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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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Wet day good scoring
Didn’t know the course received an inch of rain the day before. The greens were in incredible shape. Although it was cart path only the pace of play was fair. The fairways weren’t too wet ( no puddles in the fairways). Overall a fun day.
Winter great.
The course is in great shape. Green are in very good condition and running fast and true. We really enjoyed the round on this course. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good course and a great price.
Hurricane Issues Continue
Course is in excellent shape considering the natural disaster issues. Greens were in excellent condition.
great public course
Bay Forest is great public course. great layout , greens are good and pace of play is managed well.
Course is in good shape but pace of play has always been slow
Greens are a little slow, but they are in good condition.
My new home course
First off. The pro shop guys were friendly. Not arrogant like some other courses. The course was in great condition. Nice fairways, nice greens. Pace of play was great. Cart girl was friendly as well. Good job Bay Forest. Can’t wait to come back and it will be very soon.
A bit suffering
Some greens and fairways have patches and t-boxes had been moved on two par 3. Needs precipitation to get soft grounds on the fairways…
Pace of play bad and sprinklers at 2pm
Not sure why they would send 5 ball. They played for 5 hrs and we were stuck behind. We saw at least 3, 5 balls. Who in the right mind would switch on the sprinklers at 2 pm.
Lucky we played on weekday. Not sure how weekend would be. Wouldnt come back
For the rate it's a decent course.
Don't plan of playing a full round
Played this course twice in a two week span. First time the wife and I heard screaming between groups due to pace of play. Shrugged it off a one of situation. Came back the next week due to overall decent course conditions and price and that where I gained and understanding of why groupd were fighting the week prior. Time time before 3 o clock and we only got 13 holes played because how badly they managed the groups. There was a 6'some, then a 5 some, then a 4 some, then 3- 2 somes(us being the lead 2 some). They wouldn't let anyone play through. There was no Marshall. The group behind us called rhe clubhouse but they refused to help saying,"sorry the Marshall is gone for the day and I'm the only one in the pro shop". Dude, seriously, put up a sign saying be back in 10 minutes and lock up, its not that complicated. I can guarantee you all the groups behind the 6 some will not be coming back...ever
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