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3.9
958 Reviews (958)
5 Stars
434
4 Stars
345
3 Stars
107
2 Stars
45
1 Stars
27
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.6
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.0
74.7%
Recommend this course
840 out of 958 reviews
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3.4
34 Reviews (34)
5 Stars
8
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
10
2 Stars
8
1 Stars
1
Conditions
2.7
Value
2.9
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
3.9
47.1%
Recommend this course
16 out of 34 reviews
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3.6
48 Reviews (48)
5 Stars
14
4 Stars
12
3 Stars
12
2 Stars
8
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.2
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.0
60.4%
Recommend this course
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 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Poor weather
Used cart

Great course. A must play in the area.

The weather was not good.....cold, and breezy (not a good combo for a Florida guy).....The course is great, overseeded...so looks real good for the time of year....Greens are quick and true!...good layout. You can score well on this course if you are hitting it good, if not.....could play a little tough..worth the price.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Mislead delays

Poor managed caused delays; could not finish. Even after 4 1/2 hrs!
Course OVERATED.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Poor weather
Used cart

Great Day at Fossil Creek

I've had chances to play Fossil Creek a couple times in the past 25 years...what a treat. This time my 12 year old grandson was my partner and we had a ball. It was cool and cloudy, but we had our cart cover and heater and had a great day, the fivesome in front of us let us thru on the second hole and we had the course all to ourselves. There are so many great golf shots on this course. The greens are spectacular and we had yet another great day at Fossil Creek.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice track

Considering the weather and season the course is in good shape. I would definitely recommend to a friend!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Outstanding course

Word to the wise....if you cannot get the ball in the air or you are not a good putter you may be in for a long and costly day. Hands down this course will not disappoint you. Just wish the carts were more forgiving..........you'll see.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Awesome

Always in great shape. Fun to play great service smoking hot cart girls

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens fast but true

Fossil is always in good condition. Greens are normally fast but roll true.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Great Golf Course!

I play this course at least twice a week and, as always, it's in great condition! Someone forgot to tell the fairways and greens that it's nearly December! My ONLY complaint about this golf course is it's tendency to back up. 6, 7, and 8 are where the backups begin and can make for a long round. On course management could be so much better in relation to pace of play. Other than that, it's one of my favorites!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

Great Course

Pace of play was great and the value for the money was the best of our long weekend golf trip.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Awesome course.

Excellent course ! Would recommend to everyone to play. Great greens and very nice layout.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

One of my favorites

I love this course. It makes you think about your shot and not just swing away. Greens are in excellent shape and quick. Fairways are good. You have to play this course it'll make you come back for more.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

Difficult Golfers but good staff and course

The course appeared to be in good shape, the greens were real fast (good for the soft touch putter) and fairways were clear of debris with very little divots (amount wise). A couple tee boxes were chewed up, but mostly because of golfers. The biggest problem we had was with golfers on the course. We were behind a couple of guys hitting very slow and not letting us pass, and then we had a couple skip a hole to get in front of us so that they could each hit two balls. Yikes, when playing twilight, I like to play ready golf, and get the round done before sundown, but was unable to because of these people. Hey course marshall....where were you? You didn't come out until it started to get dark to kick everyone off. Ugh.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Extremely Slow

This round may be my last at Fossil Creek....it was the second 5 plus hour round at this course. Granted it was cart-path only...but groups wouldn't allow quicker groups to play through & the Marshall wasn't much help....actually none. There're better courses for the money that'll allow you to complete a round of golf without committing to an all day affair.

The course was in fair shape.. Great fairways...sand traps were pretty decent thought they could use a raking. The greens were terribly hard & extremely fast, not mention they were quite small as if they had stopped mowing about 1/4 of the green. Overall, if you could play for $20-$30, I'd say good deal but other than that, I'll pass.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 35
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great day

Cart path rule on a dry, beautiful day made for very very slow round. Course in good shape and quite challenging.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great condition

I was a single that was told I would be paired with somebody. That's not what happened. I stayed behind a group of three that would not let me play through. OH WELL mo biggie. Course was In great shape. Going to play it again.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great Course - Poor Planning

I've played this course before and had an excellent experience. However, this time the course had scheduled a tournament and still advertised open tee times. When we arrived there were over 18 foursomes going out for a shotgun start. They had us going our 20 minutes after the tournament started. Even though it was a 4 man best ball, it still took us (a twosome) over 5 hours to play our round. As our tee time was 1:53, we barely finished with enough daylight to see the 18th. The course should not have had open tee times during this tournament. It made for a very bad experience on a beautiful course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Nice Course

A very nice course, awesome greens!!! Tee boxes were being redone but enjoyed the course

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

very nice coiurse

A lot of lay up holes. Very nice area. Fairways are in good condition.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice round

I have played this course about 6 times. Always enjoyable. The price point is a little high but it keeps the hackers off the course. Nice track. Good shape. Worth playing.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice course at a great rate!

Played twilight and enjoyed the course. The greens were in very good shape.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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