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Southwyck Golf Club
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Southwyck is new and improved after re-opening in the summer of 2002 with new fairways, tees, and greens. This links-style track features prominent bunkering, water in play on 14 holes, and is known for its difficult back nine.
Southwyck first opened in 1988 on the prairie lands east of downtown Houston-at the time, it was the only true links-style track in the area. Like the Scottish courses, this track is susceptible to the wind, and Kavanaugh did a nice job of confusing golfers off the tee, as it's difficult to determine exactly where you want to hit the shot. Depth perception is difficult, and local knowledge is helpful.
The course once served as the home course for the famous University of Houston golf team, and it served them well with its difficulty. Large mounding prevents level lies, and water comes into play on 13 holes. Tall native grasses line the fairway and require desperate hacks into the fairway when errant shots become buried in the heather.
No. 5 is a monster par 3 at 250 yards, but the par 3 No. 11 might be more difficult because of the long carry of a ravine down to the green 212 yards away. No. 3 might be the toughest in Houston. It rolls 467 yards into the wind with fairway bunkers lining the right side.
Getting there : From Hwy. 288 south find the Hwy. 518/Pearland exit. Turn left and look for the Silver Lake Subdivision. Take that road to the course.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 72 | 6914 yards | 73.2 | 127 |
| Gold | 72 | 6394 yards | 70.6 | 118 |
| Gold (W) | 72 | 6394 yards | 76.7 | 134 |
| Black | 72 | 5867 yards | 68.4 | 115 |
| Black (W) | 72 | 5867 yards | 75.1 | 125 |
| White | 72 | 5145 yards | 66.2 | 112 |
| White (W) | 72 | 5145 yards | 70.5 | 120 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green M: 73.2/127 | 411 | 538 | 470 | 405 | 249 | 306 | 157 | 509 | 465 | 3510 | 423 | 209 | 493 | 434 | 510 | 329 | 379 | 195 | 432 | 3404 | 6914 |
| Gold M: 70.6/118 W: 76.7/134 | 400 | 501 | 453 | 387 | 225 | 295 | 149 | 485 | 395 | 3290 | 372 | 181 | 474 | 401 | 474 | 288 | 350 | 165 | 399 | 3104 | 6394 |
| Black M: 68.4/115 W: 75.1/125 | 375 | 457 | 425 | 336 | 193 | 276 | 145 | 464 | 374 | 3045 | 339 | 162 | 425 | 347 | 457 | 254 | 329 | 135 | 374 | 2822 | 5867 |
| Grey M: 66.2/112 W: 70.5/120 | 333 | 422 | 369 | 284 | 171 | 225 | 119 | 444 | 311 | 2678 | 306 | 103 | 371 | 336 | 430 | 206 | 280 | 111 | 324 | 2467 | 5145 |
| Handicap | 11 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 2 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 9 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 8 |
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Course was beat up this year with the drought.
The cracks in the fairway are getting a little better, but it needs rain and some time to recover. The Maintenace crew is working hard to get it back in shape and make several repairs to the sprinkler system. The greens are getting better nothing a little rain will not fix. Serval holes with sprinkler issues and hidden water in the fairway due to leaks. Nothing you cannot play around.
Great Layout
Great Layout & nice greens. Better condition than this past Summer.
Hi, Larrytbolton. 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 Southwyck Golf Club.
Meh
Just an ok course. High price, no ball washers, no water coolers on the course.
What happened
This course was known as one of the premier courses around Houston I was sad to see the conditions
Carts a bouncing
Played with my son and his FIL
Started at 1 and finished at 5:10. Ran into a slow down from 11 to 14 and then it cleared up.
Greens were hard as a rock and were in general as lly rough shape. The greens were fast and hard to read in flat light. Every flag was black, so yo you had no indication of pin placement. They were were hard to see too.
The fairways were a mix of rutted with low-lying wet portions. Drive the cart across them and it felt like rodeo training. My water bottle flew out at one point.
Lots of water and houses on the course.
We found more balls than we lost.
We still had fun
Great layout and decent condition
The course was in average condition, the fairways are still a little rough and very bumpy and hills from drying up this summer. The greens looked terrible but they rolled just fine and were reasonably fast. Rest of the course was in good shape
Hi, Powerdrive413. 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 Southwyck Golf Club.
Beware of the fairways
Front side fairways are ROUGH and easy to lose balls, even hit right down the middle. Lots of holes and craters from uneven ground.
Hi, cadel1! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Southwyck Golf Club!
Course has improved
I swore off this course on my last review, but gave it another shot because of a cheap hot deal. The course conditions were a lot better than a month ago. The fairway cracks caused by the summer heat have gotten better. The overgrown areas in the rough and elsewhere have been taken care of as well since my last play. The back 9 is in better shape than the front. Pace of play was pretty good on the Friday morning I played. Certainly not a great course, but glad to see them put some work on it. They have gotten brand new carts, so that was also an added bonus. Friendly, accommodating staff. Southwyck is back in my rotation.
Poor condition for the moner.
Course was in poor shape. Even after rain earth cracks everywhere in fairway.. wasn't even mowed. Greens are decent but they. Charged way too much. 52.00. Complete lack of attention to conditions.
Worst course in Houston area
I’ve played this course at least 50 times over the last 25 years. I’ve never seen the course in this deplorable condition. I will not be back
COW PASTURE
surprised we didn’t lose our golf cart in the massive caverns in the fairways. The greens had crabgrass growing all over them. Worse corse I’ve played in years. Won’t be back or recommend this to my worst enemy !!
Sad State of affairs
This used to be one of the prime courses in Houston, and it's really sad to see what it has become. The front nine are practically unplayable. The layout is so awesome that players would be willing to pay more for this course, if it was restored to its original state
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Hi, KJFoley36. 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 Southwyck Golf Club.