The Golf Club At Fossil Creek
About
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.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 6865 yards | 73.7 | 138 |
| Blue | 72 | 6457 yards | 72.1 | 133 |
| White | 72 | 6006 yards | 69.3 | 127 |
| White (W) | 72 | 6006 yards | 74.4 | 132 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5066 yards | 68.7 | 119 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmer M: 73.9/147 W: 79.4/144 | 402 | 157 | 523 | 339 | 209 | 377 | 430 | 537 | 399 | 3373 | 208 | 547 | 372 | 194 | 387 | 394 | 379 | 456 | 555 | 3492 | 6865 |
| Tournament M: 71.1/136 W: 77.1/139 | 382 | 139 | 510 | 318 | 198 | 358 | 404 | 511 | 374 | 3194 | 189 | 515 | 341 | 173 | 365 | 361 | 354 | 435 | 530 | 3263 | 6457 |
| Club M: 70.6/130 W: 75.6/141 | 360 | 120 | 498 | 300 | 183 | 339 | 382 | 478 | 357 | 3017 | 144 | 498 | 309 | 167 | 330 | 338 | 336 | 369 | 498 | 2989 | 6006 |
| Forward M: 66.6/114 W: 71.3/122 | 320 | 109 | 405 | 237 | 144 | 265 | 325 | 426 | 316 | 2547 | 108 | 431 | 261 | 96 | 319 | 260 | 280 | 334 | 430 | 2519 | 5066 |
| Handicap | 3 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 3 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
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Photo submitted by jkabe22 on 06/11/2026
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Photo submitted by DMorasch65 on 03/23/2025
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Photo submitted by forepartees on 08/25/2024
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Photo submitted by forepartees on 08/25/2024
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Photo submitted by forepartees on 08/25/2024
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Photo submitted by forepartees on 08/25/2024
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Photo submitted by forepartees on 08/25/2024
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Photo submitted by amorey on 01/18/2021
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Photo submitted by obordoj on 11/19/2019
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Photo submitted by obordoj on 11/19/2019
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Photo submitted by u000007235975 on 07/02/2019
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Photo submitted by ttaxmaster on 07/07/2014
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Hole # 10 at Fossil Creek Golf Course Photo submitted by TonyBarreto on 08/26/2013
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Photo submitted by DanielTheGolfShagger on 08/15/2013
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Photo submitted by Zeuswon on 08/06/2013
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Photo submitted by William1130674 on 06/23/2013
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Photo submitted by William1130674 on 06/23/2013
Wonderful course
This course definitely makes you hit a variety of clubs off the tee box, with each hole having its own way of punishing you for an errant shot. The fairways were in excellent shape and greens rolled true and quick. Bunkers were well-maintained. Several fun carry shots over water and some elevated greens make for a nice change of pace. Don’t play here if you’re looking to primarily hit driver off every tee. Will be back here in the near future.
Excellent mid week getaway.
Wind was brutal but course was in great condition for early spring. Very little traffic so I got around in under 3 hours. Fantastic.
Nice layout with interesting elevation changes
This course was a real treat. There are forced carries on most holes, but none that are so punitive, that you can't enjoy the round. Even with a stiff breeze, I found the course to be fair. Being an early March round, I look forward to coming back when everything is lush and green. The creek/river that meanders through the course and provides the limestone wall protecting some of the greens from short shots, makes for a very scenic layout.
great course
Lots of unique, interesting and definitely fun holes. Greens are in excellent shape. fairways in good condition but grass is dormant/ brown. Pace of play acceptable.
Good course and very well kept. It was a little slow, but we kept pace. Nice place...
Overall Great Course
I played this course last Saturday around 8 am with 2 other buddies and it was the first time any of us had ever played here. We were all in agreement that the course was great overall. The staff was friendly and helpful and the course was in great shape. We really loved the course layout and the variety of the hole designs gave you the opportunity to use most clubs in the bag and hit all types of shots. It was challenging, but not ridiculously hard like some tracts I can think of.
