The Trails of Frisco Golf Club

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Course was in better condition then any of the other places I play, but it was also tough, especially it being my first time playing there. If you do come here bring to A game and extra balls.

The course is in great shape. Fairways and greens in top condition. Vey challenging course !

Course in good condition except golf balls along the fairways from nearby homes. Not much drinking water on the course so simmer will be brutal. Lacking in amenities for the price. If you bring your own water and mark your golf balls clearly. Do recommend for the course conditions and lay out

Its not my first trip to this course. Though i seem to always be at it after a rain. I believe it rained 2 days before and the traps were pretty washed out still. Sand needs work anyway. Front 9 has a few holes where the fairway and tee boxes were pretty bad shape...holes 2, 3 to name a couple. Course has a creek that winds through it and some mid fairway heavy brush areas that add some challenge to the course. Greens were fairly smooth and maybe a touch slow. We (two golfers)waited on most holes for the two threesomes in front of us. But we made decent time getting around the courese. Had one visit from the beverage cart and she was kind enough to warn us it was the end of her shift and service was done for the day. The bridges need some work for sure. The course feels a bit over priced vs its condition but i would go again.