Clear Creek Golf Course

We used to play here pretty regularly since my brother had the monthly membership. Used to be pretty good value ($ 55 — weekends). Fun layout. Can be pretty short, but fun. However I played there this past weekend and it is in terrible shape. Course looks like nobody even cares about it anymore. A lot of un-​repaired divots on the greens, sand with grass growing in it (no joke. I should have taken a photo), rough is not maintained. So thick you may as well count it as a hazard and count your ball being lost. Didn’t see a single cart girl the entire round. Pace of play is rarely monitored which is terrible since they allow fivesomes. Don’t believe their motto of «best conditioned golf course.» It is not. Whoever is managing it now really ruined the place.

I’ll start with the negative — the pace of play is always slow. Their greens are in really good shape. This is a decent municipal that is forgiving. Large fairways, hardly any trees through 15 holes and few hazards. This is a good tune up course if you get a deal and don’t mind waiting for shots.

We travel to Houston a few times a year. We’ve played at Herman Park and Sharpstown and this was the first time we tried Clear Creek. The deal on golfnow was $ 25 per person with cart and the course had decent reviews. The course turned out to be great, the starter and the rest of the staff were very nice. The condition of the course was actually fantastic (and I just played TPC Tampa Bay two weeks ago), I can honestly say I was very pleased. We were paired up with another gentleman whom turned out to be really nice. The only slight complaint I have is the pace of play (we teed off about 20 min later than planned). Overall it was a terrific experience and I will definitely return!

Nice golf course, the beverage staff are morons. Called in an order, they made something else entirely, and when I told them it’s not what we ordered, there was no apology, nor was there any offer to rectify the matter. Just excuses and blank stares. (We ordered a grilled chicken sandwich with pickles, lettuce, ketchup and mustard. They gave us a grilled cheese sandwich with the rest.) They simply told us, «we thought it was a weird order.» To make matters worse, she repeated the order to me when we called it in and she SAID chicken. I understand if there is miscommunication or an honest mistake. I could have forgiven that, but there was no apology, and that just makes for abominable, irresponsible service. It’s basic customer service, and they failed.
As for the course, it’s decent, except for the fact that the pace of play is AWFUL. I don’t know if they overbook or if we always get stuck behind slow players, but I’ve yet to see a marshal speed people up or someone actually do something about people who take too damn long. 18 holes should not take 5 – 6 hours to play. It’s abhorrent.

I believe this place is associated with Battleground, which is one of my favorite value courses in Houston. Nice step up from a Municipal course but definitely falls short of a private course. Has everything you’d hope from a course plus GPS! I’m not going to lie, I won’t pay more for GPS but it does come in handy. Course is pretty open and has a nice mixture of obstacles. Grass was very good, although probably could have used a trimming. Not too many areas battling with trees if you’re off the fairway so that’s always a bonus for my game. Overall a solid value course although I think Battleground is still better.

Golf courses are notoriously hard to rate so I’ll break mine up:
Customer Service — 5 stars… I had to take a rain check on a round early last year and thought the credit was good for a year. After they told me it was only six months, they graciously gave me a discounted rate to help take the sting out… great job by the pro shop
Course — 4 stars… they can’t help that it hasn’t rained much this year, and honestly the dried out (and now grassed over) hazards made the course more fun and my score a lot better
Pace — 3 stars… first, it’s Houston, if you tee off anytime after 9am on a weekend, it is your own fault, expect a 5 hour+ round. We teed off at 7:40 and were done by 11:45, slow for us due to terrible threesome/​twosome groups in front of us. The marshall gave them a couple of chances (maybe too many) but finally got on them and they finished strong. I expect a bit quicker round, but all in all I was happy.
Add that this is a quick ride from Midtown and we’ve got a winner.

This is not the first time I have been to this course — probably the last even though they have nice specials. So here we go again, this is the second time I have complained about pace of play and this facility has done — NOTHING to address the issue at the time or after the fact. We played this week at a rate of $ 24 with cart for 18 holes — not a bad deal, well that is as good as it gets, for me, at least. The pace of play was horrendous — after 9 holes it was almost 3 hours, and after 13 holes it was just about 4 hours. I know when I play I like to keep the round to 3.5-to-4.5 max for an entire round — you wont find that at this course.
I called into the club house to see if they could get a Marshal out on the course to monitor the groups — that never happened. I was told by staff that they would send someone out when they had someone — that never happened while we were still playing. Also, when I called in the staff told me they were having trouble with the GPS and could not see all the carts — one would think that would be that much more reason to be out on the course marshaling the players.
When I stopped playing after the 13^th hole, and drove to the clubhouse — I counted at least 8 2-​some groups and a few 3 some groups. If a Marshall would have been doing his/​her job then all those twosome groups would have been foursomes and moved the pace of play along that much quicker.
The twosome in-​front of us took for every — they were betting, playing from tee-​boxes they should not have been and if a marshal had been out there I am sure he could have deduced this from their efforts.
I am not into the 5-​to-​6 hour round of golf — especially on a week day!
The first time I voiced my displeasure I was told — on their FACEBOOK page that a Manager would be calling me to address the same issue — here we are again and the issue still exists (granted its not going away but this is absurd). Pay the extra coin and find a course that cares about their customers — because at this course you’re going to be doing a lot of waiting in my opinion.

