Private Golf Course/Community

[wolfgame]

West side of Houston....

Hoping some Texans can point me in the right direction....for a friend checking out Houston. They are looking for a Private Club....preferably in a Community on the West side of Houston. Specifically want to be near the area that would be south of I-10 and North of 59. Any input appreciated! Thought this would be a good site to get information to pass along to them. Ideally would not want an initiation fee of over 10-20k.

[putt4_66]

West side is not cheap. It's where I grew up. But with today's economy, your friend might be able to get a deal. I now live north of Houston and have a membership up there, so I don't know what the climate of discount may be.

Try...

Royal Oaks C.C.
Lakeside C.C.
Brae-Burn C.C.
Pine Forest C.C. (North of I-10)
Houston C.C.
The Westwood G.C.
Falcon Point G.C.

[jtmagic]

I live in Katy which is on the far west side of Houston and have played most of the courses in Houston (private and public). To give you a feel for the variety:

Royal Oaks (great course/club closer to downtown but still W. Houston): Initiation $70,000 (equity golf) w/$625 monthly
Falcon Point (good course but lots of members): Initiation "free" or 1 months due as they are running specials constantly w/$350 monthly
Meadowbrook Farms (semi-private, Greg Norman's only Texas course): Initiation $10,000 (refundable) or $6,000 (non-refundable) w/$275 monthly

All are good courses that I play often. Obviously, Royal Oaks is a much more elite club and closer to town as compared to the other two which are in Katy. Falcon Point is rather difficult that most casual golfers feel pretty beat up on as there is lots of water and pompass grass to lose balls in. I have several friends that belong there and play there frequently. Biggest complaint I hear is that the "free" initiation is bringing in too many members and ones that aren't serious golfers. Meadowbrook, which I live on, is a wonderful course but gets a high percentage of non-members playing it so it doesn't really feel like a "club". Although, it is approx $90 to play so traffic is not that high even on weekends.

Houston has many great courses to choose from and clubs on the West side of town. Suggest your buddy wait until he moves down here to make his selection. You can always find people to take you to most of the clubs except for the very high end ones (like Royal Oaks). I tend to find that people like the ones that are closest to where they live for convenience.