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Bear Creek Golf Club - East Course
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Bear Creek Golf Club's East Course is considered a tad more difficult than the West, with tighter fairways and smaller greens. Fourteen of 18 holes dogleg, so its label as a target course is accurate. Elevation changes make club selection a challenge, and the par 5s are tough to reach in two. No. 5 stands out on the front: a 385-yarder that doglegs left and involves an approach over water. No. 8 is longer (418 yards) and features water in the fairway landing area and along the right side. On the back, no. 15 is the signature, playing 432 yards and tricky because of the blind approach shot.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 72 | 6670 yards | 73.4 | 138 |
| Middle | 72 | 6282 yards | 71.7 | 133 |
| Forward (W) | 72 | 5620 yards | 69.1 | 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: 73.6/139 | 528 | 416 | 175 | 520 | 385 | 372 | 166 | 418 | 402 | 3382 | 510 | 365 | 344 | 384 | 189 | 423 | 515 | 175 | 383 | 3288 | 6670 |
| Blue M: 72.0/134 W: 78.6/143 | 509 | 392 | 165 | 505 | 360 | 350 | 144 | 380 | 375 | 3180 | 493 | 355 | 331 | 370 | 165 | 381 | 487 | 152 | 368 | 3102 | 6282 |
| Silver M: 69.3/128 W: 75.1/132 | 461 | 340 | 143 | 441 | 360 | 300 | 123 | 348 | 347 | 2863 | 449 | 338 | 304 | 320 | 137 | 344 | 444 | 126 | 368 | 2830 | 5693 |
| Red M: 69.0/126 W: 74.7/131 | 461 | 340 | 143 | 441 | 318 | 300 | 123 | 348 | 347 | 2821 | 449 | 338 | 304 | 320 | 137 | 344 | 444 | 126 | 337 | 2799 | 5620 |
| Handicap | 7 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 10 | |||
| Par | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
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Strategic course
Played the East course while I was in Ft. Worth for work. Staff was very friendly and let me know a few holes that driver wasn't the play off the tee. Conditions were good and pace of play was excellent. Really enjoyed my round with a couple of locals.
Pace of play is a joke
Currently sitting on the 5th hole waiting to tee off with 3 groups in the fairway and it’s already been 1.5 hours since I teed off. Marshal was even joking before teeing off he’d be impressed if I made it to the 6th hole before sundown. I teed off at 2:50pm.
Not worth the money
Better ways to throw away 90 bucks and it not take 5.5hrs
Stuck behind 3 groups all waiting. Also the bunkers are about the same density as the fairways but no need to rake because you don’t leave any trace of being in them
Bear Creek always offers a challenge.
The course was in great shape and offered a lot of risk reward opportunities. The greens were fast and true. Putting at these speeds were challenging to the average golfer used to playing on slower greens. Be prepared to pay close attention to the amount of break.
Lots of elevation changes
Played the West Course from the silver tees, which on many boxes were only a few yards in front of the blues (which are not back tees). Love the hilly setting here, with many elevated tees. Fairways are really nice. They had applied some fine-textured treatment to the greens, which made them unpredictable and extra fast, so maybe wait a couple of weeks if you want best conditions. Overall good challenge.
Greens were inconsistent and range was closed
I would never pay full price for this course. In my opinion, this is a $60 green fee during prime time. If you can get it for that or less, play it. Otherwise, there are better courses out there.
Bad Day at Golf
Pace of play was terrible. Kids holding up our group all day. Marshall allowed us to play through them TWICE. Yes, I said TWICE. Go figure.
Marshalls
The course is in pretty good shape the amenities are nice but the Marshall's are very annoying every time I turned around there was sitting there watching us don't need that during my round supposed to be enjoyable especially at the rates there charging not be feel pressured on every shot I hit I won't be back.
Bad Pairing
The course was in decent shape. The greens had recently been aerated and sanded. So the greens were kind of slow.
My only complaint is with the staff and or starter. I was a single player ( 3 handicap ) who paid to ride.
I was paired up with 2 young boys 14 years old that were walking and not very good.
As any advanced golfer would say not the ideal playing conditions.
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