The course is pretty open and good for beginners. The only hazard is that some tee boxes are a little close to some of the greens. The price is fair and comes with GPS carts. Sadly the carts are gas powered so they tend to stink. The course is dry but well kept.

Good location but not worth the 6 hour round. Only saw 1 marshal the entire time — when we teed off. A couple of 5-​somes were even playing. We waited on every single hole. 6 hour round, including warm-​up & travel time = 7.5 hrs — unacceptable.

One of the reasons why I like this course is because it’s flat most of the way through. It was not crowded, which was great and the holes were not challenging at all. That is ideal for beginners and a way for regulars to up their game. Overall a good place to hit. Will go back again! The golf cart was great because it was gas powered. The GPS was pretty accurate on the cart as well that tracked your progress.

A nice secluded course that isnt too hard or packed.
Not long:
Blue: 6917
White: 6340
Gold: 5595
Red: 5254
Not many challenging holes, but a nice facility with great practice areas. There is a decent range, a chipping/​putting area with bunker to practice your beach skills.
The front 9 is very straight forward, with the occasional elevated greens and bunkers. back 9 becomes more challenging especially Par 5 # 11, with a creek and woods in play as OB and hazards. This could be a bomb and gauge or target golf course depending on what clubs works best for you.
A good track but abit expensive on the weekends ($ 56 after tax), but we always have a good time here.

Course is wide open except on a few holes on the back nine.
GPS on the carts works well. Greens are decent. Bunkers are decent. Fairways are decent. Nothing of an extreme in either direction in terms of quality.
Worth what you pay which is all I really care about.
Gas powered carts were a bit annoying. Nothing like somebody on the next fairway/​green revving up their engine and taking off in the middle of your backswing.
Staff was helpful and friendly.

Just a work stop… bids bids bids!

When people say to me, «You’ll never lose a ball on this course,» I just smile and sadly shake my head. I lose balls at Putt Putt! This course was no different; It had annoyingly TINY lakes and ponds that somehow swallowed up my swing offerings. Aside from that, the course was in decent shape, though I saw a few too many dirt patches on the fairways. Greens ran slow, and the green side bunkers had thick and mushy sand. Not a fun experience in the beach. You’ll see a lot of turtles and ducks wandering around the lakes. $ 37 for the round on a Saturday afternoon.

the clubhouse is now up and running in full effect. the pro shop still needs a little attention, and a new deck area should be finished soon.
i like this course because it’s close, and when i feel like caddying for man o’ mine, i can bail on him at the 9^th hole if my ADD kicks in too bad.
«that one» is becoming a regular at the range and is really taking a liking to the game.
the clubhouse food is decent too. we have had the burger, chicken strips, and hot dog baskets… sometimes the fries can be hit or miss.
all in all a nice economical community course.

I knew it was gonna be a long day when they told me that the clubhouse was closed and the nearest restroom was an outhouse perched in the parking lot.
Let me start with the positives.
— All the carts come with GPS. Definitely helpful since my caddy wasn’t with me today.
— The greens are actually very nice. A lot of curvature and slope, and very large.
Unfortunate negatives.
— No clubhouse.
— No cart girls. Well, there were cart old ladies — and that just took some of the fun out of my round.
I’d play there again only after they rebuild the clubhouse.

Ok, I just played one of the worst rounds of golf I have ever shot today at this course however the purpose of Unilocal is not to bitch about my horrific swing but to bitch, or praise, the course I was just on.
This course falls between bitching and praise making three stars ideal.
Good points are definitely location, just 15−20mins down the 288 South from downtown and actually quite a pleasant, well kept course. The fees were not half bad either, under $ 40 for my round although paying to play that badly hurt (stop bitching about your playing!).
Not so good points, well the clubhouse was destroyed in the hurricane and they still don’t have it restored so its payment and coffees out of a trailer at the first tee. The course is generally pretty good as long as you can hit the fairways which obviously, I can’t! There is a lot of «wasteland» and water trenches still on the course but really overall it is nice. Tricky par 3’s, really long 5’s and reasonable 4’s which can easily be reached (by my colleagues!) in two shots.
Driving range (bit shabby) and putting greens (even shabbier) to practice on and plenty of parking.
Basically I would happily come back here again, well priced but the lack of clubhouse lets it down.
Go, play, enjoy yourself and for God’s sake if you see me tee-​ing up, get your head down!!! FORE!!!