Aerial view of the 16th green at Tempest Golf Club.
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4.2
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5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
26
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.9
Value
3.8
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.3
87.8%
Recommend this course
247 out of 267 reviews
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3.9
17 Reviews (17)
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6
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1
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.6
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.1
76.5%
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5 Stars
16
4 Stars
19
3 Stars
11
2 Stars
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Conditions
3.6
Value
3.5
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.1
82.0%
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 7229 yards
Slope 120
Rating 73.7

Formerly known as Southern Hills Golf Club and Shallow Creek RV Park.

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Course Details

Year Built 1989
Golf Season Year round
Architect Bill Webb Jeff Brauer (2018)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Showers

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Accolades

Reviews

4.2
267 Reviews (267)
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Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
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I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Tempest - First Review

Made a day trip from the DFW. The course layout is great - very interesting! Coming out of winter, the course has some rough patches in many of the fairways. The greens were relatively slow, but was pleasantly surprised that there were very few ball marks. They have done a good job with the greens. Overall, very pleased with the value. Burgers in the restaurant are good! Will return.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/25/2023

Hello,
Thank you for taking the time to review our course. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. We will share your insights with the appropriate staff to correct any issues or make any improvements. We look forward to welcoming you back at Tempest Golf Club soon.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The greens were in thin condition
They putted little slow but they held shots and putted true.
The tee boxes and fairways were firm considering the amount of rain recently in the area. Idk if the fairway has is still dormant but I expected the course to be a little greener and softer for this time in April. Over all I really do enjoy this course and the layout. Played on a Monday so it wasn't too busy but did get held up some in the back 9. Also the GPS on the 2 carts that I tried didn't work. The one I used said every hole I played was 999 yards.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
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Commented on 04/20/2023

Hi Martin! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Tempest Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

East Texas Gem

This course is a hidden gem in East Texas…With Tempest being NON PRIVATE, you can enjoy your game and settle in to Neptunes and see the hospitality side…The staff will bring your day to a pleasant close…Come prepared to return.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great Course

Best course in East Texas. Tee boxes are great, Fairways are great and of course the Greens are fantastic!!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
5.0
Previously Played

Course time issues

This is one of my favorite courses to play but there is no course monitor monitoring pace of play and the times are way too close together because Randy Wade just wants to make as much money as he can regardless of how it might affect the players.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 11
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Unbelievable views & fantastic greens

Hard to beat tempest - hats off to the grounds crew for keeping this place in superb condition.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 118
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Toooo sloooow

Nice courses, nice people, but….When i made the tee time they didnt tell me there was a tournament going off in front of us. When i got there they told me they had to move my tee time back 1/2 hour because of the tournament, but “they were playing at a good pace”. First Red flag, but i had my grandsons with me and they wanted to play. Finally teed off and played the first two holes at a “reasonable” if not quick pace (30 minutes for 2 par 4s). Then we waited 50 (not a typo) minutes on the 3rd tee while 5 groups that were backed up teed off. After that we only waited for one group on every tee, until we finished 9, when we quit. If i hadn’t bee playing with my grandsons it would have been the worst golfing experience of my life. So, good course, but check to see if there is a tournament going on when you arrange for a tee time.

Photo if of the backup on the 3rd tee.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Commented on 04/24/2023

Hello
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 4-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing at our course.

Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Challenging course

In general I enjoyed this golf course. All staff were nice and professional. Other patrons appeared to be locals, and not too engaging. Apparently this course holds moisture. It has been almost a week since raining, and I had significant mud on my ball after almost evey shot; fairway, rough, or other. Greens were nice, but could have been quicker, but they have significant breaks and contours that would make greens extremely difficult if faster. A couple of greens are overly contoured and would have been better designed if more subtle. My only complaint is my on fault; I am not a fast player and when a group gains on me, I assume its me being slow, so I speed up. My son and I felt pressed by a twosome behind us and so I picked up our pace. We played poorly and felt like we were probably slow because of our play. Aftet 18 holes, I looked to see how long it had taken us to play... 3:15! We weren't playing slow... they were playing fast. Maybe its me, but under 4:00 seems fair for players that only play once a week at best and want to enjoy golf. I will return and try to enjoy it more.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/24/2023

Hello
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 4-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing at our course.

Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Plenty of opportunity to test your shot making

A little course knowledge helps the score but it’s always a pleasure to play Tempest.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 04/24/2023

Hello
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 4-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing at our course.

Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good to be back

Got to play Tempest again. Always enjoy the course. A little slower greens than usual.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 04/24/2023

Hello
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 4-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing at our course.

Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Green

It’s was very slow green
Looks like sponge green
Every ting good
But green problem

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/24/2023

Hello
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 4-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing at our course.

Played On
Reviews 18
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 04/24/2023

Hello
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 4-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing at our course.

Played On
Reviews 274
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 50 Contributor
First Time Playing

USGA Under rated difficulty

I play 150 times a year. All different difficulty slope ratings and terrains. This is an obstacle course. If you have never played Tempest think about playing with somebody who knows what's around every corner and over every hump. I played it on a cart path only day with zero roll and plugged shots and mud everywhere.
Fairways slope toward the trouble and are kind of skinny in the right spots. Almost no flat lies anywhere. With severe slopping greens many with multiple steep tiers.
This is the biggest challenge I have had in a long time. I played many courses with slope ratings in the 140s to the high 150s that were nowhere near as challenging as Tempest.
We left there tired and beaten badly. Walking most of the steep terrain. Long second shots due to no roll just miserable. In dry conditions and a second try might bring much better results but for now this magnificent course owned me.
The 130 slope rating is nonsense. Maybe it's temporary awaiting a logical assessment.
Anyway, play on.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
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Commented on 04/24/2023

Hello
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 4-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing at our course.

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Where’s the Water

The course was in good shape for. early February. Fairways brown but greens we in very good condition.

One complaint. Understanding that it’s February, It is 70* (not the 100* and high humidity of August) and I did expect water jugs in the boxes on the course. I let the guy in the shop know after the 6th hole, but he acted as if I was making it up. Got a cup of water in the bar and went to the 7th tee.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 04/24/2023

Hello
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 4-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing at our course.

Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 01/28/2023

Thank you for reviewing us. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round. Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Tempest Golf Club, and we hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pricey

Well designed Course. Greens are Super Slow however it’s Winter play. Fairways have multiple bare spots in need of grass replacement. It’s a nice course but a little too pricey to support a $90 price tag. It’s a $55 course.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/24/2023

Hello
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 4-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing at our course.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/24/2023

Hello
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 4-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing at our course.

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