. We will inform the entire team, so they know their hard work is paying off. We look forward to having you back at Bay Forest Golf Course!
Great value
Very enjoyable afternoon on the course and a terrific hamburger after the round.
We love the hamburgers too! Thanks so much for coming out and playing our course!
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