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The Trails of Frisco Golf Club
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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.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 71 | 6959 yards | 74.0 | 138 |
| Back | 71 | 6317 yards | 70.7 | 124 |
| Middle | 71 | 5777 yards | 68.3 | 114 |
| Forward | 71 | 5104 yards | 65.0 | 111 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 73.8/145 | 562 | 468 | 208 | 378 | 453 | 178 | 555 | 361 | 420 | 3583 | 533 | 157 | 462 | 351 | 231 | 431 | 167 | 468 | 576 | 3376 | 6959 |
| Blue M: 71.4/133 | 522 | 430 | 171 | 342 | 426 | 147 | 501 | 333 | 373 | 3245 | 491 | 135 | 435 | 335 | 204 | 398 | 141 | 396 | 537 | 3072 | 6317 |
| White M: 69.8/119 W: 74.3/135 | 486 | 384 | 147 | 311 | 394 | 128 | 448 | 313 | 342 | 2953 | 461 | 114 | 418 | 305 | 179 | 370 | 118 | 361 | 498 | 2824 | 5777 |
| Red M: 65.9/113 W: 69.7/123 | 436 | 322 | 110 | 286 | 359 | 98 | 428 | 207 | 307 | 2553 | 390 | 87 | 393 | 273 | 160 | 358 | 103 | 327 | 460 | 2551 | 5104 |
| Handicap | 7 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 10 | |||
| Par | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 71 |
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Reviewer Photos
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Photo submitted by jonathanthomas11 on 09/18/2024
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Photo submitted by JHurt5345 on 08/25/2024
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Photo of 4th green. Photo submitted by Faithless1 on 04/16/2023
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What Sand? Photo submitted by Tom5929581 on 04/11/2022
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Mud on fairways Photo submitted by Tom5929581 on 04/11/2022
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Flood debris everywhere Photo submitted by Tom5929581 on 04/11/2022
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Trashed Greens Photo submitted by Tom5929581 on 04/11/2022
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Photo submitted by u853787857 on 11/11/2021
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#2 green @ Trails Photo submitted by bowhunter817 on 04/10/2013
First time
Made our reservations a week ahead of time then had to be paired up with golfers who walked up and wanted to play, which was disappointing. Fairways were hard due to the dry conditions but greens were in decent shape. Really enjoyed the course layout.
Pace of Play was so fast
I made a reservation at 2 o'clock. I played with my wife. I started 15 minutes early. I finished 18 holes at about 4:45. In other words, it took only three hours. I love it.
Good Value and Convenient
If you can hit an accurate long ball, you’ll do well. Lots of variety, and some strategic challenges.
Enjoyable and Difficult
There are few easy holes on this course because nearly every hole has some type of trouble on it, plus the greens were extremely fast
First
Course in good shape, bunkers are gone, fairways/greens really good shape. Like the layout, will gladly go back again
HOT, HOT, HOT - But the greens were COOL!
Love Frisco Trails - Awesome course! Always in top shape when I can get away for a leisurely round of golf. Definitely a challenging course, but not so challenging that it would deter beginner golfers like myself.
Plenty of Better Options
Lots of Gimmicky Holes. Too penal and does not mix in strategic holes. Too many forced layups that require very long irons or woods into too many holes no matter what tee you would play. Conditions are fine and I want this course to be awesome as it is right around the corner from my house but it just really needs a redesign to increase the enjoyment of the round. It is everything that is wrong with the Real Estate Golf Course Architecture movement and the Penal architecture movement.
Course Needs some tender loving care
Weeds were out of control. The back 9 was closed for maintenance without any upfront warnings online. The punched greens were turned into Sandboxes. Save some money on sand and kill the weeds and crabgrass.
Playing twice front 9 holes due to Aerated
Appreciated and thanks for John, let us playing 18 holes for confirmation(showed my confirmed E mail) issues with Golf now.
Greens were sandy with bumps due to aerated.
But fairways was well maintained.
Back 9 twice
Was surprised when told that we would Play the back 9 twice. Greens were airrated on front 9. Fairways and greens in excellent shape but greens were slow and needed mowing. Pace very slow. Were fivesomes playing ahead of us. Had to skip 14-17 due to time constraints.
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