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Bayou Golf Course
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Joe Finger laid the Bayou out in the 1970s. The links-style course he carved out of the 200 acres along Moses Bayou has plenty of water and elevated tees and greens. The Galveston Bay winds affect this open course, so the 6,665-yard, par 72 plays significantly longer. Every par 5 is over 500 yards, and four of the par 4s are over 400 yards.
On the front, the long par 4 No. 6 is tough because the approach must carry the bayou to a tiny green. And No. 10 involves a lake off the tee and on the approach.
The back is what really tears into the soul of a golfer, though, presenting a 580-yard double dogleg on No. 15 followed just a short while later by the ridiculous 475-yard par 4 17th. This hole is lined on the left by old Moses, and water hazards creep into the fairway. The inevitably long approach goes into an elevated green guarded by water.
Getting there : From Hwy. 146 south, turn right on Loop 197, and head over to Ted Dudley Dr. Turn right, and the course is on the right side of the street.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6665 yards | 71.0 | 114 |
| White | 72 | 6251 yards | 69.4 | 111 |
| Red (W) | 73 | 5448 yards | 70.0 | 118 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 72.5/123 | 511 | 366 | 414 | 335 | 180 | 414 | 134 | 502 | 412 | 3268 | 481 | 361 | 368 | 164 | 349 | 562 | 191 | 459 | 393 | 3328 | 6596 |
| White M: 70.7/120 W: 75.5/130 | 490 | 352 | 395 | 318 | 167 | 385 | 117 | 487 | 393 | 3104 | 419 | 349 | 355 | 149 | 332 | 506 | 161 | 444 | 333 | 3048 | 6152 |
| Gold M: 68.8/118 W: 73.6/126 | 462 | 310 | 370 | 295 | 150 | 360 | 100 | 460 | 377 | 2884 | 409 | 339 | 345 | 139 | 322 | 477 | 144 | 428 | 313 | 2916 | 5800 |
| Red M: 66.0/113 W: 71.3/121 | 421 | 300 | 282 | 281 | 140 | 296 | 94 | 418 | 323 | 2555 | 326 | 331 | 330 | 135 | 313 | 438 | 134 | 411 | 278 | 2696 | 5251 |
| Handicap | 10 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Par | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 10 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 11 |
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Tough Track
Today’s winds were around 20-25 mph, there is so much water in the front 9 it’s pretty crazy!! Greens are in very good shape and very challenging!! I shot 86 today from the blues and hit the ball very well in today’s conditions!!
A very challenging GC!!
Joe
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Don’t waste your money
Course was not in good condition, greens were inconsistent, bunkers and tee boxes were terrible. Plenty of other courses to play for the money, for example Bay Forest. Won’t return.
Thank you for reviewing the course. Let us first start by apologizing for the poor experience you had during your visit. The current condition is by no means the standard we strive to achieve, and we are working towards getting things up to par. Thank you for playing Bayou Golf Course. We hope to see you again soon.
Feedback Suggestions
1. Distance to the holes needs better marking
2. Cart path project needs to be completed.
3. Need another 9 or 18 holes as high tide flooding issues obviously exist.
4. A little too pricey for those of us living on social security.
Overall a very well kept and operated golf course
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Good public course
Course has water on a good portion of the holes and is windy from being close to the coast. Rough spots in parts of the fairways but nothing unfair. Greens rolled really well and down hill puts were very quick. I’d definitely recommend this course to any golfer. Good overall value.
Only glaring negative was a group of 6 that held up pace of play on the back 9. Not really on the fault of the course since they likely didn’t have a starter/marshalls out as a COVID-19 precaution.
Hi, Tex1986! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Bayou Golf Course!
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Hello, sergioaguilar. Thank you for visiting us at Bayou Golf Course. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Average fun course
Great greens. Fairways in poor conditions. No marshal around to control slower group play.
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Bayou Golf Club
Excellent round, great weather, finished in 2.5 hours even behind a foursome.
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Course condition needs improvement!
Seems that course needs to be irrigated more. Lot of bold and brown spots. Course layout is challenging and enjoyable.
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Rutting of fairways
It is a decent course and a good value for the money. However, they allow too much Fairway driving after rains causing some significant rutting in various places.
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Meh
Prettystandar municiurse
A few decent holes
In general poorly maintained, bad fairways, poor tee boxes
Thank you for reviewing the course. Let us first start by apologizing for the poor experience you had during your visit. The current condition is by no means the standard we strive to achieve, and we are working towards getting things up to par. Thank you for playing Bayou Golf Course. We hope to see you again soon.
Drove by forever finally stopped.
The front desk was very welcoming. He mentioned the fairways being touched up by high tides, but that factored in very little. The greens were excellent. Neat little course. We’ll be back.
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Hi, u000005515370. We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Bayou Golf Course. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for another 5-star experience!
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Decent course
Fairways need some fixing and bunkers with better sand. But a decent course
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Greens rolling true
Windy day but course is in good shape greens were excellent. Open layout, but has several holes you can use a long iron, hybrid or 3/5 wood off the tee because of dog leg or water coming into play . Really enjoyed the course, pace of play was a little slow as a 5 some was playing in a couple groups ahead of us,causing the 2 groups a head of us too slow down still abel to play a 4 hour round
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