Old at Firewheel Golf Park
About
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.
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Golfer 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
Golfer Reviews
Bare-ly Playable
Grass on the fairways is maintained so close to the dirt that there are no good lies. Oddly, grass on the greens is too long making putts frustrating due to the lack of "rollout." I have played this course for over 20 years. The layout is a classic WYSIWYG. No gimmicks. Just golf. Hit the drive. Hit the approach. Make the putts. But close cropped lies in the fairways and shaggy greens change the physics of the game. Watering and regular maintenance would change all this.
You get what you pay for
Overall you can't be the $20 cost to play if you book through Golf Now. The course and greens are a little rough, the fairways are mostly made up of hard pan and the putting greens are growing in various types of grasses which makes putting fun and challenging.
Looking better
Had a great time. Played with 2 singles and got to meet good folks. Course is a little bare in some spots but is really starting to green up.
Excellent greens, poor fairways
Thought the layout was nice, fair. Greens rolled very well, however the fairways could use some work. Also sand traps were gravel, not sand.
Very friendly staff.
Firewheel Old Course
The Old Course is in decent spring shape. Of the three Firewheel courses this one is the easiest. The greens are in good shape. A few of the bunkers need some attention but not that they are un-playable. I would play this course again
This course is in horrible condition
This is the first time I have played this course this year. Last year it was in good shape but it has become incredibly poor. The tee boxes were sandy and hard. I use plastic tees and snapped most of them because the ground was so hard. The greens and bunkers were in equally poor shape. I can't understand how the course got this bad.
Great Value
The experience at this golf course was great. The weather was perfect. For being in March, the course was in great shape. The only issue was the sand traps need lots of work to improve the hazard and make it possible to play out of them. The staff was very friendly and helpful.
Value for the price
I wouldn't pay more than 20 for a round here - very average course but better than nothing for a Saturday morning..fairways was little more than light grass with hard dirt underneath at this time of year..for the price point it is a good value.
Just ok
Fairways are bare. Tee boxes are also bare. Greens were very slow
Not bad for the rate...
Got a 17 dollar round in on a Saturday, so I can’t complain too much. I will say, greens were in nice shape. Fairways and bunkers were in need of repair. But as I said, good for the rate.
Stiff
Nice time playing hooky course okay grass hasn’t come in yet, tbox are concrete, greens patchy busy for a Monday 11am start
Probably not again
This was our first time here. The price was good from golf now, but with many other options, we will probably not play here again. The tee boxes were like concrete, could barely get tee in the ground. Many areas of course were like hitting off pavement. The sand traps were unplayable, but potentially due to rain deterioration, again like cement. The fairways were narrow which lead to many other golfers playing on your fairway from errant shots. Pace of play was good on the first 9, but then backed up quite a bit requiring waiting for each shot. The green has lots of weeds and the black tee box on the 11th hole had grass 2-3 inches high.
All 4 players I played with reported that ALL the sand traps were hard pan and filled with more dirt than sand. The "bounce" on the bottom of a sand wedge is NOT supposed to bounce. It is supposed to guide the shot.