Chateau Elan Golf Club - Woodlands Course

The course was very old and worn out.

It was like a trash bin.

A really challenging but rewarding course. We played off the forward tees and our highest handicapper won the day so it's very playable for all. Impressive set up all round.

Woodlands course is not a long course but challenging enough and the layout is very interesting and not boring.

Die to construction of new residential houses along the some of holes of the course, we have been experiencing some dust and noise while playing with some maintenance issues on fairways. I am not sure whether that was the reason or not but the course was wide open on Sunday afternoon so we did not have to worry about pace of play.

Will definitely play again.

Course was in good shape. Greens were good and soft. A little expensive but it was a good round.

I have played the Woodlands course multiple times but not in about a year. Checking in the staff was helpful and friendly and the pro shop has an outstanding selection of merchandise. In getting and loading the cart we noticed it had a flat rear tire. We changed carts and the new cart had not been cleaned or had sand bottles filled. Next we tee off on the chewed up tee boxes. Fairways and roughs were not up to standards but the real problem was the greens. Almost all of them were suffering severe damage with no grass in certain area and an extremely bumpy surface. This is snot a course worth $95.00 on a weekday in this condition. If you can't present a playable golf course, let your golfers know and reduce your rates. Currently I would not go back.

The course, especially the greens, is unfortunately in need of much better maintenance. It has a great layout with the potential to be worth $150 or more if the course were properly maintained. It’s a shame that the condition of the course doesn’t live up to its potential.

I always like the layout of woodlands, and it is extremely challenging for those who hit a draw. But I was completely lied to in the pro shop. I knew that the course had aerated on aug 24-25 (over a month ago) so I asked the lady at the front desk (Andrea) how the greens were, and she said “oh they are great, healed super well and firming up nicely”. Not only were the greens unbelievably soft, but we drive up to the first green and it was top dressed yesterday. It felt extremely disrespectful for her to lie. If she told me the greens were bad, it would have been fine, but it just felt very wrong to lie about it and tell me they were in great shape. Sarazen’s bar was fantastic after the round and I still really enjoyed the round, just would have appreciated a heads up and not a lie.

A few Positive things, Staff was friendly and Pro Shop is nice. However, the negative....for the price I expected the cart to be powered at full and not die on me on hole 14, secondly, the greens are terrible! Divert holes everywhere and finally, when the cart did die on me the pro shop did not answer the phone call.

There was a time I preferred this course over the other two but it’s very apparent they are running the Woodlands course on a Dollar Tree budget! So sad!!

Little disappointed course green condition is little…..

As a big fan of Chateau Elan Golf Club, I was really disappointed with my recent round on the Woodlands Course. It was unusually quiet out there, but I quickly understood why. While the fairways were in good shape, the putting greens were in terrible condition—covered in unaddressed ball marks and heavily damaged. Also, the Woodlands greens are too soft. Additionally, the rough was cut far too long, making it hard to find balls just off the fairway. I’m not sure if this is a deliberate layout choice, a lack of maintenance, or hot weather, but the current course quality definitely doesn't justify the green fees.

I was disappointed with the course conditions. Yes they had a bad storm a few days prior but the greens were in pretty bad shape. Not sure why. This was always a good course in the area.

I’ll try it again and hope it’s much better

I enjoy playing the chateau courses! Greens were really soft from the rain but had a great time.

I’ve always preferred The Woodlands course over the Chateau course.

I have played this course for years and always liked it better than the Chateau course. Unfortunately it is heading in the wrong direction. It was more than just the recently punched greens. Pace of play was terrible. We waited on most tee boxes. The fairways had eroded spots of dirt and rocks over near the cart paths in many areas. This is a sign that the course is not properly maintained as a I’ve seen it at a LOT of courses that deteriorated over the years.

Finally, they’re going to have to rename the course. When I started playing there, there were maybe 10 houses on the entire course. It truly was “woodlands”. Not any more. Huge swaths all over the back nine have been clear cut for new neighborhoods. Doesn’t look promising. We got a bit of a cut rate because of the aeration. Even though we had a good time and I played well, It wasn’t enough.

The bunkers need a bit of work. Some of the bunkers had plastic sticking out from the base. Its so unfortunate that some golfers don’t repair their pitch marks and rake bunkers. They leave the course in a poor condition for others. Just selfish

Reasonably well taken care of, greens were a little inconsistent. Overall most holes will challenge your ball placement skills. Fun to play