Idylwild Golf Club

Excellent course for the money. Greens were in better than fair, fairways were cut but very dry. Pace was ok, I was a single behind a foursome. Good day at golf!

Course was above average for what it usually provides. There’s some fairways with rough hitting conditions but the back 9 greens were just worked on and greatly appreciate work being put in to improve it. As long as you don’t have your expectations too high it provides a fun course to challenge your distance control and course management.

You'd think that after being closed so long for "improvements" things would be in better shape. Fairways were dryer and thinner than you would expect, and the greens while mostly good but had bare spots. Also, I reserved my tee time on Golfnow for a certain price only to be charged more when I got to the counter. Just disappointing.

The good: The counter help was very nice and accommodating, and pace of play and the course layout were good, as well.

The bad: The greens, fairways, and tee boxes on this older course were a mixture of grass types, and mostly NOT Bermuda grass. The greens were bumpy and inconsistent as a result, making it pointless to anticipate the breaks in the greens.

This is a good practice course for the price, but if playing competitively I'd recommend agreeing in advance to a two putt max.

….prevents poor performance. Tee time for noon and we had to wait for a cart to start our round, behind a group of 5 where only 3 were playing (one was in a cart with NO clubs just to ride along). Greens were full of weeds and weren’t maintained well. Pace of play was not kept up by groups ahead of us, and there were some patrons who clearly did not understand the intricacies of golf etiquette (repairing ball marks, letting faster play through, etc…). There were families out for what seemed like joy rides while one or two played, music blaring from carts, and young children running around on fairways and tee boxes.

Idylwild isn’t near the course it used to be. I’m not sure if ownership has changed hands, but when we played years ago, we would’ve ranked it as one of the top in SETX area.