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3.8
734 Reviews (734)
5 Stars
197
4 Stars
309
3 Stars
110
2 Stars
53
1 Stars
65
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.8
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.2
78.5%
Recommend this course
592 out of 734 reviews
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4.3
32 Reviews (32)
5 Stars
12
4 Stars
19
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.3
Layout
4.6
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.3
96.9%
Recommend this course
31 out of 32 reviews
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3.8
56 Reviews (56)
5 Stars
16
4 Stars
27
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
4
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.9
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
4.2
82.1%
Recommend this course
46 out of 56 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6486 yards
Slope 125
Rating 70.6

Some argue that the tricked-up golf course has no place in today’s game, but they might change their mind after visiting the eclectic Old Brickyard. As the name implies, the course lays out in and around an old brickyard, featuring dramatic elevation changes, blind shots, and some unbelievable, almost impossible holes. This is one you’ll want to play just to say you’ve seen it.

The opening holes are pretty basic as you traverse northward before turning into the meat of the course, where the dramatic elevation changes start wreaking havoc on your club selection. After about the third or fourth hole, every hole seems to have some unique feature.

The Old Brickyard Lake comes into play on holes 9-11, some of the most difficult holes you’ll find anywhere. After you limp homeward suffering near-disasters on the tricky par 3 No. 8, which plays over water and seems to drop about 5 stories, and the demented 9th hole, which features a funky tee shot and challenging approach over water to a difficult green, No. 10 is not a welcome sight. Hole 10 plays from an elevated tee box, with water along the right. Water comes into play on the next two shots as well, since it cuts across the dogleg-right fairway. If you’re struggling, this is a double-digit hole for sure.

There’s no real break after No. 10, either. The 13th requires a precision short iron to a tiered green. More surprises await as you finish the round, so be prepared. The yard is a fun day of golf.

Getting there : Take I-45 south from Dallas to Ferris, then exit 267 and continue down the access road to the entrance on the right.

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Course Details

Year Built 2000
Greens Tif Eagle Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect John Ponko (2000)

Rentals/Services

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

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

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3.8
734 Reviews (734)
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Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
2.0
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First Time Playing

Terrible condition

Mud and dirt patches all over the fairway and tee boxes. Bare spots on the greens. Oddly wet ground meant many muddy lies. I will not be returning.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Decent course. But…

Been wanting to try this course out for awhile now - finally decided to today. I wasn’t really expecting to be “wow”d by any means; but was hoping for an enjoyable round and experience.

Course was in decent condition for this time of year, layout was fairly unique, and some fun holes that will challenge your game.

However, what ruined my experience was the fact that the staff was watering the course almost my entire round (started at 10:30 and they were on until about 12:30). The guy in the pro shop did tell me about this when I checked in and asked, but I already paid and made the drive out there, so I figured I’d give it a shot. Unfortunately, it was basically like playing immediately after heavy rain. Most greens had huge puddles and running water on them, so there wasn’t really any point in putting (sprinklers on the greens too so you had to avoid those if you wanted to putt).

Just didn’t really make sense to me - why they’d be doing this during prime hours (not to mention it was going to be some rain later in the day anyway).

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 01/23/2022

I was there playing that day also, mainly because all the other area courses were closed to cover there greens. The reason they were watering so heavy on the course was the coming cold front that was going to hit that evening and drop temp to around 20 degrees for a couple of days. Standard operation procedure for the courses with bermuda grass is you flood the course to keep the greens from getting winter kill and everybody is gun shy after the ice storm last year with all the damaged courses in Texas still recovering from that. I will say this about the Brickyard, they also gave everybody in my 3 some full rainchecks to comeback another day because of what they were doing to the greens to protect them from the pending cold weather. That one move right there won me over, I will definitely be back, plus they are about the only course left in the metroplex that is not managed by a management company and I just don't care for them or how they treat customers and there employees.

Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great all around!

This was my second time playing here and I’ll def be back. If the conditions are this good in winter, I can’t wait to see it in spring!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Course

Love playing the Brickyard. One of my favorite courses. Always a challenge with the blind shots and hills!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 54
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

first round of the year

greens are still in great shape but extremely fast! Great day for January, started slow but finished with 7 straight pars for a 79.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
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 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Old Brickyard

Course was in great shape. Fun but difficult course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 54
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

great day to play

tough as always, but good weather allowed us to hit some great shots!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Get what you pay for

To me it’s a fun course to play. It has it’s issues just like most courses. I’ve come to not expect a lot when I play here. Some holes the layout just doesn’t work, some holes just can’t be improved & some make you say “wow.” Unfortunately it’s just the lay of the locked land.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 66
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 54
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 37
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not worth the drive

I’ve played many courses in DFW and this lands itself in the bottom 3. The reviews on this course must be automated or written by their workers with fake account because it should have no more than 2 stars on every review. Tee boxes aren’t level and have of them are missing grass. The fairways actually aren’t bad. The greens are very difficult to read, small, very hilly and missing some grass as well. This course has very many blind shots or around corners or water so bring very many golf balls. You’ll go up and down hills and the pin placements were not favorable at all. Overall the course doesn’t play very consistent you may have a nice tee box one hole and the next is patchy grass. You’ll likely be hitting into other holes on some holes and most golfers out here are beginners, which isn’t a bad thing but shows that the course isn’t very well taken care of due to lack of care and people just hacking into the ground. There are courses to play with friend and care less and there are courses to enjoy the site and etiquette of golf. This is not the latter, but the former. I will not be playing this course ever again even though the reviews may say 5 stars for the next 10 years. I cannot see it getting any better because of the layout. Some serious renovations would need to occur. If you do decide to play, good luck

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

A few bare spots on some fairways and greens but nothing crazy. A few blind tee shots, well placed water hazards provide a great challenge. 10th hole is amazing!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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