Squaw Valley Golf Course - Apache Links Course

Course has been aerated on both the fairway and the greens. Rough has been mowed and lots of grass clippings as well. I still like the course but hard to pay and play here without getting a discount for the current state of the course.

Squaw Valley has 2 outstanding and Top Ranked courses in Texas. Both courses are recovering fast from a couple of rough winters that took a toll on most courses in North and West Texas. Greens are starting to peak and with warm air, the grass is growing. Each course is unique to itself and will challenge golfers of all levels. The pace is usually good and the staff is friendly and helpful. Conditions are what you would expect from Top Ranked courses. I personally travel an hour to play this course weekly. Enjoy.

I have always enjoyed playing these courses. The links course we played was in excellent shape.

Grass is growing and course is getting in better shape. Played the tips and tee boxes are excellent and greens are rolling faster and pretty true. Pace of play still an issue with groups of 5 and slow play from the old folks out for a stroll in the tall grass looking for “free balls”. I skipped a hole to not be behind the group of 5 and then it didn’t get really slow until 16. Played 1-15 in 2:15 and 16-18 in 1 hour with waiting. Still no water on the course so bring a water bottle.

Really enjoyed the layout of the Apache course with the links like front 9 and the hilly parkland back 9. However the conditions were not the best with bare spots in the fairways and very bumpy greens. Based on the price and the great layout, I would still recommend.

Nice layout it can be a challenge from the back tees. Greens are good but not great this time of year, fairways are good . The back nine is completely different from the front and much tougher in my opinion. I have played the Links many times and it’s one of my favorites.

Course was not in its best shape but still good to play

The greens and tee boxes aren’t in very good condition. Usually a bunch of groups 4-5 people so pace of play is slow

PLayed on 3-29-2024. Paired up with a twosome - fun guys, bad golfers. I played both Apache Links and Comanche Lakes so I will review both here.

Apache - links style, especially the front 9. Fairway grasses still somewhat dormant made it play fast and a lot of thin lies for approach shots. Patches of dirt in areas more of an eyesore than it affected playing. Greens were in decent early spring shape. As earlier reviews said, poa annua has invaded the greens and made them pretty bumpy and hard to keep putts online. Not too bad though, very playable. It was very windy (20-30mph) so sometimes the ground game worked well. Bunkers were playable and maintained. Pace was pretty good, a group of 16-20 in front of us slowed it a little, but not bad for a sort-of holiday. All in all the Links course was a good value for the money and will probably be even better once the dormant bermuda comes through and the maintenance can kill off the invasive grasses on the greens.

Midday - The Rooster is the the course restaurant/meeting place/bet settling area. Decent food, nice place to rest before the afternoon 18. Friendly staff.

Comanche Lakes - Even windier in the afternoon! This course was not in as good shape as the Links. Several grassless areas combined with some unmowed or overgrown areas just off the fairways. Greens may have been a little less bumpy. The holes that played into the wind were very difficult. This course is more of a parkland layout that does play around several lakes and over the creek quite a few times. Lots of spawning carp in the creek were fun to watch. More of a challenge than its sister course in my eyes.

A fun 10 hours in Glen Rose and a great value for the money. Love to come back here in early fall when everything is mature and hopefully the greens are better. A bit of a hike even from ft worth, but it was a fun day.