Is the course in any better condition than it was this time last year? Playing in a scramble there next Friday.
BCS Golfers re: Pecan Lakes?
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Heard from a friend the other day who played out there this month and said it was terrible. Multiple temp greens and the ones that were in play were bad he said...
Played it Saturday, very bad shape multiple temporary greens.
haven't been back since last year when every green was just a sand pit. Tough to hear they haven't got them back in shape
Glad I read this thread... was thinking of playing there this weekend.
Can't believe we don't have any other public courses in this town other than campus course.
Can't believe we don't have any other public courses in this town other than campus course.
Phillips Event Center in Bryan is usually playable, but they have a little construction going on currently. But my group usually ends up playing campus since it's the best option
Like others have stated, a friend told me that Pecan Lakes is in really poor condition. I haven't played there since this time last year and it was pretty bad then. Hearne has a decent (for the price) little 9 hole course that is fun to play.
Caldwell has a decent 9-hole track also. Haven't played recently so I can't speak to the current conditions.
Gig ‘em and God bless
Brenham CC isn't much further than pecan lakes, depending on where you're coming from in BCS, and was in good shape when I played there 2 weeks ago. First time out there and I was surprised at how solid of a track it was.
yeah when i wanted to play a quick round I started going to Caldwell over Pecan Lakes a couple years ago. Haven't played it in 2023 but it was generally always in better condition than Pecan Lakes unfortunately.
Legendary oaks down the road is pretty fun & cool layout for a small town course. Idk what kinda shape it's in though
My wife's team played their Regionals at the campus course last weekend and it had some messed up greens. Looked like someone screwed up with fertilizer or something.
might as well drive to cypress at that point!
I head campus course is starting to lose some greens? Losing grass and any ball mark is powder trying to replace it. Anyone played it recently?
Can confirm, about half of the greens are pretty much gone and the rest are showing some bad spots
Golf1 said:
I head campus course is starting to lose some greens? Losing grass and any ball mark is powder trying to replace it. Anyone played it recently?
I drive by it every day it it really doesn't look that great from the road.
Seems odd...courses should be beginning to flourish in April. Wonder what happened.
They had staff out actively treating some of the greens during my round last week, middle of the afternoon. I'm guessing either a mishap with fertilizer or watering or similar
TAMU course does have significant greens issues currently. Generally speaking...
In the last ~10 days, they have begun addressing some specific issues. For example on #13 and #16, they sodded the impacted dead areas. I'm no agronomist, but the sodded grass seems to be a different strain of grass than what was planted on the greens in the summer of '21 after the February freeze that killed most all of them.
At this point, I don't know how they truly recover them in any reasonable time period without regrassing them. I hope, hope, hope I am very wrong. I would love to eat crow on this.
- ~ 6 greens are generally fine
- ~ 6 have basically dead spots impacting 10-25% of the putting surface
- ~ 6 have dead spots impacting 25-75% of the putting surface
- Two new practice greens next to the new rec center - closed and 75-85% dead
- Looks like original putting green may be used as nursery grass
In the last ~10 days, they have begun addressing some specific issues. For example on #13 and #16, they sodded the impacted dead areas. I'm no agronomist, but the sodded grass seems to be a different strain of grass than what was planted on the greens in the summer of '21 after the February freeze that killed most all of them.
At this point, I don't know how they truly recover them in any reasonable time period without regrassing them. I hope, hope, hope I am very wrong. I would love to eat crow on this.
Place was a straight up goat ranch when I stopped and played there last summer. Won't be going back409Texag said:
Legendary oaks down the road is pretty fun & cool layout for a small town course. Idk what kinda shape it's in though
Damn I hate hearing that. I enjoyed it when I played a few years ago. It wasn't in the greatest of shape when we played but it wasn't horrible either. Guess it's going down hill
Played the Campus course last weekend. How the hell they can charge a full price green fee for that is mind blowing to me. Typical of the A&M admin mindset, though, Don't be concerned with value, just overpay and stfu.
Ag4life80 said:
Played the Campus course last weekend. How the hell they can charge a full price green fee for that is mind blowing to me. Typical of the A&M admin mindset, though, Don't be concerned with value, just overpay and stfu.
I mentioned this on a thread about the campus course a while back...but given that the teams don't even use the course as their official course...the best thing to do would be a complete re-do and built out a 9 hole course on half the property, and mixed use area with the other half, to include a lighted pitch & putt course, general hang-out spaces where food trucks could pull up and create a nice outdoor area for that side of campus.
A ton of college students who don't play/are intimidated by going out to a golf course would love to have fun on a pitch and putt course. Anyone who still wanted to play real golf on campus could do so and it would be a lot less for them to have to maintain.
