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3.3
982 Reviews (982)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
71
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.3
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.4
57.7%
Recommend this course
725 out of 982 reviews
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3.8
13 Reviews (13)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
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1
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1
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.5
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.1
StaffFriendliness
4.1
69.2%
Recommend this course
9 out of 13 reviews
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3.3
63 Reviews (63)
5 Stars
15
4 Stars
18
3 Stars
12
2 Stars
10
1 Stars
8
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.3
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.0
55.6%
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35 out of 63 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 71
Length 6959 yards
Slope 138
Rating 74.0

The Trails of Frisco golf course is one of Jeff Brauer’s most unique designs -- primarily because it doesn’t fit the mold of his other courses. Brauer, who’s known for his open, straight-forward courses, designed this one to tip out to a par 71, 6,900 yards, loaded it with hidden creeks, scenic wetlands, extensive bunkering, and massive greens. In fact, first-timers will be confused here. They’ll face intimidating views off the tee that leave doubt as to the problems that loom ahead, and it is definitely possible to lose all of your balls off the tee if you’re struggling.

The golf course is just flat-out challenging, especially on the front nine. No. 1 opens up with a creek on the left that cuts in front of the green and generally makes its presence known on every shot. The play here is to stay right and stay away from its subtle presence on the left side. The creek comes into play on Nos. 2, 4, 5, and even No. 9, where it chutes from the fairway in front of the green and surrounds the green of this challenging par 4.

All told, water and waste areas are in play on 16 of 18 holes (including every par 3), and the creeks are enhanced by visible lakes and ponds on the back side, even though it is considered a bit easier than the front.

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Course Details

Year Built 2001
Golf Season Year round
Architect Jeff Brauer (2001)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper golf attire required

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards
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Reviews

3.3
982 Reviews (982)
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Skill Intermediate
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I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Some Good / Some Bad

Most of the greens and fairways were in good to very good shape. The course layout is fun and challenging. The tee boxes and sand traps are very bad on quite a few holes. Pace of play was slow but nothing you wouldn’t expect during a weekend round on a public course. Staff was friendly and helpful. Overall, it’s decent for the money. Could be great if they get the tee boxes in order.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

In Solid Shape

Greens were a little sandy and tee boxes were beat up but the fairways and and rough was lively and gave true lies. Bunkers were in average shape.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Carts need an upgrade

For the price you are paying there could definitely use some upgrades to the carts. Every turn our cart sounded like wheel was going to fall off. I’ve played at other courses and spent half of what a round here cost and had the video monitors in the carts outlying the course. Greens were very well kept and would play here again but would most likely be twilight

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 38
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great condition, nice hitting off of carpeted fairways, putting on Smooth undulating greens, friendly people in the clubhouse, and by the carts. No beverage people on the course, but it was late. Always like a Marshall, encouraging pace of play, but again it was late. Great value for the money for sure !

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

With some TLC, this could be a great track

As a former course rater for Golfweek Magazine, I feel like I’m a pretty good judge of golf courses. Some keys to a great course for me are the variety of holes among other holes with the same par number on the course, and the variety of the kind of shots and clubs required during a round.

Based on those qualifications, I feel this layout is excellent. In fact, it’s a golf club quality layout. That’s the good news.

The bad news is that, in spite of a great layout, this course falls short when it comes to maintenance.

First, and I understand this is a maintenance requirement, the greens appear to have been recently punched/aerated. This normally isn’t that big of a deal, but the staff appeared to not have properly topdressed them following the process, and every putt was a bumpy adventure.

Next, the sand traps had almost no sand in them (if any at all). One fairway bunker had nothing but exposed pipe and rocks in it. Very disappointing.

Fairways were for the most part, okay. They certainly aren’t lush, but there were no significant areas of dead patches if you kept it in the short stuff.

From an amenity standpoint, the course is of municipal course quality. There’s a limited pro shop, a decent practice green, a decent range and a bar area and restaurant that seems pretty sterile. One nice thing on the amenity front was that they did have a beverage cart, and we saw it every 4-5 holes.

In all, I’d go back based on the design for the $68 I paid. If they addressed the issues I brought up, its easily a $100 course.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Nice course

Weird sprinkler heads infront of green. Somehow always managed to hit them on my chip and send past the green

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 11
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice Course- We'll Maintained

The greens were well kept, fairways good condition, and pace of play was good at 4pm.... I'll definitely be back.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Cart path only?

Why would you not tell me it was cart path only when I called in the afternoon before.???

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Marshall Needs Training

Number 12 has return to cart path signs about 150 yards from the green. We were way right off the tee and didn’t see them and returned to cart path about 120 yards from the green at which point the Marshall pulled up and said we were abusing the course. I asked how and he pointed to the signs about 30 yards behind us. I said I’m sorry we were way right and I didn’t see them but will be careful. That wasn’t good enough he continued to ask if we played golf before and if we’d played this golf course and again that we were abusing the course. Don’t know what else to say except sorry we didn’t see the sign. After a good minute or two of telling us how awful we were for not seeing the sign he drive up to 12 green and literally ran up the hill to the green to tell the guys we were playing with they were tearing up the course and that they didn’t get back to the cart path before the signs either. We couldn’t have been more sincere with our apologies but this guy was way over the top. The golf course is fine but if you guys are going to have Marshalls on the course you need to train them to interact with customers. Had we done that before then I could see where his attitude came from. Former head golf professional here and I’ve trained Marshalls and done the task before and this is not how you approach a group for the first time.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 14
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great condition. Put the driver away on a lot of these holes

This course is in good shape. Tee boxes and greens are solid. There a lot of lay up shots especially with the ground so hard. 50 yards of roll or more puts you OB on a lot of holes from the blue tees. They have a lot of holes with hazards in the middle of the hole. It’s challenging. Only downside is bring cash for the cart girl. They take your card and of course I forgot it.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 28
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Walked
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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