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Value
3.4
Layout
3.9
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.2
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About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Par 72
Length 6988 yards
Slope 142
Rating 74.3

Editor's Note: Course closed for business in 2020.

Formerly known as Columbia Lakes Resort & Conference Center. Tall Texas oak trees covered in moss, dogleg fairways, lagoons, and winding, clear-blue lakes highlight the golf course on this 2,000-acre resort. Many of the holes have been nominated as some of the most difficult in Houston, including the 533-yard fifth, which doglegs right around a lake that impacts play on every shot. No. 18, a long par 4, requires a perfect drive to the right side of the fairway in order to have a chance to fire away at the long approach. This approach must carry water and avoid the overhanging trees, and the green is extremely shallow, less than 50 feet deep. Tom Fazio redesigned this impressive resort course in the early 1980s. It was his first assignment.

Course Details

Year Built 1973
Fairways 419 Hybrid Bermuda Grass
Greens Tiff Dwarf Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Tom Fazio (1973) Tom Fazio (1989)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper golf attire required.

Available Facilities

Meeting Facilities, Conference Facilities, Banquet Facilities

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Fitness, Tennis

Reviews

2.8
58 Reviews (58)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 8
This course/club is great for:
Locals 6

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Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Poor weather
Used cart

This course is challenging

Greens have greatly improved, not pretty but they are rolling smooth and holding. They are working on the bunkers adding sand and drainage. Great course to play and practice

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Average course

Average course fairly maintained. Would recommend if you are considering a fair drive to it

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

nice course

The grass in the ruff was a little high and the fareway was a little wet in some spots but overall a good course to play you are never rushed by other player great course

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

course is worth the drive to

course was close and cheap not too expensive plenty to see to and fro the course

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Improving

Still miss mulligans (cafe/bar/grill)...there is nowhere to get food or drinks till Brazos grill opens at 11am...

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Plays Once a year
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course

Had a great time at course. The staff at The golf course was very courteous and very polite and friendly they had my cart ready when I got there so there was no waiting and no paperwork to be filled out. The course was well kept in a very nice relaxing neighborhood.it was a experience like I had never had. No rush in trying to complete my hole before someone else trying to get to the green. The wildlife was wonderful to play along with and the greens where kept very well. I look forward to playing this course in the next few weeks and recommend that you try it out for yourself. Booking the trip on golf now.com was very convenient and easy to do. The club house had many things for sale or had something that you might had forgotten. Had a great experience and recommend it to all my friends.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Poor weather
Used cart

Getting better!!!

This used to be a really nice golf course until several years ago when it went to pot. They have finally started improving where we will consider playing it again.

Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

RSGolfer

Great deal for the money. Hot deal $10. Course is in good shape. Greens are on the slow side

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap Don't know
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

great goff holes

not a bad golf hole on the course, greens good enough, I fully understand and sympathise with golf courses with all the rain this yearit has been very hard to keep things mowed, I lost two balls just off the fairway and several others required exstensive searches to locate, I definitely want to play this Fazio layout again real soon

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Worst course I have ever played. Ever.

So this course is in a retirement community about an hour south of Houston. It was awful. I am pretty easily satisfied with golf courses but this was a waste of a drive. The grass on the tee boxes is long. The fairway is lined with these tall clovers so you can't even find your ball if it lands on the fairway. The greens. Oh my lord. They should be called whites. Because about 60-80% of each green is pure sand. It's too bad I can't post a picture of the greens/whites.The water everywhere is supposed to be scenic but is filthy both in appearance and smell. How golfnow allows this course to be on there is mind boggling to me.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

You can go home again

This was the course to play in Brazoria County Texas during the 1980s. Difficult but fair. Now it is an old maid living in a dilapidated frame house filled with stray cats. Fairways unmowed, greens more sand than grass, tee boxes unleveled and unprepared, etc. Such a shame. They should bulldoze the entire layout and build middle income homes.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great service, peaceful setting

Beautiful course with some really challenging holes. Lots of water made for some strategic club decisions, and the track was laid out well. Pace a bit slow, but folks were very friendly and considerate of my wife and I. Greens and fairways in good, not great condition. Any slight flaw in the course was forgotten quickly because of the excellent service and the general scenery of the beautiful, matured course. Rates looked reasonable, but if you can find a hot deal its an excellent value.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

Good Value

We got this tee time as a "Hot Deal". It was the first time playing the course. It has a nice layout , but some of the greens are have bare spots and the bunkers need some work.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Flukester and sons

Looked like it was a resort at one time but a little run down. Bunkers were unplayable but the track was pretty challenging and the greens weren't too bad

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Used to be the top course in the area

There is now grass on the greens but still lots of bald spots. The fairways are getting lots of ruts with people driving carts through muddy spots this year.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Cheap green fees, but u get what u pay for..

Overall a positive experience,... Only thing worth pointing out is the poor condition of the course. Most greens had large patches of dead grass. Fairways had been mowed, but grass clippings were clumped up all over the Fairways. Could be a very nice course if the grounds keepers did a better job with it.

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great condition for having had 2 inches of rain the day before.

Would have not played but because of the long drive we did. Going back soon.

Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Priced just right

Yes the greens are in bad shape, but for a 'hot deal' on golf now, it's worth the trip. Every time I go here, the maintenance crew is hard at work. You can actually put the tee in the ground, there is sand in the bunkers and grass in the fairways. That is much more than I can say for many courses in the Houston area. Good things come to those who wait.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

unplayable

you can only play this course from tee to fairway, greens are unplayable. i am surprised they are even open. they dont even have weeds on the greens, its just flat out sand. very disappointed because the layout of the course is very challenging. spoke to the manager afterwards, they are hoping to be in playable condition sometime next week. i'd love to play this course when its in decent shape.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Course needs work, greens are dead

Columbia Lakes is approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes away but is a course I have played many times and have enjoyed the layout and the challenge. The people are always very friendly and the pace is very good. However for some reason the present state of the course is horrible especially and I use this term loosely the greens because they are mostly dirt and patches of grass. My best guess would be that something or some bacteria has caused this and naturally I wish had known this before making the drive. I plan to play this course in the future with the hopes course will improve.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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