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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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No 10 tee box and fairway Photo submitted by SHockett on 05/23/2026
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No 7 green Photo submitted by u000008047504 on 04/17/2019
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Green Hole 1 05/14/16 Photo submitted by garbergr on 05/19/2016
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My only double bogey came on the last hole when my third shot approach caught the far left part of the huge green, leaving a three putt. Otherwise I played well. Greens continue the recent trend of being great. Glad they saved money sodding over the bunkers. Sand traps are overrated anyway. Friendly staff, cart girl made frequent checks…I needed the extra ice on an 85 degree day. There was some ground under repair around the 9th tee…gold black and gray were moved up…not complaining. I was able to sink a long putt for par on a hole that normally plays like a par 5 as it bends around a good sized pond. This course rewards those who are successful on risk taking. A fun links style layout. The best part of this course are the people working there and those who I play alongside. A great value.
Hello, thank you for visiting us at Southwyck Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Course is playable but fairways need work.
Still bumpy as always do drive slow!!! Sand traps are gone, I don’t miss much-even more difficult around greens. Greens are in good shape except for some sandy spots.
Got tee time on Hot Deals GN.
Driving range off matts but very sandy base.
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Great value for your money
This course is somewhat challenging, all the bunkers were removed however still remain a very interesting course to play
Thank you for visiting us at Southwyck Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
We would love to hear more about your 4-star experience on our course. Please tell us what we can do to earn that last star, and thanks for golfing at Southwyck Golf Club!
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.
Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Southwyck Golf Club!
We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us to share your favorite part of your experience and what we can do to earn that last star! Thanks for golfing at Southwyck Golf Club!
Great layout, but won’t be going back for a while
Great layout with memorable holes. Forgiving fairways and interesting tooigraphy; but course conditions have deteriorated from pre-COVID times. Hoping they put some money back in and improve the conditions at an otherwise fun course.
Hi, Brian. Thank you for reviewing the course. Let us first start by apologizing for the poor experience you had during your visit. Your feedback about the course is important to us. We are working to get everything up to par. We have projects ongoing to recover the fairways and greens. The current condition is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We are going to escalate your feedback to our team so we can make improvements before your next game, and we will continue to work towards an excellent experience by using your comment for guidance. Thank you for playing Southwyck Golf Club. We hope to see you again soon.
Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We see you rated the course 2-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit.
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Overall fair layout! 1st time I played in 15 years! Remove all sand bunkers due to lack of maintenance of the sand bunkers ! Replaced with grass bunkers! Enjoyed my round with two members! I will play again!
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.
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.
Best value
Greens are in their best shape. Putts rolling true. Had a rain delay a few weeks back.?Cheeseburger was top notch. The staff are so helpful and friendly. I don’t mind getting stuck in traffic on my way home. The manager made a great decision sodding over the bunkers…keeping this a true links style golf course. My only caveat is to carry extra golf balls. It’s easy to lose a ball in the rough.
Your feedback is important to us. Thank you for sharing your 5-star experience. We look forward to seeing you again at the course soon! Thanks for choosing Southwyck Golf Club.
Not for me.
It’s thankfully not too overpriced, but for the conditions of the greens and overall layout still not worth it for me! Weird layout with lots of back tracking and turn arounds and the big thing to me….ZERO bathrooms outside the clubhouse. Pace of play was painfully slow and I’m a pretty slow player with plenty of patience. I’m sure it’s a nice course in its own way, just not for me.
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Southwyck Golf Club, and we hope to see you again in the future.
Getaway
I've been here several times and will always come back. The course offers me a challenge and since I don't get to play a lot it probably always will. This day, in particular, the only downside was a group of 5 playing ahead of us. It caused about 3 groups to bottleneck for the majority of the holes. Besides this everything else was fine.
Hi, thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Southwyck Golf Club.
We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us to share your favorite part of your experience and what we can do to earn that last star! Thanks for golfing at Southwyck Golf Club!
Hi, we are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Southwyck Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for another great experience!
Hello!. We appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at Southwyck Golf Club. Let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!
Good simple enough course
have played this course often during covid, and i really wish they would spend a little more money on the courses fairways. very rutted, and hard in the landing zones, making for very unlucky bounces.
Greens were overall in good shape, the pin placement location was not accurate in the least..supposed to be C but they were all over the place, not in the noted C locations.
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We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Southwyck Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for another great experience!
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Hello, thank you for visiting us at Southwyck Golf Club. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.