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4.1
948 Reviews (948)
5 Stars
431
4 Stars
344
3 Stars
105
2 Stars
42
1 Stars
26
Conditions
3.9
Value
3.9
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.1
81.2%
Recommend this course
835 out of 948 reviews
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3.6
30 Reviews (30)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
10
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
0
Conditions
2.8
Value
3.2
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.2
56.7%
Recommend this course
17 out of 30 reviews
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4.0
63 Reviews (63)
5 Stars
27
4 Stars
17
3 Stars
13
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.7
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.4
76.2%
Recommend this course
48 out of 63 reviews
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Course Highlights
Fossil Creek's target-style layout consistently earns high praise for its challenging design and well-maintained fairways and fast greens. Accommodating staff and strong value for money make this course a reliable choice worth returning to.

About

Holes 18
Type Public/Resort
Style Links
Par 72
Length 6865 yards
Slope 138
Rating 73.7

Designed by Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay, the links-style Golf Club at Fossil Creek was nominated by Golf Digest as one of the best new public golf courses in Texas when it opened in 1987, and has lived up to that advance billing since then. The course is scenic, with massive trees, limestone bluffs, bubbling creeks, and numerous lakes that bring water into play on 15 of 18 holes. The course boasts pretty rolling fairways and 18 testing holes all intertwined throughout streams created by Fossil Creek. It's surrounded by rocky-ledged creeks and crystal lakes.

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Course Details

Year Built 1987
Fairways Tifway 419 Bermuda Grass
Greens TifEagle Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Arnold Palmer (1987) Ed Seay (1987) Robert Walker (1987)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Dress code Proper golf attire required.

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

4.1
948 Reviews (948)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 26
Watching the Game 12
Brunch 11
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 59
Bunkers 50
Elevation Changes 45
This course/club is great for:
Locals 47
Advanced Golfers 44
Entertaining Clients 28
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 47
Worth the Drive 26
In the 'Burbs 20

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Reviews 18
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Fossil Still Challenging

Course is in excellent condition. Tee boxes were not hard, fairways in great condition for late August. Greens almost back to normal from a recent aeration. Part of the process to keep the greens in shape, I understand.

Quick check in process. Teed offed earlier than my time slot. Stoped a few times for a group ahead of us. But the waiting was reasonable and allowed us to stay hydrated on this 100+ degree day.

Always enjoyed playing out here and now that I am back playing again, this will be on the rotation.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 40
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Nice track

course is in great condition , greens were fast and fairways in great shape

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
1.0
Previously Played

Just want my rain check

booked this and paid for 4 rounds...we did not get to play due to rain/flooding...I was told by associate there that I would receive 4 vouchers from golfnow so we could reschedule and I still have not heard a thing.

Keith Cox

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 40
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 57
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Greens Punched this week

Great course in good shape. Only negative this week are the greens being punched the week prior. Should be one more week before greens get back to normal.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Terrible greens

Greens had been ariated and they didn’t tell us but it was still full price!!

They are losing the greens!!!

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once every three months
3.0
Verified Purchaser

No water and punched greens.

No water on course and cart girls had run out of water and Gatorade. Per our playing partners, this happens all the time. With no water on the course, it was miserable. Staff just offered for us to stop and come in and get a rain check for another day. Green were very bumpy and had been punched last week. Staff never alerted us of this.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

Good course. Be sure and bring something to stay hydrated.

Play here frequently, nice track decent staff.

Greens are currently punched, which takes away from this courses greatest asset.

Bigger problem, an d this has happened the past two times out....no cart girl. Half way house closed and of course there is no water on the course at this time for the obvious reason....so either bring a cooler from home, or ....... just bring a cooler....too hot out there to risk counting in a cart girl.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 37
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pleasantly surprised

Very surprised how this course is starting to shape up. A lot of the construction around the course is complete so it made the round much more enjoyable. Fairways are perfect and greens were fast and true. I played a afternoon round and it was empty so pace of play was great, I guess the heat is running people off. There is one thing needing improvement and that’s the carts, the first cart we had stalled on the first hole and had to be changed out, the second locked up for a couple minutes on 18 before moving. I know if your charging 80$ for morning tees you can afford to upgrade the carts.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 37
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

People should match course

This is an excellent course which I have wanted to play again for a while. The layout is challenging and I really enjoyed the course. However, the cart and snack shop girls were kind of rude. This is pretty unusual . Also the bathroom was quite smelly and unclean especially considering I used it early in the morning. I paid $80 including tax and the course was stacked up all the way around. The great course its self and a decent pace of play kept this from being a bad review.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow play

Course is in good condition. I really like the layout.

The ice of play was terrible. There was a group that was two groups in front of us that was play super slow and so was the group in front of us. They actually stopped to fish twice ... yes fish. They had at least two open holes in front of them. The “marshal” watched them spend 15 minutes on a hole where they had open holes in front of them and never said a word to them. We asked him about it and he just said “yeah there are a lot of clowns out today”. That was it. Over a five hour round. For what the course costs and it’s condition, you expect better than that. Way too hot and frustrating to stand around out there all day watching people look for gold balls and take six shots to get to a green. Then practice putt after they finish the hole and the course staff did Not care.

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

Very Poor management & poor service

For as mush as they charge

We had to wait 15-20 minutes at each hole from the 3rd hole

We left after the 7th hole

The marshall could not tell anyone to speed up

he should not be in that position

Called the club house 3 times for help and the guy Andy could not care less.

The manager also doesn't seem to care

I hope I run my business better than this operation.

This kind of management is what makes businesses go bankrupt.

I will not be back and will tell others about our very poor experience.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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