This has to be one of the top 2-3 public course in the greater Houston area, if not THEE best:
- Driving range is immense, great short game area, new range balls, practice putting green that rolls ni... Continue »

This has to be one of the top 2-3 public course in the greater Houston area, if not THEE best:
- Driving range is immense, great short game area, new range balls, practice putting green that rolls nice and fast
- Layout is crazy tough if you try to play from the pro tees. Swallow your ego and move up to enjoy your round. I shoot 10-15 strokes higher than my avg from the pro tips.
- Conditions are usually as good as can be on the course, fast greens, lush fairways, flat teeboxes
- Premium price ($125-165) but relative bargain when you consider that this is a regular tour venue. I paid $145 for Torrey Pines and Harding Park but those courses are usually in subpar shape.
- Food in the dining room is maybe the best of any course in town. Try the eggs benedict or gourmet burgers w/ fresh cut twice fried french fries
- Caddy service required for tee times before 1pm (which I'm not crazy about, but may be fun to try if you never done so)

The old line, 'you get what you paid for' definitely applies here. They don't shortchange any aspect of the golf experience, from the staff on the course, to the proshop, to the restaurant, to the conditions of the greens/fairways/teeboxes/sandtraps. I always look forward to a round here and they never disappoint.

As for the conditions, I played here in April after the tour event and it was crazy thick in the rough, fast on the greens. You want the best that Houston can offer? This is not a bad place to start.