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Greatwood Golf Club
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Greatwood is known for its white sand bunkers and impressive par 3s, three of which play right at or over 200 yards. The 1989 Carlton Gipson design features elevated tees and greens that sandwich plush fairways and are contoured with mounds.
The 434-yard par 4 hole 5 is one difficult par, featuring a fairways loaded with bunkers and involves water on the approach. No. 18 goes 576, yards. While the tee shot is fairly standard, the second shot must land short of a plateau and might involve a blind approach shot if placed too far to the left. The intimidating approach plays into a green surrounded by water on three sides.
Getting there : From Hwy. 59 south, turn left on Crab River Rd., then make a left onto the other side of Hwy. 59. Look for Greatwood Pkwy. and make another left when you get there.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 6836 yards | 72.3 | 1308 |
| Blue | 72 | 6388 yards | 70.4 | 136 |
| White | 72 | 6009 yards | 68.8 | 132 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5220 yards | 70.0 | 125 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 74.1/142 W: 81.6/148 | 360 | 362 | 401 | 197 | 434 | 533 | 214 | 396 | 564 | 3461 | 418 | 362 | 206 | 389 | 487 | 153 | 390 | 387 | 576 | 3368 | 6829 |
| Blue M: 72.0/140 W: 78.7/147 | 329 | 340 | 375 | 178 | 415 | 501 | 195 | 376 | 540 | 3249 | 374 | 341 | 178 | 369 | 476 | 132 | 370 | 342 | 556 | 3138 | 6387 |
| White M: 70.3/136 W: 76.3/142 | 312 | 317 | 356 | 160 | 393 | 482 | 180 | 352 | 512 | 3064 | 356 | 318 | 160 | 351 | 454 | 120 | 355 | 301 | 524 | 2939 | 6003 |
| Red M: 67.2/118 W: 71.9/128 | 277 | 296 | 327 | 133 | 340 | 430 | 148 | 295 | 459 | 2705 | 327 | 255 | 140 | 319 | 428 | 107 | 296 | 257 | 456 | 2585 | 5290 |
| Handicap | 15 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 6 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 11 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 6 |
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Gator swimming in middle of pond Photo submitted by u314163524178 on 11/18/2023
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Green on 18 Photo submitted by rrrod81 on 04/11/2021
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Photo submitted by MKent54997 on 10/25/2020
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Photo submitted by MKent54997 on 10/25/2020
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Photo submitted by MKent54997 on 10/25/2020
As good as it gets at Greatwood
As long as i can remember... hole 17 green is the hole that tells you if this golf course is in good or bad condition. Its in great condition!
David
Nice course, pace of play great and friendly staff. 1 or 2 greens need to finish growing in.
Like the course
Like the course better to play on weekdays much faster weekend is a log jam had to play the front nine twice
Quality golf course
Greatwood is all an avid golfer could ask for. Extremely challenging, good fairways and greens are excellent presently.
Good course for the money
Not too busy, nice course, greens could need some attention from the green keeper.
More Decent Than Bad
Pros:
Staff was friendly
Fairways were dry but had enough grass on them
Not too many bugs
Layout is interesting enough
Pace of play was good at least for today
Cons:
Traps are like concrete - look decent but are 100% not
Cart - parking brake didn't work and steering was super loose
Greens were meh. Some sand but not too bad overall. Very dry and fast - couldn't make a divot on them if you wanted to. Had interesting undulation though.
Nice course
Enjoy this course we had a great time good pace of play good conditions
Greens Back
Greens are back-no bear spots.
Bugs are gone
Fairway are good
Only issue are sand trays need work. Hard packed
and need sand, not clay/sand.
A mixed bag
The good - The layout and shape of the holes is nice. I like how it's not a driver all day kind of course. I hit hybrids off the tee 4 times playing from the blues. The course winds through a housing development but you don't feel crowded by the houses. There is plenty of room. Also it's a meandering layout so no two holes are side by side. Each hole feels isolated from the rest.
The bad - The greens. They are recovering from a punch but judging from the other comments they may never be in great shape. Which is a shame. The greens are farily small and with some care could roll smooth and true if not necessarily fast. Also the bunkers are a little rough. i saw a guy on a tractor raking one but on a hole to hole basis I'm not sure how much it happens. Like another commenter mentioned - rake a spot and play it from there. Sadly its what I've come to expect from public golf in the greater Houston area. Even at courses that charge substantially more.
Verdict - This is a course with potential. The routing is comfortable and there are a few challenging views from the tee boxes. Tee to green it is fun to play. But its a crapshoot on the greens.
Gnats and Bumpy Greens.
This course has a lot of potential and pretty good layout. It's a shame that they haven't tried to improve it. The greens were a disasters, obviously diseased and torn up. The worst part by far was the gnats. I'm used to mosquitoes, familiar with wearing bug spray, this was a whole different level. I was afraid to take a deep breathe, fearing I would swallow a plethora of bugs. Please put some care into this course or drop the price.
Gnats for days
As the title states - the amount of gnats and bugs on this course was absurd . Bug spray wouldn’t even help with the density of bugs.
Not that bad at all
I read the reviews before I played and was expecting the worse. The greens are not great but they are playable. The bunkers were not great but playable as well. If you are not a golf snob Greatwood will be a decent course to put in the rotation. With a little work it could be a wonderful course. I really enjoyed the layout.
Mediocre
Some of the worst greens and overall conditions for what could be an awesome course with that layout. Unless you had a range finder you couldn’t find any distance markers. For the money there’s a lot of other courses I’d prefer to play
Greens are terrible
The course was ok. Fairways were fine - though dried out and hard. The greens were horrific. Dead spots everywhere. Traps were either too full of soft sand or hard with rocks in them.
It was a Saturday but the course was empty. It made for a fast round but I guess people figured out it’s not worth the money to play.
Getting better
Improvements being made but not there yet.
Bunkers need work - rake and move ball. Greens still bumpy with some sandy areas. Fairways good and firm.
Still like the course - hope better in a couple of weeks??
Stay away save your money!
Course is in terrible shape especially the greens and the bugs were out thick (gnats mosquitoes)
Tire tracks on the fairway some of the bunkers were rock hard
Not worth What they charge for the green fees.
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