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Bear Creek Golf Club - West Course
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About
Conveniently located adjacent to the DFW Airport, Bear Creek Golf Club serves up two Ted Robinson-designed, 18-hole masterpieces that are known for their stunning topography and outstanding greens. And with both golf courses playing around 6,700 yards from the tips, golfers can hit long irons and fairway woods off the tee to keep it in the fairway, which is mandatory for a good round on these tight courses. Bear Creek's West Course is demanding early, and is significantly more difficult on the front side. However, the back side opens up and allows some room for error, making this the track of choice for the high handicapper. Nos. 6 and 7 stand out on the demanding front. No. 6 requires a blind tee shot and an approach over water, and no. 7 might be the most difficult on the golf course: a 380-yard par 4 that plays into the wind and also involves water. The back side has the signature hole, the scenic 180-yard 17th, which plays along a lake.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 72 | 6690 yards | 73.3 | 137 |
| Middle | 72 | 6264 yards | 71.3 | 134 |
| Forward (W) | 72 | 5570 yards | 68.1 | 123 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 73.7/140 | 370 | 385 | 430 | 505 | 185 | 525 | 390 | 190 | 380 | 3360 | 526 | 420 | 377 | 372 | 180 | 503 | 358 | 178 | 403 | 3317 | 6677 |
| Blue M: 71.5/137 W: 77.6/143 | 350 | 350 | 409 | 490 | 170 | 505 | 366 | 170 | 358 | 3168 | 500 | 399 | 346 | 349 | 144 | 485 | 338 | 160 | 382 | 3103 | 6271 |
| Silver M: 67.9/123 W: 74.3/136 | 330 | 304 | 335 | 425 | 142 | 445 | 320 | 142 | 335 | 2778 | 457 | 335 | 346 | 321 | 161 | 442 | 306 | 117 | 355 | 2840 | 5618 |
| Red M: 67.7/122 W: 73.9/135 | 330 | 304 | 335 | 425 | 142 | 445 | 320 | 142 | 335 | 2778 | 457 | 335 | 325 | 321 | 134 | 442 | 306 | 117 | 355 | 2792 | 5570 |
| Handicap | 17 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 6 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
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Photo submitted by aanguiano7790 on 07/08/2025
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Photo submitted by aanguiano7790 on 07/08/2025
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Photo submitted by aanguiano7790 on 07/08/2025
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Photo submitted by JRGolf1978 on 05/20/2023
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Photo submitted by amorey on 02/09/2021
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Photo submitted by amorey on 02/02/2021
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Photo submitted by amorey on 02/01/2021
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Photo submitted by xianjingwong on 11/23/2020
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Photo submitted by TheOBchef on 06/10/2020
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Photo submitted by RG5B69B9D654E7F8DC8 on 11/10/2019
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Photo submitted by GHuber515 on 04/17/2018
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Photo submitted by GHuber515 on 04/12/2018
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Photo submitted by Lawrence2273488 on 11/04/2014
Great course
Fun layout. Great condition. Little bit on the spendy side. Definitely play again.
Sad state of affairs
I lived in DFW for 37 years and played Bear Creek east and west so many times. I have never seen it in this condition. Admittedly it is early spring and the fairways have not sprouted completely but other aspects like tee boxes, bunkers have not been worked on at all. And then there is the greens. Covered with large infestation of Poanna grass which makes them almost unplayable. If there is a next time, I will be calling ahead to get an honest assessment of green conditions. Nice staff and always a good layout but needs a lot of work.
Nice Layout Challenging Course
Played the East course and really liked the character of the course. Elevation changes, doglegs, undulating greens. The conditions were not great, lots of little star weeds on the greens and some tee boxes so hard couldn’t get a tee in. Overall I had a good round played just over 4 hours and only lost a few balls.
Bear Creek East
Course is in good condition and the greens are good. Rate of play was good.
Bad Greens
I golfed at Bear Creek East today. The staff and carts were good. The practice green had been punched but not sanded so it was completely unusable. There were several bare patches on many of the greens and weeds so thick the ball couldn’t travel straight on several greens.
With the condition of the bare patches and weeds there was no consistency from green to green either. I realize this is early March and the green cannot be as good as later in the year but I am comparingw these greens to other I have played recently. Twin Creeks in Allen is considerably better.
I will not be back.
Concrete Bunkers
Course condition was very average even for this time of year. The bunkers were the absolute worst. I went in a few and they were all the same... literal concrete where your club just bounces. It doesnt take a lot to turn the sand and loosen it once a week.
course is good..greens a little too fast
Weather was perfect. Course was winter like it always is in winter fairways were decent and true to form but greens on each hole were fast.
Expensive for the condition
I have played a few courses in Dallas, and the greens were very bumpy and the bunkers were unplayable!! Concrete is softer than the bunkers. And for $85 was more than disappointing.
Very good course
Played in February after a few days of profuse rain. The course was in very good condition, the greens very well kept. We played in less than 4 hours, and the amenities were nice with decent food. Very good value for money, and it's open on Mondays!!!
Fastest round played in quit awhile
Teed off around noon midweek and we was done in 3.5 hrs. Course is in great conditions other than some spots on the fridge of greens were rough. Sand traps were soft and in excellent playing condition.
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