Lakes at Firewheel Golf Park

Never understand why this course doesn't use the P.A. to call players and no starter at the first tee of either course. It's a free for all with players having to ask each other what tee time they have or just get in line.
The Old Course was opened in "83" and The Lakes in "87" and I've played both many times in the last 30 years. You would think by now they would have a decent teeing ground at the range. Long grass and loose dirt is the case in spring, summer, fall. Range tee is huge and has so much potential. New bunkers at The Lakes are great and very consistent.

Arrived about 25 minutes early, and saw my playing partner on the range. Checked in, staff told me my partner had a cart. Lugged clubs to practice area, and discovered no cart. Went back, retrieved cart and lined up. No beer cart, crowded and a course being repaired. It needs it. The Number 8 tee was marked "17, " which I guess adds up to 8 (1+7). Price should have reflected conditions. Wished we played somewhere else.

Played a solo round out here and while you'd expect there to be some waiting behind a threesome we simply plodded along to the tune of 2 1/2 hours before I reached the turn. Given that there were several spots where there were 3 groups a time on par 4s I thought I'd simply go around a couple of holes but I discovered that the course was stacked for several holes ahead.

The course had some unexpected elevation changes and was generally an interesting layout that I hope to play again without the frustration of the crowd that probably was just the result of everyone having family in town for the holiday weekend.

The course is a really tough course. Putting is a challenge. The course is in excellent shape. But they just book too many people too close together.
Got there on a Tuesday morning and had to wait to tee off in front of two groups.
It was wait and hit the entire 5 hours... I would not recommend due to extremely poor pace of play.
It's hard enough as it is without having to worry about the wait constantly.

This course was very fun and had lots of bunkers and water. Will be back out here again.

I enjoyed the course and the relatively shorter holes.

The Lakes course has a good blend of challenges and forgiveness depending on the type of golfer you are. A good track to play again.

Great greens for a local drought. Fairways are sweet. Well laid out course with only 2 holes "forced" into the terrain. Staff was very professional and the food was good.

Great bunker/water placement and challenging greens

course is well taken care of, moderatly challenging, and great overall feel during play. We were not rushed even with it being the weekend. Will certainly play here again

I really enjoy playing Firewheel courses, all five tracts are worth the trip !!

Normally a very enjoyable course, but two big drawbacks on this round:
1) Local HS golf team was on-course for front 9; at least 10 groups on foot really slowed down play; prevented completion of 18.
2) Biting flies pestered us the entire round; had hoped it was just a swarm on the first couple of holes, but we were bitten throughout the 15 holes we managed to complete

Firewheel has filled in some bunkers to make the Lakes course easier to play and score as well as reworked the remaning bunkers... The fairways are green and the course condition is great. Only drawback is the pace of play. I could not finished the 18 holes, had to go back and repaly 2-9... There are a lot of players out on the course that can't hit a golf ball... they should not be on the course... The 4some in front of us had play stacked up in both direction because they were in playing from 3 FAIRWAYS....and giving golf lessons. Several times I waited for the 4some in front to clear and a cart form another fairway would appear and slowy line up/shoot distance and play his ball from my fairway.... course was filled with IDIOTS. And to compound the slow play we never saw a Marshall.

Probably wont play lakes again for awhile Not because it isnt nice, but because its just too tough for my limited skills...

Great course, very difficult but fun. A lot of water and large bunkers.

Firewheel lakes course is a nice course but they are doing some up grades, so it is a little bit of a mess in some ares. I hope it is completed soon. The most frustrating thing about the course is the lack of yardage markers.

Course was in good shape on the tee boxes and greens.
There were several holes that fairway and greenside bunkers were under repair. There was no mention of this repair work when I checked in at the clubhouse. I had a great Hot Deal price on a Monday afternoon so I got a fantastic value. If I had paid full price for a round with the in progress bunker work I would have been a bit annoyed.

The course was over booked and we were 25-30 minutes late getting off the 1st tee. Very frustrating that the course was under construction. LARGE mounds of dirt dumped in the middle of a fairway & no sand in the bunkers added to the frustration. Once everything in complete it will be nice, but currently not worth the green fees

I play here more often than any other course in the area. The courses are challenging yet reasonably priced.

Played the Lakes Course with two buddies Friday, Fairways, Tee boxes were perfect. However, there were a few caveats, greens had recently been punched so putting was rather tedious, and the bunkers are all under repair. I would definitely play here again, maybe wait a few months though.