The greens were in great shape, rolled true, were somewhat firm, but receptive enough to good spinning shots, challenging to read, and they were FAST! Even being early and still damp, they were FAST. Now that I've seen the layout and greens, I would love to go back and play it again. We all agreed that we will absolutely be back to Fossil Creek soon. This is one of my new top 3 favorites in the Fort Worth area.
The only thing close to a negative would be the lack of visible yardage markers or GPS in carts. There were just 150 stakes. It's not much of a negative. GPS would be nice, but I highly recommend this course and will be back soon.
Out of Carts
Our tee time was delayed by 40 minutes because they ran out of carts....that was a first for me. I understand it was a busy day but how do you over book your cart availability. Very frustrating we didn't get a round in.
fasy greens
course was in good shape for early Jan.
greens were really fast running about 10
Great Course!!
Have been told this was a great course. Well it’s true Course Layout was fantastic and greens were fast. Only issue was the staff when checking in....more concerned about talking to other staff members about irrelevant stuff then taking care of paying customers. Even with that bad experience the course overshadowed the course conditions.
Be sure to play as it is well worth it!!
Wonderful course!
This course is amazing. Fairways are pristine and I now know what its like to hit off of proper fairways and not West Texas cow pastures. The greens are very well maintained and the degree of difficulty to make the putt was challenging but very fun. Designed by a pro this course is pretty challenging but not in a bad, make you angry, way. You won't have a bad game because of the condition of the course, but you will soon realize how far from a pro you are. It was fun and exciting trying to make the shots that you need to make. And very rewarding when I made a great shot. I also realized how effortless and easy pros make it and have decided to keep my day job.... I will definitely be back and look forward to what this course looks like in the spring.
Noticed some changes
This was my favorite course and I used to come here all the time but it recently seems that this course is going in the wrong direction. Staff has become unfriendly nor have any of the appropriate customer service skills. Some prices have went up or remained the same with course removing some of its services (GPS, over seeding). Prices are really steep on drinks. I still have not figured out how they charge $16 for a double of Bacardi. Rum is cheap and that would almost buy a handle. I used to play with a good group of people here on a regular basis and don't see them anymore. Wonder if they moved on as well. Hope Fossil gets better but not paying $70 to play here any more. Not worth it.
Shot placement is a must!
great course but the wind made the day very tough. The conditions were great considering it was winter. The staff was great and the greens were in good shape.
Great course poorly ran
First time playing and course was in great shape. Nice layout forcing you to pull out every club from your bag. Scenic holes with lots of blind shots. Tee time was at 12:45 we where there by 12 and starter didnt let us tee off till the exact time not 1 minute earlier. Marshall parked in the fairway till 12:44 then came and told us we could tee off. Problem was that only a one single player teed off between 12 and 12:45. By the 10 hole we looked back and course was like a train wreck. 4somes backed up. We finished in over 4.5 hours and can imagine the fustration behind us. If we would have been let out earlier this would have avoided the course to be backed up.
A wonderful surpise
This was my first time at this course and it was wonderful surprise. This lovely course is in great condition and played it in 3 hours and 45 minutes with an 8:15am tee time. I played with a regular who commented that it was always in fine condition.
I was most surprised by the pleasing layout. While the course is inside a development, one generally doesn't feel crowded by the homes. (14 however is quite crowded.) The terrain is up and down with creeks forming beautiful cross bunkers.
The greens rolled very fast. Staff was very friendly. Appeared to be a fun bar scene in the grill.
It is 33 miles from my house and I returned Sunday afternoon for another 9 holes.
Great Course
Played here many times. Usually a slow round on a weekend but, not this time , played in 3.5 hours. Course in great shape!
Never dissappoints
Always enjoy Fossil Creek, plenty of variety and challenge, never disappoints. course in very good condition greens true and rolling well.