Food and service was excellent during our visit. Very attentive staff and area was very niceread more

Bentwater Yacht & Country Club is such a beautiful spot overlooking Lake Conroe! It's perfect for…read moreweddings, parties, or any special event -- the views are amazing, and the whole place has such a relaxing vibe. It's also a gated community with gorgeous homes and really friendly families. The whole area feels safe, welcoming, and well taken care of. If you're looking for a great place to host an event or even just enjoy the lake life, Bentwater is definitely worth checking out!

A great little member owned, private club. A real bargain with no tee times ever. Lots of different…read morememberships are offered, with an under 40 executive membership for about $125/mo and junior memberships for $50/mo. It has a wide age range of friendly members with a growing number of young families. It also features a lake stocked with Florida Hybrid Bass, open to fishing on Mondays. It is well hidden, with access only by way of FM2920 at the back of Waldenwood Estates between Huffsmith Kohrville and Boudreaux Rd.

Tl;dr: Beautiful course, lovely people (mostly), and all the chaos + drama of an office potluck…read morewith less food poisoning. Get out early. Bring nuts for the squirrels. **The Good, The Bad, and the OBs.** The scenery here is genuinely beautiful - lush trees, lots of wildlife, and a peaceful nature soundtrack which is only interrupted by the percussive sound of my balls introducing themselves to the tree population. Not the course's fault. Sorry, trees. The squirrels are so comfortable around humans they'll walk right up to you and demand payment for being on their turf. Bring snacks. Make a friend. **Wild Wild West (Population: No Marshall)** Here's where we get into it. There is no marshall, which means pace of play is entirely self-regulated - and some people are VERY generous with their own regulations. Unsanctioned tournaments materialize, sending groups of 5 and 6 out like they're boarding a cruise ship. Expect a 6-hour round if you tee off after 8am... that's just enough time to have an existential crisis about whether you even like golf. Pro tip: get out before 8am and you'll have a perfectly lovely round. Sleep in, and you're in it for the long haul - pack a breakfast and lunch, call your family, write your will, say goodbye. **Zen and the Art of the Three-Putt** A special note to members who spend two full minutes on the green performing what I can only describe as a spiritually-guided wind-reading ceremony: next time, bring a weathervane. It'll save time. Also - spoiler - you still three-putted. The yoga pose didn't help. Neither did the seven practice swings. I watched. I had time. **Cart Chronicles** Most members own personal carts (storage on-site). Some members, though, believe "cart path only" is more of a creative suggestion than an actual rule, and you'll spot carts cruising through OB territory on the regular. What is even more infuriating: members who physically cannot walk the two feet from the cart path to the tee box and instead just... perch their carts on the tee box itself. The club needs somebody to remind these guys that they own legs. **The Amenities Situation** There is no cart girl, but the club compensates with free coolers stocked with ice for your cart - genuinely a nice touch. Food options are limited, but I maintain that no one goes to a golf course to eat a proper meal, so this is a non-issue. The driving range is just an open expanse of field next to the parking lot. Do NOT park near it unless you enjoy filing creative insurance claims. Range balls frequently end up on the adjacent fairways because of the, uh, "inspired" placement of both the driving and chipping ranges. Guest fees run about $80. A bit steep but golf ain't cheap. (I'm a literary poet, thank you.) I cannot speak for the men's locker room, but the ladies' is outdated. There are plans to update it, so I'm not knocking any points off for that. Locker rooms at a golf course are a means to an end anyway: you go, you do your business, you leave. It's clean enough, there are sinks to wash your hands, and toilet paper is reliably stocked. The shower stall appears to be moonlighting as a storage closet - but until I want to wash off the stain of my handicap, I'll withhold further judgment. **On Membership: A Cautionary Tale** I wish they offered a trial membership. I really do enjoy my rounds here, but I might have thought twice about the buy-in if I'd known about the few (but very present) bad apples. To leave, I'd have to sell my membership to a willing buyer, so I am unfortunately a shareholder in the chaos. That said: it's unlimited golf after monthly dues, so any gripes are just First World Problems. It's a golf-themed timeshare - but nobody's making you sit through a 90-minute presentation, and the squirrels are friendlier. Most members I've actually interacted with are genuinely nice people. I'm not a very social person; I'm kind of shy, but one of the ladies invited me to join a standing tee time for the ladies golf group - which was a really sweet gesture and probably the most wholesome thing that's ever happened to me on a golf course. Would I recommend it? Probably. Would I warn you first? Absolutely. See you on the course.

Today we did our Thanksgiving Lunch at April Sound Country Club. The room was set up very elegant…read moreand nice. It was a traditional Thanksgiving lunch, with Turkey, Ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, pumpkin pie, and pecan pie. Service was great and multiple people kept checking on us. By far was one of the best decisions we made for Thanksgiving.

We ate here as guests of members and found that the food was very good, actually excellent! Plus,…read morethe desserts REALLY very good! We were treated to entertainment while we dined with James Smelley. What a great performance, and he had his grandson performing alongside him. I always consider live music while dining as a big bonus (IF the music is good - here it was excellent!). I understand that they have a new menu. The restaurant was nicely packed and the bar drinks good as well.

Our son played a tournament here and we were really impressed…read more The clubhouse was nice. Not super extravagant but reminded me of a VFW from back home. I only interacted with the gentleman in the pro shop. He was friendly and liked how he instructed my son how to get the range balls, not me. I loved how lively this place was. There were SO MANY "old timers" out and about here. Luckily, they were friendly old timers, not snooty rude ones like some of the members of the country club I worked at like 20 years ago. The driving range, putting and chipping greens were nice. Carts were awesome. Super quiet. GPS touch screen. AND only $20! (Most courses we went to this summer were at least $27.) As for the course, I think this was one of the best ones we have seen all summer. Fairways and greens were well taken care of. My son had a couple challenging holes but hey, that's golf. We recommend.

This course is public but has memberships at a very reasonable price. Recently has done a lot up…read moreupgrades to make the course better. I love playing with a lot of surrounding trees in the Summer with better shade. Fairways are wide enough the average golfer can avoid them. Greens are looking really good. There are 27 holes and new golf carts that are electric. The driving range has a couple of putting ranges for chipping and putting, but no sand practice. Staff are very friendly and helpful.