Wildcat Golf Club — Local services in Houston

I was able to play both courses thru a tournament sponsored by my employer. It was a wonderful experience especially for a player who just started developing his game. Course was very well-maintained but confusing at times for it felt like some of the fairways were criss-crossing. Views were awesome, staff in the pro-shops are very accommodating and pleasant. Only thing negative in my experience there was this off-duty police officer moonlighting as security staff, who called me out while returning the cart. I was returning mine together with two more gentlemen I pretty much followed their lead for they were already familiar with the course and it was getting dark. As soon as I got off the cart, this officer yelled at me, "Hey! What are you doing? Why are you leaving it there? How did you get here?'" as if I did not belong and that I did not deserve to play there. I answered Sir, Im just dropping off the cart just like the other two gentlemen ahead of me, how come you are talking to me like that? He replied, "Were you in the tournament?" I nodded then he finished with "you don't know what you're doing." I am Asian, the two gentlemen ahead of me was African-American and Caucasian, he did not utter a word to them as they got off their carts yet he decided to yell at me in front of the attendants who were actually laughing quietly as the officer bullied me. I just shook my head and turned around after telling him that he shouldn't talk to me like that and I walked away while he was still uttering insults, as the staff looked entertained. The officer was African-American by the way and sad to say people like him discredit people who genuinely want to be treated equally. I never played a round again in Wildcat after that for one bad attitude from one staff ruined all the good...

This was absolute the worst golf experience ever. 82 dollar premium green fees for a mediocre conditioned course and probably the worst service ever. First about the course, multiple hidden ant piles on tee boxes. I understand there occasionally being issues in the rough but on a tee box, to look down and see your shoe covered in ants is ridiculous. The greens which were recently sanded thus incredibly bumpy. Multiple bunkers with standing water. Overall the value for 82$ is ridiculous.

On to the service. At registration I asked for range balls. Having expressed that I never played the course, I asked where the range was and was told "over the hill".

Upon going over the hill I saw a range that appeared to be closed with markers, however on the far right no markers were noted this I assumed this was the location to hit from. About 5 minutes later the course manager comes to inform us that we are on the wrong side. I let him know that this was our mistake and I had never seen a two-way range before. He began a very condescending talking down tone of voice towards our foursome. I asked him to drop the condescending tone and he eventually proceeded to tell me to f*#% off. I have never experienced a level of lack of professionalism at a golf course. Furthermore, he proceeded to have the Marshall/starter follow us on nearly 1/3 of our holes and watch us.

I would highly never recommend anyone to ever play this course as the value is incredibly poor and the managers think they run...

Very Good courses!!!

2nd visit to Wildcat. First visit I played on the Lakes course in (2011), this time (June 2016) I played on the Highlands course. Both courses are beautiful courses with very challenging setups. NEITHER course is for beginners. Unlike most Texas courses, these fairways are comprised of tall grasses/thick brush/marshes. In other words, if you often hit wayward shots, there is NO punching out. You will lose golf balls and drop shots unless you can manage your game here.

That being said, for the better and straighter golfer, these will be great challenges offering unique views of Houston with exceptional service and moderate value provided to players.

Service - Exceptional. Everyone I dealt with was overly hospitable while carrying a pleasant attitude.

Value - Moderate. Not a cheap round if paying full price. But offers more as a course and facility than other similarly prices courses in Houston metro.

My only 2 cons are that 1) I thought for a relatively dry 2 weeks in Houston, the fairways were wetter than they should have been. Meaning, less roll out from drives and longer 2nd shots. And 2) the bunkers were too shallow for a course of this quality. As such, many bunkers had little sand or were hard-pan bunkers with no sand. This may be due to the massive rains Houston has experienced since the Tax Day flood, but deepening the bunkers would address this. These are the only 2 reasons keeping it from a...