Guess i need to start looking into joining one of the private courses here soon
Visor said:
Guess i need to start looking into joining one of the private courses here soon
I'm in the same spot. I've tried to make pecans lakes work, but it's just gotten worse and worse over time. And the pace of play is a beating. Briarcrest isn't much better in that regard.
I heard that the little 9-hole course in Hearne isn't too bad…was actually thinking about trying it this weekend.
Played campus again today and the greens were better than last week, but still not amazing
Savior Jimbo said:Place was a straight up goat ranch when I stopped and played there last summer. Won't be going back409Texag said:
Legendary oaks down the road is pretty fun & cool layout for a small town course. Idk what kinda shape it's in though
Played at Legendary Oaks today since it was a backup option due to water on our first choice. Greens were horrible. Fairway and rough was all about the same. A ton of clover everywhere.
First time there and it has a nice layout, just in poor shape. I don't see it changing anytime soon. They seem pretty content with its current status.
Lots of courses in south Texas are having green issues due to the freeze earlier this year. Some with covers, some without. Gotta maintain moisture in the soil when you're going to below freezing for an extended time.
This is a horrible idea and I pray it never happens! I play there all the time and trust me there's a ton of students there already and none of them are intimidated I assure you! Not to mention I doubt very seriously that Sterling Golf has much interest in a 9 hole course either and if they leave then that's the end of the course completely in my opinion.Bunk Moreland said:Ag4life80 said:
Played the Campus course last weekend. How the hell they can charge a full price green fee for that is mind blowing to me. Typical of the A&M admin mindset, though, Don't be concerned with value, just overpay and stfu.
I mentioned this on a thread about the campus course a while back...but given that the teams don't even use the course as their official course...the best thing to do would be a complete re-do and built out a 9 hole course on half the property, and mixed use area with the other half, to include a lighted pitch & putt course, general hang-out spaces where food trucks could pull up and create a nice outdoor area for that side of campus.
A ton of college students who don't play/are intimidated by going out to a golf course would love to have fun on a pitch and putt course. Anyone who still wanted to play real golf on campus could do so and it would be a lot less for them to have to maintain.
While are on the topic of this, one of y'all rich aggies should build a lighted par 3 course somewhere! Now THAT would be fun!
Bunk Moreland said:Ag4life80 said:
Played the Campus course last weekend. How the hell they can charge a full price green fee for that is mind blowing to me. Typical of the A&M admin mindset, though, Don't be concerned with value, just overpay and stfu.
I mentioned this on a thread about the campus course a while back...but given that the teams don't even use the course as their official course...the best thing to do would be a complete re-do and built out a 9 hole course on half the property, and mixed use area with the other half, to include a lighted pitch & putt course, general hang-out spaces where food trucks could pull up and create a nice outdoor area for that side of campus.
A ton of college students who don't play/are intimidated by going out to a golf course would love to have fun on a pitch and putt course. Anyone who still wanted to play real golf on campus could do so and it would be a lot less for them to have to maintain.
Just model it after Butler Pitch and Putt.
Thought the exact same thing when I played Pecan Lakes about a month ago. Full price and NO WARNING that 6 of the greens are makeshift. Meaning the cut a hole for the pin, scalped the grass with a weedeater and then spray painted a 10 foot circle around the flagstick. TERRIBLE. Think I have played my last round at Pecan Lakes, used to really enjoy that course.Ag4life80 said:
Played the Campus course last weekend. How the hell they can charge a full price green fee for that is mind blowing to me. Typical of the A&M admin mindset, though, Don't be concerned with value, just overpay and stfu.
Went out to formerly Ravens Nest in Huntsville a couple weeks ago, now the Sam Houston course, was in pretty decent shape. Recommend it
Sterling runs the course. Admin doesn't set pricesAg4life80 said:
Played the Campus course last weekend. How the hell they can charge a full price green fee for that is mind blowing to me. Typical of the A&M admin mindset, though, Don't be concerned with value, just overpay and stfu.
Exactly. The freeze was the problem and the night time temperature hasn't been high enough for grass to grow as much as needed. It will improve soon.Mr. Nussbaum said:
Lots of courses in south Texas are having green issues due to the freeze earlier this year. Some with covers, some without. Gotta maintain moisture in the soil when you're going to below freezing for an extended time.
At some point A&M is responsible for the product that represents it. I get the contractual liability, etc, but A&M does a really good job of hiding behind varying 'firewalls' and not standing up for the paying public. This is kinda like Kyle Field concessions, at some point stand up for your alumni/students and see that right is done by them.CCred92 said:Sterling runs the course. Admin doesn't set pricesAg4life80 said:
Played the Campus course last weekend. How the hell they can charge a full price green fee for that is mind blowing to me. Typical of the A&M admin mindset, though, Don't be concerned with value, just overpay and stfu.
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