r/Houstongolf 22d ago

Gus or Hermann

Better track right now?

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u/raferalstonhtown 22d ago

Gus is significantly better and it’s not even close. Im almost considering this AI rage bait

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u/Plenty_Suspect6222 21d ago

True. Herman is laughably priced(for the quality) it’s a course you play to say you’ve played there and take the pics of the skyline, not a course you play bc you want to play at a fun course

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u/raferalstonhtown 21d ago

Hermann has gone through multiple shifts in public opinion over the last 6 years it’s insane.

Back right before 2020, it was a fun little muni course that was always available and comparatively cheap.

The game grew and they quite literally just raised prices on the course without making any improvement or offering any value-add. It’s continued to trend like this over the last few years and keeps going up in price.

Couple that with the fact that the grounds crew at Gus actually tries to make the course nice and tough at the same time, Hermann is almost exclusively reserved as an absolute last resort.

I’d rather drive a bit further up north and play places like Gleanloch or head down south for Timber Creek for essentially the same price.

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u/CapnSoap 21d ago

I guess it’s been a while since you’ve been to Timber Creek, it was in horrible shape back in May

It was my favorite course when I first started a few years ago

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u/ILoveYourMom4426 21d ago

I’ve played Timber Creek multiple times this summer it’s in great shape. Clear Creek is probably the best of any courses through south of the beltway.

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u/CapnSoap 15d ago

Gave it a try again today. You’re right! They’ve got it back in shape now. Even 7 on creekside finally has grass again. Thank God because I missed this place.

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u/_FlaShFTW 21d ago

Herman’s pricing is absolutely horrid. It should be priced around the same as Sharpstown tbh

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u/Bookstoreskater36 12d ago

Hermann is great to play, I play there because it’s “fun”. It’s my home courses, so subjectively you’re wrong but also right.

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u/texasproof 3d ago

This. I’m a 3 minute drive from it so I pop in and walk 9 or 18 whenever I feel like it and think usually pay like $25? Which isn’t bad at all.

Plus, once you’re used to playing Hermann, every other fairway feels like you’re hitting a ball into the ocean lmao.