Southwyck Golf Club

Four holes on the front nine two thru five are into the wind and really tough. The cart girl visits regularly so even on the hottest days…it was 93 with 100 degree heat, you can cool off. Plus they are very nice. It’s also good to call ahead to have grill orders ready at the turn. Lots of strategy on this links course. No sand traps, they’ve been sodded over. Not disappointed.

First off, the course has improved from last time I played about a month ago. The first four holes are in terrible condition with cracks and concrete Jared fairways. If you play Southwyck before, you know how bumpy these fairways can be. However, starting from #5, the course became better especially the back nine. I was please with the greens from#5 thru 18. Not great but very puttable.
Keep up the improvements on the greens and address the crack fairways on #1 thru #4.
Will come back soon to see improvements.

From tee to green this course could use some maintenance…a little water wouldn’t hurt. The Texas sun has baked the fairways to a fine cracked clay pottery. While I value some run out on my drives I’d prefer to hit off grass.

If you tee off after 3pm, call the grill on number 8 and they’ll have your order ready for you. Cheeseburgers are great with all the fixings. Hot dogs too. The layout is wide open. My favorite hole is the par 5 number 14 which has an approach over a creek and vegetation into a small greeen. The 16th? Doesn’t suit my game, the par 4 normally into the wind has a long water carry for the approach and it bends left around that water…I hit a fade. The 9th is another long carry par 4 but with a tail wind. Faders are better off as it bends tight.

We asked a Marshall to come out and talk to the 2 guys in front of us. Theywere parking on the greens. Teeing off with 2 balls etc. They were very slow. The fairways are in terrible shape. Very rough. I’ll not waste my money anymore.

Fairways dry leading to lots of roll. Greens have bare spots. Staff was courteous. Pace of play was fine once we played through a VERY SLOW foursome who started in front of us.

The pictures showing on this site were old pictures because there are no bunkers in this course.

They have started to lose several greens and they are becoming bare in several areas. They also still do not have drinking water on the course where almost every other course in the Houston area does.

The adage “You get what you pay for” is true. The greens fees are inexpensive because the greens are in horrible condition. The bottom line: most all of us are willing to spend $$ to putt on great greens. If you are looking for inexpensive golf and don’t care about the condition of the course, this course will do. Also, the practice green is the best conditioned green on the whole course.

This course is one of the nicer courses I have played. Some of the greens could be in better shape, but overall the course is well maintained. We played about 8:00 am on a Wednesday and it was not crowded at all. The foursome in front of us kept the pace of play reasonable.

I would recommend this course for an enjoyable golf outing.

Seems to be hit hard by COVID. Still good 18 just needs a little more love on the greens.

This could really be a great course, however it would take a big effort, seems the course has been neglectcted for a while which is a pitty.
Greens are bumpy and a lot of brown spots.
Greenfee is to high compared to condition.

The course is a great value and the staff is very friendly. They have an app that provides GPS and scorecard, which helps out. I will gladly return soon.