Concise course flow/ quick play.
Multiple teepads.
Hanging/ stump baskets.
Good shot variety given course length.
High fun factor.
Drains quickly after rain.

Low overall length and difficulty.
Very aged and poorly sized baskets.
Dirt uneven teepads.
Susceptible to garbage accumulation.
Use of road as makeshift water crossing. It makes the most of the land but is aesthetically unappealing.

Bandit has the feel of an old school course with its natural teepads, weathered baskets and short length. This style of play leans strongly towards casual park style golf that demands moderate accuracy to string together birdies.
The unique touches such as hanging and tree stump mounted baskets add to the appeal of the course.
I do walk away from this course enjoying the experience. I would not go out of my way to play but would recommend it if low stress shorter golf with moderate accuracy is your thing.

White Oak Bayou Bandit is such a funny course. There's 18 holes (but this isn't an 18 hole course) scattered through a leveled neighborhood of Houston. Flat, grassy land with neighborhood streets through it. It's kind of something I've always thought about what it would be like, and now I know.

There are some rather inventive and tricky holes out here, and a pretty challenging length, though not gratuitous. The baskets were a hodge podge of assorted makes and models, some in better shape than others, but all visible from the tee.

It's a pretty solitary course. The tees seemed kind of weathered, but I don't imagine this place gets crowded because of it's location.

There's nothing flashy here though. All of the cons are just kind of a lot of little things. The grass never gets mowed (unless someone from "they" mows it, which is rare), the layout is overall uninspiring, navigation is difficult without a map (and even then still sometimes difficult), despite the cage of one basket would be painted in the direction of the next tee.

There's a lot of trash on this course. I usually pick up a few pieces when I play at whatever course I'm at, but this seems to be a dumping ground, especially by Hole 11.

The course plays like a 12 hole course, and then you can cross the neighborhood to play holes A-F, not listed as part of the course for some reason, but still kind of fun.

The baskets were kind of hard to see from the tee, not because of obstructed line of sight, but just because even the discatchers seemed to be painted grey and brown.

I agree with previous reviewer c_a_miller in his statement about the golf being typical, so I gave it a "decent/typical" rating, the exact description.

It is kind of frustrating that there are several courses around Houston, and some of the popular ones (the other two White Oak courses, Milby, a couple smaller park courses) which don't seem to get a lot of attention from the City in terms of mowing, or were installed with no thought to maintenance from the local club. "Some" disc golf may be better than "no" disc golf, but at some point the maintenance infrastructure is overextended. Simile with baskets- if there's a dues-paying club in Houston, theoretically they could sell some old baskets and save up for new ones instead of installing pretty worn down ones everywhere. But that's just this one man's opinion. I know they work hard and really love disc golf in Houston, and I'm not exactly standing up to help either.

Be ready to deal with the weirdness if you come play this course. It's a good round, but I can't decide if I want to play it again or not.

UPDATE (12/6/2019): I don't want to play it again. I got poison ivy for the first time in my life after playing this course. But that's not really why I don't want to play again. There are a lot of holes I remember, and none that make me itch to return.

This course plays through an abandoned neighborhood along White Oak Bayou. It has two sets of tees that are vastly different looks on each of the holes. The baskets are older baskets, some from Tom Bass (RIP), but they all still catch fairly well.

I was impressed with the large difference of length within the holes. You have your shorter easy birdie holes, and you have longer holes that make a two or three very tough to obtain. Being in an old neighborhood, the course is littered with large trees that will knock down errant shots. Though all of the lines are fair off of the tee. I really enjoyed hole 2 as it has a solid risk/reward type look.

The course is almost impossible to navigate without the map here on DGCR. All of the tees are marked with bricks, but being level with the ground, you are not able to see them from the previous basket.

Though there was a big difference in hole length, the course does not really offer anything unique that you can't find anywhere in Houston or hole-by-hole in the course. Also being an old neighborhood, the course may be the flattest in the entire city beyond the six inch curbs you will have to cross.

It was surreal playing here. The golf was decent, but it is surreal playing through empty streets and empty lots that have all been washed away by flooding. It really speaks to the power of Mother Nature especially here in Houston. It was a weird feeling playing where people spent their lives and grew up.

With that, there is also the feeling that this area brought people a load of grief. People probably left these homes for the last time via boat, and the grief of the aftermath of dealing with flooded homes and belongings.

It was an odd round, one that was fun to play, but the empty streets and empty cul-de-sacs brought a surreal feeling.

Well manicured
Variety of foliage
Usually 2 lines on each drive

Still some trash around.
No way to navigate without a map
Baskets are worn bit still catch

The course is quite good. 3.25 stars. White tees offer some shorter birdie runs and the Blue's, while longer, are still fair with the addition of 4 par 4's. This course will not take over as a tournament course by any means but it could serve as a unique alternative in the area, a la Nottingham to Moffit (not to mention the 12 hole layout). Played twice it is a solid 24 holes with a track interesting enough to want to play it again another day.

White Oak Bayou Bandit. I always wondered what was at the end of the White Oak Bayou Bike Trail and it is what we all hoped it would be. Disc golf amongst older growth trees in a former neighborhood that Houston's flooding has rendered uninhabitable. The Houston disc golf scene is blessed in a way because the areas right along our waterways flood so frequently. Over time they have become parkland and public space due to government buyouts. I do not know the details surrounding the area this course is in, but much like McDade in Conroe, homes once stood where we are now hucking plastic. It will not be unusual during your round to see an old banana tree or two giant evergreen firs surrounding an electrical breaker in the middle of the fairway. Parking is along the Cul De-Sac on Loren Ln. use 9198 Loren Ln. as the address to course.