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The Golf Club At Fossil Creek
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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 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 u991323864 on 06/15/2023
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Photo submitted by u991323864 on 06/15/2023
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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
Decent
Greens were not in the best shape. Inconsistent speeds & a lot of debris (sand, rock, sticks) on the greens.
Nice course small greens
The course is challenging because of the postage stamp greens. Be ready for that; otherwise, it's in great shape but overpriced.
We’re thrilled to hear you had a positive experience. Is there anything you’d like to share that we can pass along to the team?
Good Day
Good day. Course in good shape. Pace of play was a little slow. Overall, we had a good time.
Hi Lance, thank you for your review! We're glad to hear that you enjoyed the course and had a good time. We appreciate your feedback about the pace of play and will take it into consideration. We hope to see you again soon!
Simba7475, thanks for the rating. If there are any details you’d like to share about what we are doing well, we’d love to learn more!
u287549242, thanks for the rating. Is there anything you’d like to share that we can pass along to the team?
Good Day
Course and staff were great. Pace of play was slow, but that happens. Good day all the way around.
Hi Lance! Thank you so much for the positive feedback. We appreciate your understanding about the pace of play. We're glad you had a great day with our course and staff. We hope to see you again soon!
Hi ranger1965, thanks so much for rating us. We’d love to know what made your experience great!
Glad to hear you enjoyed the course, thank you for the review!
Thank you for the great rating, u000007058644. We’d love to learn more about what we did to earn it!
Great Course
Greens were not all that great, but they did show signs of being punched recently. Nice layout and definitely good value for your time and money
Hi babawaya, thank you so much for the review. We look forward to serving you again soon!
We’re thrilled to see you had a positive experience, u268191567. Is there anything you’d like to share that we can pass along to the team?
Great course
Course was fantastic but the greens were recently punched which was unfortunate.
Really glad you had a positive experience. Thanks for reviewing. Hope to see you again in the near future!
Good value and fun layout
Always a fun track and it's nice to see the course conditions shaping up. Greens are rolling well, fairways are in good shape, and most of the bunkers are well maintained. Very happy with the bounce back after winter and early spring. I'll be back again soon!
Hi jmacmorran, we’re thrilled to get this kind of feedback.Thank you for taking the time to review us. Hope to see you again in the near future!
Carts Are Embarrassingly Bad
Played Fossil Creek today and while the course was as nice as I remember it, the carts were in the worst shape I have ever seen on ANY course I have EVER played. They were in ridiculously bad shape. First, no coolers on any cart that we could see. Second, the windshield has been broken off the cart. In addition, the seats were torn with stuffing exposed and the drivers sand bottle holder had been broken off the cart. Finally, while driving over one the bridges, the plastic announcement holder broke, crashed down into the cart and cut my hand. Seriously, the WORST carts I have ever seen. Makes you wonder if they don’t care about keeping the cards maintained, how soon will it be before the course goes down.
u991323864, we are very sorry we did not meet your expectations. Our new carts will be arriving within the next 2 weeks. Hope you’ll give us another chance in the future.
Hidden Gem
This is by far the best public daily fee course in the DFW area... Course was in great condition, staff very friendly, good food and on course food and drink was great!..Fun layout! Small challenging greens!
u314164086947, we’re so happy to hear you had a good experience. See you soon!
Great local Fort Worth course
Fossil is on my rotation each month, the only thing that isn’t my favorite about the course is it’s an “out and back” course, meaning the clubhouse doesn’t sit between 9 and 10, so can’t play nine and be back at your car, or take a break between the front and back nine. But that’s not a huge showstopper for me, just catches some of my friends by surprise that don’t play the course often
Hi u427962811, thank you so much for the review. We look forward to serving you again soon!
Poor design. Great condition.
This course has 5 or 6 holes where you can’t hit driver on par 4/5. No gettable par 5’s because of the wacky design. BUT it’s in great condition with well kept greens.
chrisseekely, thank you for the constructive criticism, and sorry we couldn’t make it a 5 star experience. We’ll use this as a learning experience as to how we can improve.
Hi u408005176, thanks so much for rating us. We’d love to know what made your experience great!
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Hi Mcbrewer36, thank you for your feedback! We appreciate your thoughts on the course and its challenges. We'll take note of your comment on pricing. We hope you had a great experience overall and look forward to welcoming you back soon.