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4.2
1337 Reviews (1337)
5 Stars
454
4 Stars
515
3 Stars
210
2 Stars
93
1 Stars
65
Conditions
4.0
Value
4.0
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.3
87.1%
Recommend this course
1094 out of 1337 reviews
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4.4
34 Reviews (34)
5 Stars
16
4 Stars
14
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.3
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.8
91.2%
Recommend this course
31 out of 34 reviews
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4.3
56 Reviews (56)
5 Stars
27
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.1
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.6
89.3%
Recommend this course
50 out of 56 reviews
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Course Highlights
Bear Creek stands out in the DFW public golf scene with a well-regarded layout featuring tight fairways, blind shots, and generous landing areas. Friendly and accommodating staff consistently earn high marks, with responsive service making rounds enjoyable.

About

Holes 18
Type Public/Resort
Par 72
Length 6670 yards
Slope 138
Rating 73.4

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.

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Course Details

Year Built 1980
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ted Robinson, Sr. (1980)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Single Allowed No

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

4.2
1337 Reviews (1337)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 22
Watching the Game 14
Brunch 6
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 46
Narrow Fairways 45
Elevation Changes 43
This course/club is great for:
Locals 51
Playing Multiple Courses 38
Advanced Golfers 32
This Course's Location is:
Near the Airport 83
Convenient to the City 42
Worth the Drive 14

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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Agonizingly Slow

There is just no excuse for a round to take 4 hours and 50 minutes, especially with each player having their own carts. Did not have a single hole without waiting for a group ahead to tee off. Sometimes 3 groups were on the same tee box. Marshall’s were useless. Would simply tell us that it was going to get better quickly. 5 minutes after he told us that we arrived at the 14th tee box to find two foursomes Waiting to tee off. Painful.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not far from perfect

Played the East course. Layout was excellent & greens in good shape. Need to play the course a couple times as there are some lay up shots off the tee on a few holes that can bite you if you misclub. Biggest issue were the bunkers. They are pretty much unplayable with either rock hard compacted dirt or wet mud. Overall course is a good test. This place is always crowded I heard and it definitely was when I was there!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course

Very nice course, friendly staff and fair price! I like the layout! Challenging but fair!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Golf time without fears

Extremely happy that I was able to play. This course is nice and usually busy. They took the necessary precautions for the “rona” and they allowed golf cart riders (1 person per cart). Pace of play was great. Course is in good shape.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 102
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Very nice

Good vibe going from beginning to end Arrived to music and bar tender. Carts for everyone. Tee times on time. Pace of play excellent .

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Enjoy

My wife and I went out with no expectations and had a wonderful evening. The course is in very good shape. The greens need a little attention and some of the tee boxes but these guys are so busy! They are one of the few you can ride. Had a great experience. Try it sometime in the evening with the one you Love.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Conditions

I played the morning after it rained all night and the course was still fantastic. Tee boxes were green, fairways were in great condition, greens were decent. No complaints here. Paid $35 and it was well worth it.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good time

This course has it down. 1 cart per person, but you get it 10 minutes before your tee time. There is a monitor @ the carts. Driving range is open. Beer stands & grill behind the clubhouse & beer stand next to the driving range.

Course is in good shape. Greens run true. A lot of blind shots on the course, a couple of hazards that didn’t show up on my Sky Caddie. Luckily, we were paired with regulars who knew the layout.

Course was fully booked, waited almost every shot on the back 9, but not overly so. Beverage cart girls on the course. Pace of play at 4 1/2 hours on a Saturday afternoon.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

2 minutes between tee times , Course Overbooked

Group in front of us had a Tee time at 10:14 while ours was for 10:16. Had 5 groups waiting at tee box to start off. Real slow 5 Hour game. Arrived early for driving range and it was a pain having no cart till 15 minutes before tee time and having to carry everything from back of the parking lot . Just expect better experience for $50 round golf. Real Friendly staff and course was in good shape. Straight forward layout with no real interesting or exciting holes. I will skip this course and stick wth my favorite, Indian Creek.

Conditions Excellent
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Previously Played

Backed Way Up

Sending 4 somes out every 5-10 minutes. Wouldn’t have finished my round if I teed off at 2:50. Course looked to be in good shape. There was a group on the tee, on the fairway and on the green. Brutal work by the Marshall. Wouldn’t recommend wasting your efforts

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

East - Covid19 Golf

Firstly, 5 plus stars for being open with carts during this farce. Since it was so, it was also very crowded which hindered pace-of-play. But, we were all thankful to be outside, on the course having a great time.

For the amount of traffic it had, the course was in really good shape, tee boxes, fairways, greens. Sand traps were however unplayable, most were muddy and rocky. (The only demerit I can give the east course)

Pretty course, big trees, nice cart path and bridges

Staff was spot on from check-in to cart girls.

They a great job at the turn providing food and beverages considering the clubhouse was closed....really good burger!

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
First Time Playing

Pace Pace Pace

Did I mention pace. Started @ 4 didn’t get through 6. Sad

Conditions Excellent
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

If you play here, play early!

I understand given the current situation its important to take precautions however, given this time of year if your tee time is 4:40 one can expect to get close to 18 in especially if you're paying for 18.

In my opinion this was just a case of herding players through like cattle. The golf course was PACKED! There were a line of carts on both the east and west 1st tees, and dozens of people standing around waiting for their carts. We didn't actually tee off until 5:10 and by the time you get close to where you can just barely still see the ball (8:25ish) we had played 11 holes.

I do recommend playing this golf course as the conditions are great BUT not anytime soon. If you do play here, make sure your tee time is as early as you can make. Anything around or after 4:30 I wish you luck.

My recommendation for Bear Creek is during weekend play, extend the gap between tee times by reducing the amount of times available. People will still pay a little more for a better experience and pace of play.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

Pace of play

The course has tee times 4 min apart. During the pandemic they are supposed to be 16 mins apart. We literally had 4 groups on the tee box for the 1st 7 holes. Pace of play is horrible!

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

overbooked

My partner and I quit the round after 5 holes. It was exactly 2 hours and 5 minutes since we teed off! There were 3 foursomes waiting to tee off on the 6th hole. This wasn't a situation where some idiots that never play golf were stinking up the course. Tee times were WAY overbooked. Our tee time was 3:16 and the two groups in front of us were 3:12 and 3:08. I've never experienced anything like it. Don't blame this on the Covid-19. This was simply poor management and pure greed. Offer it cheap and stack em deep...

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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