HTownAgs15 said:

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Howdy. We are moving to college station this summer and wanted to get everyone's opinion on Traditions vs Pebble.
We are a young family with kids 7-5-1. I am golfer and I'm aware traditions is better for that but are the young families at pebble? Any info would be appreciated.

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We're in Traditions with similar ages. We love it, the community is getting younger but still not as many families as pebble. Lake Walk is busy with families each night and Traditions does a good job of creating community events. So there's usually something to do.

I would wait and live in your new home for a while, and find out where your new friends go. But, that aside, I would say since you are nearer to Wellborn Road, I would say Traditions.

If you are a golfer, traditions is a much tougher course. They had fairway issues for a while, but have re-sodded and seem to have it fixed.

Greens at traditions usually in pretty great shape.

I wish they hadn't gone the Nicklaus design route and wouldn't hate it if they had a redesign in the future. It's too tough for average golfer if you bring friends/family out.

Pool at traditions is much better than pebble. Three separate pools including a kiddie pool, family pool and larger lap pool. Food is pretty good for a country club.

I use to avoid HMP like the plague. Since the redesign, I don't think it's nearly as bad. A lot of cars, but the redesign moves them amazingly well. However, I feel like I can't get through a single intersection on Fitch without hitting all the red lights.

Pebble is about to undergo some changes with the new owner and we don't yet know what they are. If you're going to buy a golf membership I'm guessing that won't change much but we have a social membership and I'm curious what they do with that one in particular. I don't know the fees at Traditions but I'm guessing they're about to go up in Pebble as well.

Traditions is a much tougher course and is not walker friendly. Pebble doesn't have the force carry that Traditions has so it's easier. The course conditions at Pebble are improving but to be frank, are often embarrassing for a country club (due to poor decisions by original developers). The greens are now great and but there are still lots of bare spots with gravel in the fairways and rough. Many bunkers are not good, and in some cases, can cause injury. Pebble is under new ownership so we'll see how hard they address the bare spots and bunkers.

I've heard tee times can be hard to get at both places but I've never had much problems getting a tee time at Pebble (probably due to time of day I play). It's supposedly harder on game weekends but I've heard especially so at Traditions due to all the out of town members.

I may be biased but I still prefer playing Pebble over Traditions and Miramont because, IMHO, it's just a more fun course to play despite the less than ideal conditions. Pebble has done a really good job of bringing in younger members.

The pool and food are better at Traditions but things are improving at Pebble. Pebble added a swim up bar a while back that's been a hit with adults. If the pool is very important to you, Traditions all the way.

I would give the nod to Traditions for junior golf because the group sessions at Pebble is glorified baby sitting (which may be the result of being so popular that they have more kids than the teaching pro(s) can handle). But individual instructions for juniors and adults is really good at both places.

I don't know anything about tennis at Traditions or if they even have it but I've heard that the instructor at Pebble is really good for juniors.

How far south? I don't think it's 30 minutes to traditions. I just pulled up Google Maps. and if you live off Greens prairie near wellborn it's 18 minutes right now, 10 minutes to Pebble. And 2818 traffic is never "brutal" except on Gamedays. It can be congested at rush hour time, but it moves quickly with the redesign. I drive this every day.