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3.9
958 Reviews (958)
5 Stars
434
4 Stars
345
3 Stars
107
2 Stars
45
1 Stars
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Conditions
3.7
Value
3.6
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.0
74.7%
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840 out of 958 reviews
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3.4
34 Reviews (34)
5 Stars
8
4 Stars
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1 Stars
1
Conditions
2.7
Value
2.9
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
3.9
47.1%
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16 out of 34 reviews
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3.6
48 Reviews (48)
5 Stars
14
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
3.1
Value
3.2
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.0
60.4%
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29 out of 48 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

3.9
958 Reviews (958)

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 15
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

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.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 38
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 54
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

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.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 65
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Good course and very well kept. It was a little slow, but we kept pace. Nice place...

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 44
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

fasy greens

course was in good shape for early Jan.

greens were really fast running about 10

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 86
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
First Time Playing

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!!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

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.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 70
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 45
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

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.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

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!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Never dissappoints

Always enjoy Fossil Creek, plenty of variety and challenge, never disappoints. course in very good condition greens true and rolling well.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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