Greatwood Golf Club
About
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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Photo submitted by u215505674 on 04/28/2024
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Photo submitted by u215505674 on 04/28/2024
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Photo submitted by u314159968851 on 02/08/2024
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Gator swimming in middle of pond Photo submitted by u314163524178 on 11/18/2023
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Photo submitted by KgvTpb0NHO2ClN4Cboz5 on 10/27/2023
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Photo submitted by u000006680707 on 02/19/2022
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Green on 18 Photo submitted by rrrod81 on 04/11/2021
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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
They control
They control everything, pushed to play fast even though no one was behind us and the carts are under their control so don’t try to go to far.
Greatwood Golf
The greens are rough. Extremely slow and bumpy. The tee boxes are very hard. Takes two hands to get a tee in the ground.
Great course layout.
To back this little gem is not been maintained,
The greens were dead except for the pawns grass. The facility was just plain dirty and the smell in the restrooms was horrible. The holes are designed in a fun way but you feel like you are driving to another county between holes.
Greens
I don't mind clumps of long-fescue grass, which are a weed to Bermuda grass golf courses, but they are all over the greens which makes them un-puttable.
Poorly maintained and below standard
At first look from the parking area the clubhouse look great, making a strong first impression. However, once inside, the clubhouse appears very run-down, with leaves scattered everywhere—even inside the pro shop. The clubhouse is in serious need of a makeover.
The locker room was filled with broken chairs, and there was no paper available for your hands.
As for the course, the fairways were extremely dry, and the greens were in terrible condition—putting straight was nearly impossible.
I believe both the course and clubhouse have the potential to be excellent, but in their current state, they are poorly maintained and below standard. I hope to see improvements in the future, but for the $75 green fee that I paid, I would choose a different course every time.
Great course - Needs TLC
I have always loved the layout of Greatwood, but it really needs some water! Fairways are bare and not much greenery at all. Greens are bare as well slick, which is not a bad thing but could be a bit more consistent with the crab-grass growing in a few areas, which throw off puts somewhat. Again love the layout, hopefully a little more Spring showers and this will be a top-notch course again!
Meh
Scratch golfer and just played a 5 hour round. Pace of play wasn't a huge deal, considering I was in a fivesome. Don't even get me started on how mismanaged the tee times were. Course conditions were pretty frustrating. The greens were running so fast the slopes were unplayable. They had some holes cut in the middle of slopes where if you missed your putt/chip it'd roll 10+ ft away. Chipping around the green was impossible because of this. As others have said, the aprons are quite grown in, which isn't a huge deal until you get to certain holes that require long irons in. I hit a great tee shot on 14 and had 150 yds in. pushed my iron 5 yds right of the pin and had a chip down a gigantic slope which rolled all the way off the green. The greens being so small wouldn't be such a huge deal if the slopes weren't playing so severe. Not to mention the crabgrass growing all over the greens making you play plinko every other hole. Just a rough outing. I got a deal and paid $43 plus an $8 bucket (insane considering they give you like 25 balls). If I paid $20 more for a regular fee I would've been even more dissapointed. Used to come play here a bit more often when I was younger but the conditions have gone downhill. Wouldn't recommend for the price, doesn't play well. I'd rather play Sharpstown for $20 cause at least there I get what I'm paying for (with better greens tbh).
Not worth $60
The good. Staff was great. Friendly and very helpful.
The bad. Half the coarse is cart patch only due to very poor drainage. Cart paths will rattle your clubs out of the bag they are so broken
The ugly. The greens at one time were bigger and in better shape. They let the apron grow in so much around that they are postage stamps.
This place and sienna are the exact same when it comes to the shape the coarse ie in and value for the dollar. hopefully they will be sold to someone Not worth $60 not worth the drive. Won’t be back
Best course
Tough course love it won’t find better but they have drop zone for you if your not that good so don’t be scared of it makes it fun to play for the non advanced golfers as well.
Gif you like to play serious golf
I used to come here when I first moved here cause it was cheap but it needed a little TLC.The bunkers were unplayable and the greens were not great….Fast forward 1 yr….I finally got a chance to come back and man was I impressed! I always loved the layout (no two holes are the same) but they put the TLC into the course that was needed(they added GPS in the carts) bunkers are good and the greens were fast and true.Hole number 10 is one of the prettiest holes around(and challenging if you don’t hit the fairway or if your short) My only hang up is the greens are very small and too small for the par 5s.But other than that great course!