Bridges - The Masters at Firewheel Golf of Garland

The course is well watered and in good shape overall. But the greens are so receptive they leave big ball marks.

And people are doing a poor job of fixing them. I could easily spend a full hour on every green fixing marks. I spent a lot of time fixing marks on my putting line to give me a decent roll.

Played Masters/Traditions in 3 hrs 10 min. beginning at 12:30. Nice and clean. Flat tee boxes with freshly moved sculpted fairways build confidence in shot placement. Scattered fairway yardage markers present ...150 yard poles would be helpful especially on par 5 holes. Wonderfully soft greens, medium speed but full of divots; needed to make many repairs before putting. C’mon guys! There’s cold water at the tee boxes although I never saw a refreshment cart. Cart paths smooth and carts are quietly electric. My review may read as criticism but no doubt this is a great course with plenty of variety. These tweaks would make it better.

First time here. Masters/Champions courses looked tournament ready, manicured from tee to green. Tee boxes pleasantly flat, fairways freshly cut so got good roll. Greens were soft yet seemed slow but putting pace was consistent.The layout was full of enjoyable variety littered with massive mature trees hiding subtle doglegs to elevated greens. I enjoyed the discipline of placement off of the drive. Played alone in just over 3 hours. Staff friendly and the electric carts appeared new. Cart paths smooth and comfortable from beginning to end. The only disappointment ... I thought the greens had recent hail damage only to find out that no one knows how to repair ball marks. This really is a beautiful golf course in great shape except for the pock-marked greens. The greenskeepers surely could address this. I’ll look for this course again on golfnow. Highly recommended.

The course was in pretty good shape on July 4. The greens were rolling a little bit slow but true. The greens were recently heavily watered and holding up on my long irons. I’m sure in the afternoon once the greens dry up the greens will be very fast. All the fairways were in pretty nice. I had a fun time and I will visit this course again.

Was pleasantly surprised with the pace on the holiday. Our foursome finished in just under 4 hours. The greens are rolling fast and holding great. Good fairways, and really can't say enough about the greens given the time of year. Will definitely be back.

Course was in great shape! Played on July 4th so you expect a long round, but we never saw a marshal a single time.

Course is in really good condition. Greens are soft and rolling true. Tee boxes and fairways have plenty of grass except for #17.

Firewheel Bridges has 3 9-hole layouts.

We were required to play the Champions and Bridges courses, which seem to be the standard options most of the time.

The Champions is the better course, but both are built in a creek bed area that requires most of the greens to be severely elevated with steep sides, to protect them when the creek floods. Hitting and holding the greens pretty well determines whether you break 90 since missing a green by less than 2 feet can cause your ball to run down the very steep hill, sometimes into a hazard, but on all occasions leaving you a blind, 20-yard, uphill lie for your chip shot.

As an amateur, I hit about 50% of greens on a good day and, like about 90% of 10-15 handicap golfers, I rely on chipping to when I miss a green to keep me close to my handicap and stay with the lower handicap players in my group.

The severely sloped greens significantly lowered my enjoyment of playing these courses. You may want to consider this feature before you play here.

Great condition, super friendly staff. Can’t beat the value for the money

Course is in excellent condition right now. Pace of play on the front nine was really slow. Back nine on the Traditions was much better pace.

Played Champions/Traditions. The Bridges is one of the best public courses in the metroplex. The course is in great shape. Some of the bunkers need attention, but they are still better than most. A fun, challenging course and a great layout!

Course is in great shape! Greens (Bent grass) are handling the heat well. They are watering the greens during the round. Pace of play was great, we played in 4 hrs on a Sunday with a 11:40 tee time!

By far the best course of the 3 Firewheel courses. Fairways and greens were very good this 2nd week of June. Pace of play was exactly 4:15 on Sunday morning. I really like this course.

I really enjoyed my round here. The course was in great shape and pace of play was good. The staff was extremely friendly.

Played the Champion/Masters nines. Champion is fun and straightforward, Masters is a bit more quirky. Both had great Bentgrass greens, solid fairways, and putrid bunkers. Lots of carpet showing in most bunkers. A good mix of wide open holes and strategic, tight ones. Pace was pretty good on a Sunday mid-day round. Lots of water stations on the course and we saw the cart girl 4 times. This course is enjoyable when pace is good and greens are in decent shape (it was). There was one cart bridge that had a board missing and course may want to check out.

All in all a nice round of golf on a good course. Played with two gentlemen that had some game so we played the back tees. Nice to hit driver on almost every hole.