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El Dorado at Quail Valley Golf Course
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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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Long course El Dorado
Due to recent rains, fairways were soft, greens were slow, rough was high enough to not find a ball. I’m 68 and play the white tees. On #17, after too many tee shots into the drink on previous rounds, I moved up to the red tee. The prevailing SE wind funnels in just beyond tee, where divers can be seen collecting doomed drives. My shot landed dry near the fairway trap (why a trap on the right side? Not tough enough?) That fade left me with an unpalatable approach over more water, over 150 yards., Wise again, I put my range ball into the water just shy of safety. Next time instead of a fairway metal I’ll try to hammer my 7 metal. Or better yet, try a riskier tee shot closer to the water on the left. That all said, I like the challenges on this course and that the Marshalls are active and ice is available at the 10th.
Great Golf Course
Greens are great, fairways are great. Manage the GC or it will eat your lunch, and balls. Was fun, but too many OBs. no fault of the GC, just me. :-(
Thank you very much! I'm sure you will manage your way around the course better the next time.
Oldie but Goodie
The holes with water can make your knees knock a bit, so you need to get the distances right and hit crisp shots. I was wondering if something wrong with gps on #10.
There were invasive grasses and weeds accumulating on some holes like St. Augustine and nutsedge. M.S.M.A. is need and Sedgehammer.
For what I paid, it was great value golfing.
Thank you Superdave, and we're thrilled you thought it was a great value. We always chasing down those invasive grasses on the edges, so we hope to have you back again.
Great
Friendly staff difficult course but enjoyable long par 3s
Thank you for visiting us from Victoria! Hope you swing by again.
Thank you for the positive review and really appreciate you coming back in this heat!
Thank you for playing Quail Valley again and thrilled you love the value.
Solid... hope to have you back.
Cloudy Day plus rain
This is a nice course with quite a few challenges. Water and plenty of bunkers will challenge you game. Started at 12:40 and supposedly 2 groups of regulars started at 11. Caught them by hole six and thought they would let me play through since no one was in front of them. Nope. skipped three holes to play around them. Could of played all 18 before rain if I could of got through them.
Thank you for coming over from Deer Park. It's unfortunate that some golfers can be inconsiderate if they are playing slow. We do what we can to help everyone enjoy a day out. Thank you, and we hope you visit again.
too slow
7 minute interval between tee times is way to short. course was backed up and we waited with another foursome on almost every tee.
We apologize for the slow play and appreciate the feedback. Saturdays are stacked, and we all do our best to keep it moving in the hot weather. Hope you make it back again.
Solid. Thank you.
Course in good shape
Fairways and greens were in very good condition. Looks like they are watering. Speeds on the greens were slightly different, but overall very good.
Appreciate the compliments, Chuck. Hope to have you back again.
Great condition and a good track to play
Course is in great shape. Greens have come in well and roll true!
It's been hard work, but we're still plugging away. Thank you and see you next time.
Tough golf course
El Dorado at Quail Valley Golf course is a fun but tough golf course. Manage your shot selection or things will quickly go downhill. Greens are in great shape. Rolls true. Got some long par 3s. But feels great if you can hit the green with your long irons. One of my favorite gc in Houston.
Thank you very much, and it's our pleasure to have you as one of our regulars.
Many thanks!
Great Layout!
I love the layout of the course and I play it whenever I find it on sale. Greens might still be in a transition phase and grass hasn’t come in all the way. Other than that was in great shape. Even sand traps were raked with a good consistency!
Thank you. Much appreciated coming from a good golfer that plays regularly!
Great course
Course and staff were great. Range was very good. Only problem with the course is that like a lot of courses thru neighborhoods there were a lot of street crossings. Played a lot of these types but have never in my life seen so many inconsiderate drivers. These people would literally run over you and never bother them. Good luck on crossings.
Thank you Andrew. We appreciate the compliments. There are a good number of street crossings in Houston's original master-planned community. They were built around the golf course, so we hope you make it back to play again.
nice course but had a group of five players ahead of us - way too slow.
overall nice course and challenge layout. very satisfied and enjoyed play there. but somehow, there is a group of FIVE people played ahead of us. not only slow, but really slow. so we have to wait each hole until they cleared. not sure why the course allowed a group of FIVE to play in one group. other than that, all good and will come to play again.
Brian, we apologize that the play was slow for you but it seems like you enjoyed your visit here. We do appreciate the heads up because we do indeed allow fivesomes, and our course attendants are supposed to keep them moving along with the group in front of them or allow others to pass if need be. Thank you and hope to make Quail Valley one of your regular courses.
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Thank you for being a regular out here, and we all appreciate you playing the appropriate tees. This course and golf in general is tough no matter where we play. See you next time!