Keller Golf Course

A few years off can do wonders for a golf course. I never played before the remodel but they have done quite a job. They have a driving range and a putting green to warm up before you hit your first tee shot. Greens, fairways, and tees were all in great shape. The remodel brought a few new bunkers that come into play off the tee. My favorite hole was the par 3 13^th. It plays about 150 yards uphill and over water, you want to club up a few clubs on this hole. The course is pretty tight with a lot of holes right next to each other so you have to be aware of incoming balls from other holes. Lot of people like to walk this course so it makes play a littler slower if you are using a cart. Was only $ 23 during twilight hours which is a steal. Guy in the pro shop wasn’t too friendly however, lighten up dude.

Way more than meets the eye at this old gem that today’s modern golfer would dismiss as being too old and tired. Check out the pics in the clubhouse of the legends who have played here and the tourneys that used to be held here. As well maintained as you’ll find in a muni course. Requires shot-​making and great touch around the greens, which are small and tricky. Character, tradition, and overall tremendous value for golfers who know…
However, it is slow and gets a lot of play. Side by side holes creates some traffic problems on stray shots. I heard «fore» yelled more often in one round here than any other course. They meant it…

Oh this evil evil course. On one round in my teens I hit 20 trees, 2 rakes, threw my 5 iron in a pond, and played the last six holes entirely with my putter. Hadn’t played Keller in almost 20yrs, but was back up in MN for a visit, and decided I owed it an ass kicking after all these years…
.. . yeah, right, I was happy to walk out of there with a draw.
The course was in beautiful shape. I’ve never seen it that nice. Green as all get out, and they’ve cleaned up a number of areas that I remember being jungles.
We had a 7am or so tee time on the Labor Day Weekend Saturday. The speed of play was great, rarely did we have to wait to tee off and don’t think the group behind was ever up our butts.
The price with cart was about $ 75 which I thought was overly steep. It WAS a holiday Saturday, but I’d feel more comfortable playing it again in the $ 50 range.
Ran across a great piece about the course after I arrived home:

Still love the course, but ridiculously slow play. Most players seem to think they need to play from the back tees while in reality being qualified to maybe be playing the forward ones. As much as I love the course, my mental stability will not handle a 5 hour round behind these folks.