WestWinds Golf Club

The course was in excellent shape and very challenging. The staff were very friendly and helpful.I would recommend it to anyone looking for a great challenge.

Played this course yesterday Tuesday 10/10/12. Pulled up to the parking lot to see what I anticipated, a lot of empty parking spaces. My thoughts were, "yes we have the whole course to ourselves". Most who have never played here would probably start to worry what kind of course they had arrived at. I, on the other hand had no worries taking my 3 friends there. Of course when pulling up all holes in plain view look great at just about any course. But ultimately it's the other 14 holes you don't see that will sway your decision to return or not in most cases. I looked at my friends and said, "cant beat this for $15". That's the cost to hit balls at the range these days. When you go to a course you pay for green fees. For $15 these greens were incredible. I've been to courses were the fee is 7 times this price and the green itself is 7 times worse. While right now you must be thinking the rest of the course must be sub par, this is not the case. The course is and has always been in great shape in my opinion. While over the years some off the fairway bunkers bunkers have grown in, all green side bunkers have been in decent, but more importantly, consistent shape throughout the course. The courses layout offers many challenging but fair holes. Many of the tee shots are blind with OB on just about every hole, but still plenty of room on errant shots. This course has many elevation changes and is laid out around a community with quite a bit of distance between some holes. I do not recommend walking this course unless its something you always do. I first played this course 15 years ago in a best ball tournament or I would have never known about it. In between then and now the course went from private to public then back to private to become once again public. I do not know if this has pushed people in the area away or not. Maybe it's the layout. Maybe it's the food or lack there of. There was no food when we went this past time. The only negative thing my friends noticed. I definitely know its not the shape the course is in. I've never been disappointed here and my friends and I will be back and will have the entire course to ourselves for only $15 when booked on golfnow.

The course has some areas that desperately need attention. More than the course, the staff needs to learn to pay attention to patrons. We were not made aware that all the golf carts must be returned to the clubhouse by 7:30 PM instead of at dark, so when we headed out at 6 we didn't realize our play would be interrupted by staff wanting us to bring our cart in and we could 'walk & carry [our] clubs' if we wanted to play longer.

I play this course as often as possible. For the money and the amazing shape of the course, it can't be beat. I have several courses around me in Montgomery County that I've frequented but few have been the same level of quality as West Winds and they often cost 3 times as much to play. Extremely friendly staff, great course, some very difficult holes on the back 9. Blind tee shots, sloping greens, a hole where you have to carry water and/or a tree to have a good tee shot, this place has it all.

My only qualms 1) some of the sandtraps could be better/softer and 2) the people that don't take care of the course as they play.

Aside from the very reasonable rates, this is one of the finest courses within 100 miles!

if new to course some markers or hole highlights for some holes would help