The Course At Eagle Pointe 

     Rolling terrain and interesting elevation changes make our club very different from the level sites of most Houston area courses. As you meander along through our towering pine trees, you'll find the ground will rise or fall as much as 40 feet. There's a very open natural feeling here, both because of the mature pines and because you're not closed in by dense housing developments. Water will add zest to your game as well. Cherry Point Gully weaves its way through the course; Old River is the boundary on several holes; a waterfall and ponds are scattered along the fairways.

     As you stand on the first tee, you see trees to the left and right of you. The fairway slopes downward, turns to the left and rises gently to the green. This is a par-5 hole, fairly difficult, that now plays at 536 yards from the back tees and 435 from the forward.

     The defining feature of the hole is Cherry Point Gully which runs parallel to the fairway on the left and then crosses the fairway in front of the green about 146 yards out.

     You need to hit your drive a good ways, says Jeff Strong, General Manager and Head Golf Professional for the course. This will give you the chance to go for the green in two.

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     If you can't get over the gully and you have to lay up, you'll have an approach shot of about 160 yards uphill to a postage-stamp green.

     The par-4 No. 6 is the toughest hole on the course and can sabotage a good front nine with its challenges. From the back tees, you can see that the fairway is slightly elevated and makes a complete 90-degree dogleg turn to the left. This hole plays at 438 yards from the back tees and 323 from the forward. It's a little longer than the average par-4.

     The difficulty is that you have to position your drive,  says Strong.  You also cannot be too short or you'll be cut off by the dogleg. But if your drive goes too far, you can end up in the rough.

     Long hitters should either work the ball right-to-left or club down off the tee to avoid hitting through the fairway.

     After your drive, you need to use a long iron to make your approach shot into the small, turtleback green. Even though there are no bunkers around the green, this is one of the toughest holes on the course,  Strong says.

     No. 9 is a long par-5 (601 from the back tees and 485 from the forward) that requires a blind drive to an elevated fairway. If you're a long hitter, you'll then be wondering if you reach the green on your second shot.  But you'll have to thread the needle a little bit, says Strong. You have to get through a pond on the right and bunkers on the left.

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     That pond actually starts about 15 yards before the green and can serve as a watery grave for misplaced second shots.

     The four finishing holes at Eagle Pointe make for a grand finale. No. 15 is the toughest par-3 (213 from the back tees and 113 from the forward) on the course because of its two-tiered green and huge bunkers right and left. Landing on the green is a grand accomplishment, but watch out for the pin placements or you'll be making three or more putts before you know it.

     The next three holes may give you an anxious twinge or two. No. 16, with its creek, pond and waterfall, makes for the biggest test on the back nine. It's a lengthy par-4 (469 yards from the back tees and 335 from the forward) that is very hard to negotiate from the back tees. As you hit your tee shot, hold back a bit to be sure your ball does not cross the plateau on the landing area and roll down into a gully with a creek trickling through it. Or you may face making a second shot uphill in that gully from a downhill lie. That shot is also going to have to cross a pond where the waterfall trickles away. You're also dealing here with a smallish green that is narrow and long, Strong says.

     On the dogleg left No. 17, a tree-lined par-5 (514 yards from the back tees and 416 from the forward), ponds on both sides of the fairway should not come into play as you make your tee shot. The landing area is generous and gives long hitters the chance to go for the green in two. Watch for heavy bunkering around the green.

     But the challenging finishing hole does require you to get past water off the tee and on the approach to the green. No. 18, like the 17th, is somewhat more level in terrain than the rest of the course. It's a par-4 (429 yards from the back tees and 312 from the forward).  From the tee box, you can see a lake on the right side extending all the way to the green. The objective, of course, is to keep your shot to the left; anything right can bounce into the lake,  says Strong. But there is a pond to the left and the hole is a slight dogleg right. So hitting into the green is nerve-racking with water on both sides of the fairway.

Current distances, rating and slope for Eagle Pointe:  (Par-71)

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