Pinnacle Golf Club is one of the East Texas courses that I've been wanting to check out. The community seems to advertise itself as a "Dallas" community, but it is a healthy drive to get out here (abo... Continue »

Pinnacle Golf Club is one of the East Texas courses that I've been wanting to check out. The community seems to advertise itself as a "Dallas" community, but it is a healthy drive to get out here (about 1.5 hours from Dallas). The community is a lakefront community on the Cedar Creek Reservoir and has some beautiful looking homes. Unfortunately, you don't get any water views, except the par-3 10th which is a cool hole playing about 180 yards over a finger of the lake. I actually had to wait for a jet ski to go past before playing! The course is only ~6600 yards from tips but it is a stern test because every hole is a tunnel of trees that you hit down. My Northern CA comparison is Bayonet (at least when I played there years ago). You really need to be accurate to score or you'll spend a lot of time in the woods. Thankfully, everything is cleared out and you can find your ball easily and at least pitch it out. I think I had maybe 6 or 7 pars and I know I hit more trees than that! With all the trees the course presents so well. Many greens slope from back to front and are difficult to putt - a little bit old school in that regards. The par-5 16th is the only "odd" hole on the course as it has a hard-to-get-to layup area surrounded by water. After the drive it is basically like playing two par-3's. Everything was in summer bloom with the crape myrtle trees adding some color. The conditions were near perfect as well. Under the trees were thin spots but everything else was great. I think there is some zoysia around the tees and greens so that was tricky to chip from as the ball sat up more than normal. Somehow I paid $17 and it was a total steal. This place is well worth the $50 green fee. If you are in the area check it out!