gwalker58

Great time. No slower players in front of us. Good conditions on the course. Greens continue to fill-in and improve. Great sand the couple of times we hit into bunkers. My friend was impressed with the course, scenery, and wildlife playing through.

Great front 9. Back 9 suffered from an invasion of random golf carts "touring" the course - on cart paths and crossing fairways. Seems management turned loose carts of non-golfing pre-teens and others from a reception room party. They should have closed the course if they were going to do that. A kid cart ran into trees, others drove across fairways while tee shots were in flight, and drove up to us (from both directions) while preparing to play shots from near the cart path. Will ask if trandom roaming is going to happen again before booking another early afternoon week-end tee time at LO.

1st time there in about 4 years . Unlike most reviews I saw on line - good course conditions, very good grass on greens - some with a few sand spots. 5 PM start, done by 8 PM. No crowd. Played through one 3-some after 12 holes. Nice layout, lots of mature trees.

I really like this course. Layout requires accuracy, & rewards accurate length. Generally quiet surroundings, except when small airport is busy next to hole 3 & 4 - kind of a hoot. Conditions were good for late March, given the roller-coaster weather.
Having said all that, it will likely be some time before I return. Really bad experience with the woman that checked us in. Our 2-some arrived 30 minutes early, so no rush on our part. No one crowded clubhouse. Initially good chit-chat with her. Then we gave her the tee reservation print-out, and her mood switched. While waiting for the check-in computer to access the right program, she told us the pre-paid rate was either for one person 18 holes or 2 golfers for only 9 holes. When I told her we had made the reservation on Pecan Lakes web site & asked her to check the printed res vs. the course computer program, she defiantly told me "do not get an attitude, because I can require you to leave". Not sure if that would have involved Navasota PD or the Sheriff's office, but I didn't want to find out. She fussed and complained for several more minutes while we waited silently in case there was a verdict in our favor from the computer program. I was looking up the GolfNow support phone number to call for a refund so we could leave, when she announced that their computer verdict was "OK, your rate is good for 2 for 18 holes..." Then with no apology, she went on to tell us chapter & verse how we had one of the 2 tee time deals they have each day &, blah blah blah. So if she new all that now, why so much grief before? We took the cart key and left the clubhouse.
If I had driven the 30+ miles to play there and was by myself, I would have left without playing, probably said something I shouldn't have, and contacted Golfnow when safely off-site for a refund. My one regret is I didn't get her name so that I can make sure I never play there again when she is to be on duty.