Thorntree Country Club

I typically hate playing on Saturdays, but pace of play was tolerable. Not great, but tolerable.

Course was in pretty good shape, greens rolled true, it's a bit tricky the first time to play, some blind shots are out there.

This course will test you in variety of ways. The greens are well guarded and there is a good mix of short and long par 4's, with a few very lengthy par 5's from the back tees. This course is difficult and will require several rounds before you know the tricks to mastering it. Definitely give it a try!

Course was in good condition. Used to be a country club and they still treat it like one. Fairways were taken care of and greens rolled true without any bumpiness. Would recommend

For what they charge I definitely recommend this course.

Thorntree has been a true country club in DFW for maybe at least 30 years. For may clubs like this, they find they need to open up to the public to boost the revenue to take the pressure off the members. The layout is really good and some holes are straight forward and mildly challenging. Yet, there are some really great and difficult holes where par is a great score. The stretch of 3,4 and 5 are like the horrible horseshoe at Colonial. All the rain this year is helping to fill in some bare areas. My 3 stars review is for just two key details. One can be fixed and the other probably not. First is mowing. Maybe the rain prevented it but most fairways are too long and hairy. Second is the greens. They are smooth and in great shape but they remain the old traditional Bermuda from long ago. That means “slow”. The newer dwarf-tiff is the faster variety going in all over Texas golf. It’s most likely not in the budget here but if you like smooth greens and don’t mind it slower this would be a great course to play. I guess I am like Goldilocks, not to slow and not to fast, but just fast enough.

This is a great tract to play. It rewards good shots and penalize bad ones. They had recently punched the greens, so they were a little bumpy but still would recommend it to any golfer of any skill level.

I’ve played this course many times when it was private and the greens were always smooth and moderately fast. It went public about a year ago and I haven’t had the chance to play it until today.

We hit balls on the range and went to the putting green before we teed off and was shocked to see how slow and long the grass was on them. There was no arification alert on the list but it looked like they had been airified recently.

We had a 2:00 tee time and at 1:57 we were called to the tee and it was announced a 2 some was going off in front of us. Not too big of a deal but with 4 scratch players in our group it was not ideal to watch this 2 some take 2 off the tee each none of which found the golf course property. They did end up playing fairly quickly but could have been handled by the pro shop a little better.

We teed off and found the first fairway had been airified in places, once again not disclosed on golf now. We came to the first green and to our disappointment it was just like the putting green, slow and bumpy. We found the conditions to be the same throughout the entire course, sporadic fairway airification and slow bumpy greens.

To top it all off we caught a 4 man scramble tournament on our 11th hole and had the pleasure of waiting on them the rest of the back nine.

I attempted to attach pictures of the greens and fairways but it would not accept them on the app.

This group will not return to Thorntree “Country Club”

Course it longer than we usually play but it was a very pretty course. We will be back.

Didn't find out front 9 was closed until I got there.

Tee boxes were rough, greens ok but slow, traps in fair to good shape, especially considering all the rain of late.

What saved the day for me was the outstanding staff. Everyone you meet is doing their best, especially the pro shop guy and the beverage cart girl, who was simply excellent in every respect.

Will play again.

Course was a tough layout. Lots of trees and doglegs. Accuracy is key. Played after a few days of rain, and did not drain well. Overall, good value and pace of play was great. Staff was very friendly and let us go off early.

Thorntree is a nice course, this is the second time playing here. We played after a few days of rain and it was still very muddy and not much grass in certain areas of fairways and the rough. Don’t get me wrong I do enjoy this course, the greens are tough but they roll true and course is challenging.

With all the rain we have had, one would think the fairways would be better.

Thorntree is a beautiful layout with challenging greens and terrain. I feel like it’s a precision course that gives you option of the tee but not much room for bailout on the approach shot.

the course is in pretty bad shape. The staff was overall pretty good. but it doesn't make up the bad conditions of the course.

2nd time to play Thorntree in 2019 since it went from private country club to public course. First time experience for my playing partners. All agreed the course has fallen far and hard from its former days of glory. It needs a lot of TLC. It won't keep me from coming back, just with adjusted expectations. It was about worth the $30 we paid for a Sunday afternoon round.