Southwyck Golf Club

As a Silverlake resident who lives on hole 5, I’ve been a regular player and member at Southwyck for the past five years. I want to share an honest perspective — not to attack the staff, but in hopes that things improve.

First, the employees deserve recognition. Birdy, Amber, and Jaime are always friendly and professional. The day-to-day staff has consistently been kind and welcoming.

That said, there have been ongoing frustrations. Over the past year, I’ve tried multiple times to use my own golf cart. I was initially told I could, then told no. After explaining I have a handicap placard, I was told yes by management — only to be told no again at the last minute. The back-and-forth and inconsistency has been discouraging, and incredibly frustrating.

Course conditions have also been a concern. Many reviews mention this, and unfortunately it’s true — especially in the summer months, the course is often in very poor shape. Additionally, the clubhouse closing at 4:30pm feels far too early for a community course. What if you want to grab a beer and hit a bucket of balls after work?

Most recently, I was informed that despite five years of regular play, I can no longer bring both of my young kids (ages 4 and 5) due to a new strict two-players-per-cart rule. This is especially frustrating considering I legally drive my own cart to the course with both kids, park it, and then use the course carts. It feels like there’s little consideration for resident families who want to enjoy the course together.

I truly love playing here and I love this community. But it does not feel like local residents are a priority whatsoever. Instead, the operation often feels like a massively struggling municipal course rather than the centerpiece of a golf community.

I’ve heard that ownership is officially changing as of today. I sincerely hope new ownership takes this as constructive feedback — and makes a renewed effort to invest in the course, support residents, and bring Southwyck/Silverlake back to being a true golf community for families.

I really hope to revisit this page, and leave a much better review. For now, I’ll take all of my business to Pearland Golf Club. Why? I have to. I can no longer play golf with my kids at Southwyck Golf Club.

The fairways are like a washboard on the front 9. The greens have little weeds, mowed, but large enough to deflect the ball path.

Very slow: 20-30 minutes per hole. No Starter when I teed off at 11 am. Three doubles and one single ahead of me. The double was a couple who had a 4 year old daughter that was running all over the course. Her parents could not keep her close to them. The Little girl could have been hit by a ball from an adjacent tee or fairway! This couple exhibited very poor golf eticect.

By the 8th hole there was fierce backup…could have had a ranger out there on a busy Friday late morning!

Course and greens in fair to poor shape. I got a good discount, so it was worth playing.

The course it’s self is amazing! The layout is amazing. However to greens need work, lots of weeds and basically holes. Fairways are open and great just seem to have the same surface as the moon. I do really enjoy this course just wish I was better kept.

Course conditions are continuously improving. Nicest staff in the world.

The layout of this course is great. There are small greens that require solid approach shots and there are opportunities to take risks and hit longer tee shots. The greens, however, are just in atrocious shape -- you simply cannot read any putt longer than 8 feet, because there are so many weeds and dead spots.

The course is fine when the conditions are right. The freeze had a little to with the greens but they are seldom much better

Not sure who she was, she ran to us digging through our stuff claiming we had alcohol beverages after I told her we don’t have coolers or drinks. Then she took my range balls I was going to practice with after we ended the course. Explained to her it was for practice, I do it all the time I’m a member at the Pearland Golf Club so it’s not like I’m poor like she called us. She wasn’t very fair and ruined our good vibes to say the least.

All greens were covered in little crab grass . You can watch your ball bounce on putts. Frustrating

Do not waste your time and money going here. The front 9 is awful. You need a 4x4 golf cart the manage the fairways and the greens have so many weeds they are unputtable. Putting is like playing plinko on the price is right! Back 9 is slightly better but not by much. Also, no soap in men’s room. Had to get hand sanitizer out of golf bag.

Green had some weed randomly but overall green speed was decent. Fairways were also decent condition. Water hazards on many holes. No bunkers at all on any hole.

It’s really sad to see just how far this course has declined over the years. It’s obvious they are putting no money into maintaining the greens. I wouldn’t be surprised if the course is not open within the year.

Same course different year. Greens are still in horrible shape think of bumpy hard pan. Fair ways are dry and cracked. Too bumpy to really ride down to look for your ball. Pace of play wasn’t great. Ended up in a traffic jam waiting 5-7 minutes each tee box to tee off.

I wouldn’t pay more than $20 to play there again. Not$63, not $44.

Course just needs to be renovated.