Played on Wednesday, October 8 around 9:00 am. POP was around 4.5 hours. Not great but not unexpected either. Busy day but the staff was courteous. » More

Played on Wednesday, October 8 around 9:00 am. POP was around 4.5 hours. Not great but not unexpected either. Busy day but the staff was courteous.

The course is in better shape. It is getting more water and the fairways were greened up. Nice to see. They were placing new sand in the green side bunker as we finished #9 and we noticed there was new sand at #18 also. The greens were good. Fast side of medium. Overall, the course is improved over what it has been for the last few months.

I am cautiously optimistic that the course is coming back to where it should be. I had a good time.
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Played Sunday, October 5, around 7:00 am. Started late after they put a gap group in front of us and they were a hole behind after one hole. About the... » More

Played Sunday, October 5, around 7:00 am. Started late after they put a gap group in front of us and they were a hole behind after one hole. About the 5th hole though, they took off and started playing at a good pace. It was like a tag team and a group that had an interest in pace substituted in. Ended up being a 4 hour pace. Snack shack was open when I we went by after the 2nd hole, nice to see as it was not open early the last couple of times I played here. I made sure to buy something when we made the turn to give positive reinforcement for the good behavior.

I knew from Greenskeeper that they had punched the greens on Monday and Tuesday. It was a heavy punch. Interestingly, the greens were still pretty firm. Lots of hops and change of direction to the putts. I thought they were faster than the practice green. The fairways were pretty tight, almost winter like condition with some bare spots (looking at you #16). There is quite a bit of lush rough but also some areas with bare spots. I had a couple of nasty lies, on dirt between clumps of grass. The bunkers were also a mixed bag including several that had insufficient sand. I was in one fairway bunker (#13) where a heavy rake job left me with a teed up lie. I lost no yardage on the shot, ending up in the back bunker that had less sand than the fairway one. At least this time here I did not end up near one of the crazy steep edges they bunkers have (last time here I had to play a bunker shot on my knees outside the bunker, lunging down at the ball). The tees were lush and level.

Overall, not as good tee to green as I have seen it and the aerated greens are what you would expect from the large punch. I enjoy Lakewood but I may delay my return until the greens heal.
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Played Sky Creek on Saturday, September 27 about 8:40m am. A Robert Trent Jones, Jr. designed course in a DFW suburb, it was recommended to me earlier... » More

Played Sky Creek on Saturday, September 27 about 8:40m am. A Robert Trent Jones, Jr. designed course in a DFW suburb, it was recommended to me earlier this year by some guys I played with at another area course. Pricey, but I walked away thinking that the course was worth the $135 rack rate ($146 with tax). Rode with a threesome, father, son and son-in-law. Fun group. Nice service throughout. The starter's area had snacks and a water station. The GPS in the gas powered carts notified us several times we were falling behind (sad but true) and there was a marshal looming at times but not interacting as we were obviously trying to catch up. 4.5 hours POP.

The course is beautiful. Hard to believe it is in a densely populated area. There are some homes around it but they are set well back and for the most part unobtrusive. There are creeks and gullies throughout and a lake near the clubhouse holes. The first hole was about 385 yards from the green tees we played (6367 yards) with a gully about 240 yards out, so a lay up for me. At least a couple of par fives required a lay up including one I hit a great drive but was left with about 205 yards of complete carry to a forward pin tucked into an area on the brink of the gully. Many of the greens were raised with punitive drop offs to the sides. There were also small areas where pins were placed requiring risk/reward decisions on approach shots. I really appreciated the lay out.

The course was well conditioned especially considering the amount of play it gets. Bermuda rough and fairways were generally lush. The rough was thick enough to be punitive but we did not lose any balls in it. The sand was generally good although of the three I was in, two were had firm, really nice hitting surfaces that were representative of the other bunkers while the other in the green side bunker on 18 was loose and almost beach sand in consistency. The greens were really nice although they were tough for this out of stater to read. Tough putting day. Quite a few birdie looks with only pars to show for it. Down grain they were running about 11. There were some dirt, hard pan areas under the trees and in the rough.

The course is well worth a try if you are in the area and looking for an upscale course. There are nice courses faround here that cost less but I think Sky Creek provides value for the rate. I plan to play it again when back in the area.
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Played on Tuesday, the 16th, around 8:30 am. Rode from the blue tees as a single behind a couple of foursomes of ladies. The group in front of me had ... » More

Played on Tuesday, the 16th, around 8:30 am. Rode from the blue tees as a single behind a couple of foursomes of ladies. The group in front of me had some difficulties and it seemed really slow but the POP ended up being around 4:10.

The conditions were pretty much the same as last time except they were aerating the fairways on the back nine and I assume were going to do the ones on the front also. I did not see the Local Rule at the clubhouse saying lift, clean and place and I had some mud on my ball a couple of times from the work. I did lift and place on 18 after ending up in an aeration hole on the drive.

Really nice to get out here again. Just beautiful. My wife and I had lunch at the cafe on Wednesday. My wife commented on how good the food was for a golf course diner. The crowd was evenly split between golfers and locals stopping for a bite to eat. Another reason to recommend the course!
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Played Tuesday, September 9, around 7:30 am. We started on time and played in 3:55, nice pace. Sometime I am going to remember that the driving range ... » More

Played Tuesday, September 9, around 7:30 am. We started on time and played in 3:55, nice pace. Sometime I am going to remember that the driving range is closed on Tuesday am. I had to work out my issues on the course, which did not help my score. Professional starter who dealt expeditiously with an issue on the first tee. The snack stand was not open when we went to #3 but it was open around 9:30 am when we made the turn.

The course is in pretty good shape. The fairways were shaggy. I had to laugh on 14 when I tried to figure out if I was in the fairway because I realized I had not been in the fairway much before that so I did not have much frame of reference. The answer was, yes, but the grass was so long it was not easy to be sure. I think it was more shaggy on the back nine than the front. The rough was lush and definitely a factor. I was in the sand a bunch and they were a mixed bag. Thin mud in at least one and nice sand in a couple of others. The tees were good. The greens were good also although I have seen them better. Certainly they can be faster, they were medium or a little faster as the day got hotter. They were also hand watering them so that may be a reason they were slower than expected.

Overall, I have seen it better but I have also played on worse lately. I had a good time and will be back.
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