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Lakes at Firewheel Golf Park
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About
The Lakes Course at Firewheel is a links-style course that is loaded with water, and was a Dick Phelps creation on his return to Garland in 1987. Hole 7 is the most difficult–a long 549-yard par 5 that requires an approach over a pond.
Getting there : From Dallas, take Hwy. 75 north and exit Arapaho. Turn right and when you come to N. Garland Ave., turn left. Drive to W. Blackburn Rd. and turn west. The course is just down the road.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 72 | 7134 yards | 75.5 | 139 |
| Blue | 72 | 6680 yards | 73.6 | 134 |
| White | 72 | 6141 yards | 70.7 | 125 |
| Red (W) | 73 | 5502 yards | 73.6 | 126 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 74.4/131 W: 81.4/147 | 401 | 431 | 181 | 506 | 435 | 461 | 392 | 168 | 542 | 3517 | 461 | 184 | 415 | 542 | 410 | 160 | 389 | 528 | 395 | 3484 | 7001 |
| Blue M: 71.8/127 W: 78.8/143 | 381 | 401 | 155 | 481 | 425 | 432 | 365 | 145 | 525 | 3310 | 402 | 161 | 392 | 518 | 375 | 142 | 353 | 484 | 385 | 3212 | 6522 |
| White M: 70.0/122 W: 76.1/138 | 364 | 366 | 120 | 449 | 418 | 395 | 328 | 125 | 490 | 3055 | 379 | 145 | 362 | 475 | 330 | 132 | 338 | 457 | 355 | 2973 | 6028 |
| Black M: 68.2/118 W: 73.8/132 | 340 | 339 | 110 | 433 | 345 | 360 | 316 | 105 | 445 | 2793 | 370 | 129 | 352 | 460 | 315 | 118 | 321 | 448 | 325 | 2838 | 5631 |
| Red M: 67.0/114 W: 72.0/126 | 330 | 335 | 90 | 426 | 340 | 347 | 296 | 86 | 440 | 2690 | 321 | 124 | 306 | 446 | 307 | 115 | 318 | 435 | 315 | 2687 | 5377 |
| Handicap | 9 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 2 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
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Better deal than most
Bring your A game to the lakes, it’s tough.
Definitely not a beginner course
Course in Good Condition
Overall in good shape…Greens could be better but will definitely play again soon.
Firewheel lakes
Play this course all the time. Unfortunately right now it is not in good condition. Greens are starting to die. It’s usually pretty cheap so can’t complain. But was surprised to see the conditions as of late.
Not a bad course
We had a great time, nobody behind us so we got got to take our time, $33 to play 18 with cart can’t beat that!!
Great Value for the Quality
Great value, well maintained municipal course.
Fairways are thick and lush. Greens are smooth...but a little bumpy and slow. Layout is fun. Well worth playing.
Excellent course for price
This place has the best bang for your buck. If your looking for a nice course and a steal this is the go to place
Always loved this place
Waiting for the Old Course to reopen and I will ALWAYS miss it as I grew up on it but it will be amazing no doubt. Just played the lakes Monday and it was in fantastic shape even after rain the day before.
Pace
My only real complaint was the 4 hour 45 minute round but the fairways were nice as well as the greens. Really narrow setup so be prepared to hit it straight!
Great course
The lakes course is in good shape right now it’s a challenging course but fun to play. Firewheel is my go to course the only downside to firewheel is no matter what you can never get a early tee time on the weekend. Something going on where they block the early tee times for there buddy’s but I try every week and can never get a early tee times. Other that that I’ll keep playing there.
First and last.
Very poor yardage instruction for first timer and very poor instructions to get from hole to hole. Greens good shape if you can get there without pulling your hair out or drinking all your beer on first few holes. Good luck.
Nice Course
Other than pushing my group because they were worried about the foursome behind us, due to them playing in the course tournament the next day, it was a good round. Being relatively new to playing Texas courses, is it common for a single golfer to pe put with other golfers to make a foursome?
Green in July!
Despite the Old Course looking like it’s been closed forever, the Lakes course was in excellent shape and played well in the middle of a TX summer…greens were slow but with most being elevated that’s a plus to me. The staff was excellent and overall I was impressed with the condition of the course. Firewheel is a great place to play and I was pleased with the overall experience…all the rain we have had for the past month proved this course can handle the water!
Lakes Course
I really liked the layout. Very challenging course. Fairways are cut a bit too short. Course seems to retain water from previous rains a bit too much. As it seems there has been a previous course update, I would have liked to see the price in the $20s per person, but it was cheaper than all the surrounding courses as $$ have increased this season drastically everywhere.
Great course for the price
Do not listen to nixevo’s review. For the price, the course is nice. Someone the best greens that I have played on in the dallas area.
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