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Firewheel is Texas’ most impressive example of municipal golf. Owned and operated by the city of Garland, and extremely popular because of the fair price and number of available golf holes, Firewheel now sports 63 holes since the new Bridges course opened in the past few years. All three tracks can be challenging because they each incorporate a variety of hazards into their designs, including limestone that is scattered throughout the property.
The Old Course, the traditional layout, was rated No. 1 by the Dallas Morning News. Water hazards come into play throughout the design, such as on hole #18, a 400-yard, par 4, requiring a tee shot and an approach shot over the same creek, which winds through the hole. Hole 9 is the feature hole, a 552-yard par 5 that rolls downhill. The tee shot is into a narrow landing area carved out of trees, and on the approach you must be in perfect position because of the strategically placed pecan trees. Number 18 is challenging with both the tee shot and the approach over a creek that winds through the hole.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 71 | 6845 yards | 74.1 | 135 |
| Blue | 71 | 6429 yards | 71.6 | 131 |
| White | 71 | 6054 yards | 69.9 | 124 |
| Red (W) | 71 | 5497 yards |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 72.2/130 W: 79.5/142 | 385 | 385 | 546 | 175 | 411 | 408 | 366 | 226 | 548 | 3450 | 425 | 454 | 177 | 516 | 377 | 191 | 557 | 167 | 389 | 3253 | 6703 |
| Blue M: 70.6/128 W: 77.6/139 | 360 | 355 | 530 | 163 | 390 | 395 | 354 | 195 | 530 | 3272 | 400 | 435 | 163 | 503 | 356 | 178 | 540 | 151 | 365 | 3091 | 6363 |
| White M: 68.8/125 W: 75.2/134 | 342 | 309 | 464 | 140 | 366 | 385 | 341 | 183 | 510 | 3040 | 382 | 411 | 133 | 495 | 332 | 167 | 525 | 118 | 337 | 2900 | 5940 |
| Black M: 67.1/121 W: 73.2/129 | 340 | 305 | 435 | 135 | 346 | 355 | 335 | 160 | 498 | 2909 | 306 | 381 | 126 | 480 | 330 | 147 | 455 | 112 | 330 | 2667 | 5576 |
| Red M: 65.6/114 W: 70.8/123 | 335 | 230 | 428 | 125 | 338 | 347 | 326 | 125 | 490 | 2744 | 302 | 375 | 115 | 475 | 265 | 144 | 445 | 97 | 294 | 2512 | 5256 |
| Handicap | 3 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 4 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 71 |
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Reviewer Photos
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Photo submitted by chancebolter on 07/09/2024
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Typical fairway Photo submitted by u000003577134 on 09/19/2023
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Center fairway Photo submitted by u000003577134 on 09/19/2023
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Hole 18 approach shot Par 4 Photo submitted by nwoods0008 on 04/29/2023
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Photo submitted by David2527490 on 04/14/2023
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18th hole Photo submitted by Jlawtungi on 01/22/2023
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Photo submitted by Tom5929581 on 07/18/2022
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Photo submitted by Tom5929581 on 07/18/2022
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Photo submitted by u853787857 on 10/08/2021
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Canadian Geece on 9 Photo submitted by wolffman65 on 07/24/2021
Good course
They do a great job on there do of the course. The greens and fairways were very nice.
Great Value
They recently completed a renovation and they are keeping it to cart path only which has given the fairways plenty of time to get settled. These were some of the nicer fairways I have played and I honestly wish they would keep the course at cart path only so it will allow the fairways to remain in such good shape. The greens were a little bit slow, but the starter informed us they were because they weren't mowing as often yet but will return to normal later.
Nice Layout
The renovation went well. The course is in good condition. The layout of this course is challenging but fair. The staff is nice. Good value. I’ll be back again.
Firewheel Old Course
Greens, fairways and tee boxes were completely redone last fall (2025) so are very good. It is currently cartpath only for a few more months.
Cart Path Only - May as well walked.
The cart came with the Golfnow reservation, but I may as well walked the course since it was cart path only. The took a lot of enjoyment out of the round. Also, there was not cart girl, but they did have water stations throughout the course.
Course layout and conditions were good.
Good but Can Be Better
While the course was in good shape and the greens the best I have seen on this course in a long time, 2-3 group back up in par 3s with no on course marshal to manage is not good, especially on a Sunday.
Cart path only until june
Course is in green shape since reopening but note it’s cart path only until June
Course just opened back up after major renovations - green were hard and fast - playing cart path only now - overall great experience
It’s Baaack!
Played it on the first day it reopened after an 8-month refurb and it’s in great shape! Can’t wait to get back out.
Course Completely Torn Up
They’re doing a bunch of construction on the Old course which will hopefully improve things, but for now, the course is a mess. The greens are terrible. Most hard as a rock and bumpy/dead. Carts on the cart path only, so A LOT of walking. Sprinkler pieces dug up and laying around all over the course. The 18th had a make-shift green sitting right in the middle of the fairway, like a hundred yards from the actual hole. That was confusing.
Under Construction But Open
Slow play and bad greens to go along with reconstruction. Not the best round I've ever had. I was told that they will be closing the course soon for a major reconstruction, but it appears that they have already started based on the conditions.
Terrible Shape, 18th is a temp green
Played it today and it was a complete mud pit after only a 1/4” of rain last night. The fairways don’t have a lot of grass. I understand they’re about to close for renovations so looks like they aren’t maintaining the course. Which would be nice to know before booking. Greens were a disgrace. Dead in spots, patchy sprouts everywhere else. I’ve never see so many old hole locations with extremely poorly filled holes. It was like the moon’s surface. For $48 thought it was overpriced considering the conditions. I won’t be back until the renovation is complete.
Course I'm very rough sure
Even for the time it year this course is in terrible condition. They are replacing the irrigation system and are not watering the greens so they are awful. The fairways are like concrete.
If fine this course a year or two to recover and then m maybe try it again.
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