Bear Creek Golf Club - East Course

West course is easier than east and green/fair way/tee box are better. I think you can save at least 4 compare with east..

Crowded holiday weekend. Moved along. Course in very shape. Found a few bunkers but the sand was not bad to work with. Overall pretty good day.

Played Black Bear West and it was in great shape. Fairways were good, bunkers, and greens played well. The greens rolled a little slow but still were good. Off the tee you have a fair shot. A few blind shots but it made it fun. Looking forward to going back.

Took a year off from playing this course and not much has changed - top dollar cost for a bottom barrel experience. Course was in terrible shape, with grass patches everywhere. Round took close to 5 hours as is apparently typical of this course. Getting food and a drink at the turn took almost 20 minutes which didn’t help. Pro shop also tried to charge one member of our group even though the round had been prepaid, and gave us a hard time about getting that charge fixed.

Pass!

The West course was green and in excellent condition. We played fast and were never waiting on other groups. It was a great experience!

Played the West course. Did not disappoint. Conditions were really good. Only thing to maybe point out were that the greens were rolling a bit slow. Fairways were great and bunkers played well. Challenging off the tee but open and fair. Can’t wait to get back out and play.

Bear Creek West...An old Dallas favorite that I finally played on a Golf Now Promo. Nice mix of holes, carried par 3's too. Nice, moderate elevation changes, no many - maybe only one - forced carry. I see improvements going on - new restrooms, some new tee boxes. I'll play it again but after I check out the East.

I played both east and west courses.

There are several unusual facts about these courses.

1) There is no course map or yardage information. I asked this time when I checked in. Girls in the pro shop didn't know what that is. so if you play for the first time, you should play blind.

2) Sand Bunker is not in playable condition. I did swing in the bunker, looks perfect, but my 60-degree club didn't dig in an inch. I almost injure my wrist. I had to give up playing the game. In the par 3 hole, I intentionally hit the ball to the bunker near the green, guess what, ball didn't stay in the bunker, instead bounced away from the green.