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
Great Course Great Staff
From the time I pulled up the staff was very friendly. Eric in the pro-shop greeted my group with great enthusiasm and made sure we had everything we needed. The player assistant made sure we had our cart and were ready to go. The course itself was in good shape. Tee boxes are nice, bunkers could use some work but that can be said for most courses. Cart girl made a good pace around the course and was very friendly.
Old Course Firewheel Golf Course- Garland, Tx.
Lots of fun! The course was in excellent condition, despite of a lot of rain the previous night. Not a difficult course for someone with a high handicap like me. Despite being fairly crowded because of the holiday, play was smooth. All in all a pleasant outing!
A great deal
Minus the a-hole I got paired with I liked this course very much. I'll definitely be back.
Fun Course
This was a fairly easy course for new golfers. Wide open and hardly any water. The bunkers were hard as a rock but you shouldn't be in those anyways. Cart girl didn't show up until the 18th hole and the pace of play was so slow. All in all not bad would recommend and will play again.
Easy and great value for money
Nice course and great value for money. Tee box grass is mostly too long, but fairways and greens are are better than the greenfee makes you expect
Good course for a good price
Second time playin this course. Greens were well kept and plenty of water, trees, and sand traps to ad variety to the course. Great pace of play!
Good condition - will play again
Good value for the money. Course was in great conditions, greens were in excellent condition. Course is not overly challenging, but very enjoyable. If returning to Firewheel, I would probably choose the Lakes or Bridges over the Old Course. But nevertheless, the Old Course is well worth the cost.
Great play for price
Great play for price. It did rain on me both times I have played but when it wasn't raining the course played pretty well. Greens are slow but that would be my only feedback.
In better shape than expected
Haven't played the Old course in over 20 years. Was pleasantly surprised and the greens were in very good shape. Will definitely come back. Great value especially late afternoon rates.
A slow day on a windy day.
We had a confirmed tee time at 8:22 AM. We were ready to play at 08:10 AM. We had to wait in line for a chance to tee off until 08:45 AM! Apparently the golf course has no Starters nor Marshals! Too many golfers are thus allowed to get in line as they please or the the Golf Course overbooks Golfers. The result was a very slow day. On the positive side, one may get to rest a lot while waiting to take a shot at Firewheel Old Course...
Solid course
Greens were in good shape, but a bit slow. Some fairways We're pretty dry/hard, which gave very tight lies and felt like hitting off concrete. That said, and had a great time overall. Would recommend
Can't beat the price and level of maintenance in my opinion. Fun course, various levels of short to long holes. Bunkers were in bad shape, but I guess I shouldn't be in there anyway :) Overall, great course, great price.
bad sand traps
Course was hard and dry. Needed water!! Sandtraps were unplayable. some spots had sand others were hard and unplayable.
Don't play after it rains
Played on a Saturday morning after some thunderstorms on Friday night so it was cart path only. Lots of very muddy areas on the course. This could've contributed to the 5 hour round and super slow greens.
For $39 on a weekend morning the course has great value. Golf course is fairly open with a few tighter holes with some water. I would like to check it out again in drier conditions.
Greens?
The greens were the slowest I've played on outside of playing on greens that have recently been punched. It appeared they hadn't been cut in a couple of days. Was like putting on fairway grass. Bunkers were not maintained and puddles in places. Not bad value for the money but wish the greens were just a little better. Played the Lakes course the same day and it was in better condition.
Average Course
The sand traps were poor and if you were even a little off the center of the fairway, it was tough to find your ball. The greens were in decent shape. Middle of the Road course.