Grand Lake Golf Club

We had a group of 8 players in front of us and the marshal did nothing to break them up resulting in a five and a half hour round. Completely unacceptable especially at a course that offers no amenities.

Grand Lakes is a course with a great layout. If the course was in better shape, it would be outstanding. NO FACILITIES!! Be aware.
Supposedly new owners and they are starting to make renovations. If they do, it will be great. Still enjoyed my round.

This course could be a hidden gem, but the pace of play was interminable. While I very much appreciate the course being fairly well maintained at the sacrifice of NO amenities, having a marshall on the course moving slow golfers along would be an inexpensive fix. We were a foursome, but the 2 people ahead of us were taking at least 2-3 shots at every stop till they got on the green.

Grand Lake is always the perfect challenge for the golf game. Open elevating and descending fairways with very testing greens. Just love me some Gary Player old school golf. Yea, I know there are no putting and practice tees, so all the more reason to come ready to play some golf.

Great course that is in great condition
Need to spend some resources on amenities.
$50 is a pretty fair price to play in TX.

Fun layout. Staff extremely friendly. Course conditions are ok. Map it link on confirmation email took us wrong location.

I've played this course dozens of times over the past 5 years. Recently I declined buying the Lake Card after having it for 3 years. The biggest problem here has become the pace of play. GL needs a Starter to enforce tee time punctuality and reasonable separation between groups. This round was like my last one and the one before that...you've got people breathing down your neck while waiting for the group ahead to tee off at every single hole. Making for an unrelaxed day at the course...total opposite reason I pay to play on any given day.

I'll start off with saying that there is no clubhouse, range, bathrooms, concessions, parking lot, and no turn at 9. Getting there can be annoying as you have to drive down a slow, windy road and you'll have to drive through the neighborhood in between some holes with easy to miss signs. Pace of play is some of the worst I've seen on weekends but is tolerable on weekdays. As for the course, the fairways have some small deadspots and are fairly hard throughout most of the course, the greens are slow and can be small and simple. The bunkers are not maintained with the sand being hard and full of small rocks and will be flooded if it rained within 3 days of your round. The tee boxes are not treated equally, some will be perfect others horrible. Staff can be a bit unprofessional at times but are generally fine (I did have an altercation with staff where I was threatened). Negatives aside, the course still has a lot to offer. The par 3's are all unique and enjoyable, the par 4's have wide open fairways with hills with a variety of doglegs and straight shots, the par 5's are interesting and allow for different play styles to be used. There are no houses on most of the holes just woods and the overall scenery of the course is pretty beautiful. Since the course has no concessions or TABC license, you can just save your money and bring whatever food or drinks you want. They use a fixed rate so you'll be paying 49 pre tax all day everyday which means no twilight rate but cheap weekends. Altogether, the course definitely has its flaws but for the value and ambience of the course I would say that its worth checking out at least once.

I'll start off with saying that there is no club house, bathrooms, range, turn at hole 9, twilight rate, concessions, parking lot, have to drive through neighborhood in between some holes with easy to miss signs, and to get there you have to drive down a windy back road then through a long stretch of neighborhood. As for the course, fairways are mostly pretty hard with some dead spots, roughs are just lawn grass, some tee boxes definitely need some work, and greens are pretty slow and simple. Pace of play is usually fine on weekdays but can be near unbearable during weekends. Negatives aside, the course itself has an interesting and wide open layout, nothing too complicated. Most holes have no houses on them and are cut out of thick forest. With the course being fairly isolated in the middle of a forest, it is extremely quiet and soothing. The par 3's are all unique and enjoyable, par 4's are fairly basic with straight, wide fairways with some hills, The par 5's are vast and open with features that allow for various play styles. Hole 11 in particular has quite a view. In summary, the course has several glaring flaws but the layout and aesthetics justify its 50 dollar fee(which is fixed so weekends aren't up-charged).

Very fun layout and the greens were in great condition. Hard to beat for the price.

We skipped three holes because of the pace of play. They need a marshall to remind the slow pokes to let twosomes and faster players to play through. There are zero amenities...no range, putting green, or clubhouse.

First time playing the course. Staff was friendly along with people playing the course. Rolling fairways and nice greens for winter golf.

The course is in excellent shape, and the staff very friendly. I'm looking forward to another round next week.

Great course, great layout. With the influx of people playing, they should invent more in the course.

Starter not on hole one, shows up randomly blaring music disrupting golfers mid swing.

There are no facilities or clubhouse. No driving range & no practice green. However the course layout is really quite decent and a full 18 holes of good length. Most holes are reasonable design too. Some water carries and gully hazards. The fairways were mainly ok with only a few bare areas. The greens looked grey, it was January, but actually putted ok. It was very quiet & that suited my novice playing partner. No pressure from behind. I got a bit of a reduction on Golf Now and at $40 per player it was an enjoyable stress free afternoon. I'll go back when I'm next in the area.

I played Grand Lake once in December. Greens crusty but ok. Bunkers not maintained. Played yesterday. Transformed. Bunkers perfectly playable and Greens now at least 7/10.
With a practice Green and basic range this lovely layout would be a really attractive course. At $50 for a Prime Saturday slot, still magnificent value. I visit Montgomery every winter for 2-3 weeks and this will be my number one to play.