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El Dorado at Quail Valley Golf Course
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About
Developers eventually had their way with this cow pasture on the fringe of Houston. Loaded with native pecans and oaks and supplemented with even more transplanted trees, the terrain is ideal for golf, with two creeks and five natural lakes on the property. In fact, it's good enough to host the PGA Tour's Houston Open in 1973 and 1974.
The traditional El Dorado Course plays to a par 70 and features five par 3s that go 190-yards-plus from the tips. Jay Riviere designed the back nine.
Jeff Blume managed the redesign and complete renovation of the El Dorado Course in 2009.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 71 | 6931 yards | 74.6 | 138 |
| Blue | 71 | 6552 yards | 72.8 | 135 |
| White | 71 | 6146 yards | 71.0 | 128 |
| Gold | 71 | 5685 yards | 68.7 | 122 |
| Gold (W) | 71 | 5685 yards | 73.8 | 136 |
| Red (W) | 71 | 5100 yards | 70.7 | 123 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 74.6/138 | 526 | 201 | 425 | 403 | 399 | 222 | 578 | 211 | 397 | 3362 | 516 | 222 | 404 | 412 | 224 | 401 | 403 | 399 | 588 | 3569 | 6931 |
| Blue M: 72.8/135 | 515 | 151 | 406 | 378 | 383 | 198 | 552 | 195 | 372 | 3150 | 499 | 204 | 388 | 398 | 208 | 382 | 377 | 385 | 561 | 3402 | 6552 |
| White M: 71.0/128 | 505 | 143 | 374 | 352 | 347 | 187 | 533 | 178 | 358 | 2977 | 484 | 191 | 360 | 372 | 184 | 362 | 342 | 350 | 524 | 3169 | 6146 |
| Gold M: 68.7/122 W: 73.8/136 | 462 | 129 | 352 | 304 | 322 | 170 | 522 | 155 | 339 | 2755 | 468 | 173 | 339 | 355 | 154 | 350 | 320 | 321 | 450 | 2930 | 5685 |
| Red M: 66.3/117 W: 70.7/123 | 420 | 107 | 329 | 261 | 298 | 147 | 463 | 127 | 311 | 2463 | 427 | 148 | 303 | 323 | 115 | 336 | 297 | 264 | 424 | 2637 | 5100 |
| Handicap | 5 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 12 | |||
| Par | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 71 |
| Handicap (W) | 5 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 6 |
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Paid for a round (18) on golfnow with CART INCLUDED as did my buddy CART INCLUDED....I'm 6'11 and he's a big guy we wanted our own cart? The check in guy said we only paid for half a cart? Wish was total bull...he said we needed to paid $18 to have a solo cart? The course was not packed very slow day? Monday... PLEASE DONT GO TO THIS COURSE! DONT WASTE YOUR TIME AND MONEY THERE ARE SO MANY BETTER COURSES PLUS THEY HAVE NO FOOD OR CART GIRL DRIVJNG ABOUT AND ONE WATER STATION? HOPE THIS HELPS!
Challenging course
I am high handicapper and course was challenging with lot of water and lost balls. Fairways are well kept and greens were hard to read but in good condition. We finished in 4.5 hrs. Facilities are under construction. Overall enjoyable experience
Great course
Really great course fantastic layout with some really interesting holes lots of water tight in places the only reason I didn't give it a full five stars for value was because I played with two Juniors and they had to pay full adult rate so it's a little bit expensive for juniors
Good play
Started out in the rain but the course was in great shape except for the bunkers. This was my first time to play here and I look forward to playing again. Course layout was a little strange with the 9th hole not ending at the clubhouse. They are doing a big reconstruction project so I look forward to seeing the finished product.
Enjoy 6 hour rounds?
Then this course is for you. Plus you get to putt on shag carpet. The course is going down hill, shameful.
Thursday afternoon at Quail Valley GC
Course has very friendly staff and layout that is challenging but pace of play was annoyingly slow. Overall a great course - had a good time.
Enjoy 6hr rounds?
Then this is the course for you! Enjoy! P.S. If you are also into slow, slow greens without true roll...you will enjoy this course even more.
Overall good course.
Greens were well kept. Fairways were overall well kept. Had a few water jugs and cart person with snacks and drinks came around a few times. Pace of play was not great, I joined three others to make a foursome and we waited most holes. Two holes we were third group at a teebox waiting. Overall the course is nice and staff was great. I would play here again anytime.
A good place to play
Great people..
Great layout...
A nice to play a round or two..
Wicked layout, awesome muni
For a muni, the place is nice. I have 3 munis near me that do not touch the quality of this course!
Pace of play stinks
I have played here many times and enjoy the course setup and conditions. However, my main complaint is with the place of play. They always have at least a couple 5-somes on the course and they never let anyone play through. The place is really slow and frustrating. The marshals do nothing but drive by and wave. Other than that, this course is pretty decent.
beautiful course, bad amenities
I've plaid this course in the winter and now early summer and I have to say the course itself is very nice. Greens were impeccable this time around. That being said, I would treat it like a field trip, bring your own snacks and water. My main complaints were with the layout and frequency of cart girls. the par 3's here will eat your lunch. as far as cart girls, we saw them on hole 1 and hole 17. Only a water cooler and cups at the turn. Will I play here again, probably once the construction is complete.
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