Review of Legends Country Club

Legends Country Club
Texas Outside Rating: 4.3
18 Holes - Golf - Public
Stephenville
254 9682200
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Date Played: May 11, 2006
Front Nine Rating: 6.5 Stars
Back Nine Rating: 4.5 Stars
Approximate Weekend Price Range: $30.00 to $30.00
Brief Description:

The Legends Country Club is not one of those courses that you want to drive out of your way to play, but if you have to play golf near Stephenville, then this is the only choice that we know of. And any time you can escape to a golf course for 18 holes, it's worth the trip. Overall, the club house and course are dated, the condition is a little below average, and the price seems high for what you get.

The front nine is the best of the two nines and it meanders through a medium priced community. There are a couple of fun holes, a little bit of variety, several doglegs, and a couple tight holes. On this nine you need to deploy some good course selection and course management to score well.

The back nine is in a huge field which is perfectly flat and very open - sometimes it's hard to tell the fairway from the rough. A couple holes are tree lined on one side, but the fairways are wide enough that unless you really spray the ball, you won't have to contend with the trees. You won't find much character or any unique holes on this nine.

The fairways are below average condition, there are no sand traps, and the rough is cut very short. The greens are small and most are table top and hard to hold - meaning that in most cases, your ball will roll off the green and back into the fairway.

Texas Outside Scorecard for Legends Country Club
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Other Good Information:

Beware of water on 6 holes and the 0 sand traps.
Service is weak and we never saw a cart lady.
Condition of the greens is 4.0 and the green difficulty is 5.0 out of 10.
Walkable: Yes
GPS: No

Course Yardage, Slope, and Rating:

Tee Box	Yardage	Rating	Slope	Par
Blue	6,378			72
White	5,959			72
Red	4,557			72

Here's How Texas Outside Determines the Scorecard Rating

The Texas Outside rating scale ranges from 1 to 10 – a perfect 10 course would be something like this: links along a cliff overlooking the Pacific ocean and bordered by tall trees; lush fairways on rolling hills with lots of natural hazards; water (which is crystal clear) on most of the holes; immaculate greens (but they are undulating and tough); lots of variety and character (each hole is completely different and includes blind shots, elevation changes, doglegs, and significant challenges); perfectly manicured traps with the whitest and prettiest sand you’ve ever seen; a nice club house with great food and a 19th hole; a GPS; plenty of beverage carts or your own cooler and ice; and it only costs $40 bucks! What this means is that you probably won’t find any 10s in Texas – try Cabo San Lucas, Pebble Beach, or some of the Hawaii courses!
Texas Outside rates courses on the following:

Beauty – tall trees, rolling hills, beautiful houses, waterfalls, and similar stuff would score high; a 1 would be flat, bushes or cactus instead of trees, and some grass but mostly weeds
Difficulty – a straight, 300 yard par 4 with no traps or hazards, no out of bounds or water would probably get a 1; if it is a 460 yard par 4 over two ravines, with water along one side, natural hazards on the other, strategically placed traps or that dreaded tree right in the middle of the fairway, we are talking a 10.
Variety – what would you give a course where all the holes looked and played exactly the same (“I thought we just played that hole!”); were side-by-side, which is good for finding or dodging other people’s balls, but not much fun; and you can see the flag from every tee box? That’s right, it gets a 1.
Fun Scale – a 10 is where you walk off the course and say “now that was fun” and you can’t wait to get back, or you immediately turn around and play another 18 holes
Value – a 5 is $50 to $60, a 10 is $20 to $30, and 1 is $200 or so – of course all of this is dependent upon how you liked the course. For example, if a run down, boring municipal course, with six players on each hole was only $10; it would still get a value rating of 1.
Condition – this one’s pretty easy – what condition are the fairways. A 10 commands very lush perfectly manicured fairways, compared to a 1, which has fire ants, weeds, and more dirt than grass!
Condition of Greens and Difficulty – very hard to read greens with lots of undulation and tough pin placement, rate very high on the difficulty scale. Condition is self-explanatory.

All of the above determines the overall score for the golf course. In other words, we like courses that are pretty, fun, very challenging with a lot of variety, and fairways and greens in excellent condition – all for $40. We also tend to play the courses that are affordable for the masses, which means in the $30 to $80 range. We rate hard and we haven’t found a 10 in Texas yet – don’t worry we haven’t given up and we’re still looking.