About
Iron Horse Golf Course is laid out in the floodplain of Fossil Creek, an area loaded with woods and a railroad that divides the property into three tracts. When Dick Phelps designed the golf course he loaded it with par 4s that are over 400 yards. This track has only two par 5s, but you'll get your money's worth as they are virtually impossible to reach in two. Iron Horse's best hole is the 462-yard, par-4 third hole, which is generally a bogey hole for the average golfer.
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Awards & Recognition
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Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses(2021 #5)
Golfer Photos
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Photo submitted by u000007236592 on 08/02/2026
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That dirt is stretching all through the fairways. Trust me. It was “made to be like that.” Almost ever other fairway had this or gravel. Photo submitted by u000007236592 on 08/02/2026
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Lots of ground under repair on every fairway. This was one of the better ones. Photo submitted by Ken9948006 on 03/27/2023
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Number 4 view from tee. Photo submitted by BillTexasGolf on 08/25/2021
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6th hole fairway Photo submitted by shawnbell on 03/12/2020
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Hole 18 Photo submitted by TxChive on 10/10/2016
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Hole 8 Green Photo submitted by TxChive on 10/10/2016
Golfer Reviews
Fun course
Fun course for the average golfer. Liked the layout. Greens had just been pirated and some fairways had some rough areas but overall fun.
Invest on eliminating the rocks
Driving range was closed and though I booked a week in advance, a notice would have been greatly appreciated. I have been golfing at this course for the last four years and during that time, the landscape and condition has not improved. The rough is cut much higher than other courses. If you’re slightly off the fairway, you are not gonna find your ball. The rocks throughout the entire course is disappointing to see year-over-year. And to top after asking for ice for my water container and ordering two drinks,,,I turned to put my drinks in my golf cart the cart/ beer girl drove away with my owala container on the back of her cart! I shouted for her to stop, but since she had her headphones on, she couldn’t hear me and my container fell off the back of her cart and got damaged pretty good. Pretty bad experience over all.
Poor fairways and slow pace of play
Fairways are in terrible condition and the place of play was extremely slow. Allowing groups of 6 on a Saturday afternoon is ridiculous and no marsh in sight to speed things up. Ended up skipping the last few holes as we were stacked 2 or 3 groups deep at every tee box and we got tired of waiting.
Absolutely horrible fairway conditions
GolfNow won’t let me give the correct stars. The only saving grace were the greens were consistent and solid. Fairway should have have dirt and gravel in nearly every hole. For $90?! Ridiculous price. Rough is very challenging, but at least it’s consistent. Hitting a fairway should not have you free dropping bc you’re in dirt on loose gravel in THE MIDDLE OF THE FAIRWAY. Cousins said this used to be a nice course, but was absurd.
Nice Updates
Played here many years ago and they’ve made some nice updates. I think they need to renumber the holes so the lay out flows. Otherwise, the course was in great shape and it was a great round of golf.
Bad fairways!
Front nine was great, however back nine fairways are in very bad condition. They have to consider a complete overhaul in order to be considered a viable golf course going forward.
Poor Value
Rain has washed out a lot of the fairways, needs to be reflected in price.
Poor course conditions
Its been many years since I played this course, and I was surprised how poor the conditions have become. Holes 10-16 are nearly unplayable due to the fairways being destroyed.
Course improvements/ maintenance is getting better, Aeration and fertilizer spreaders working at my T time, back nine twice due to that. Golf cart was out of front wheel alignment but not an big issue. Will play in the future after all the aeration is done. As usual friendly staff, nice golf range, decent round pace, fun to play golf course.
This course for the price is insane
It’s a decent course but if I’m gonna pay these rates I’m going to bear creek. The conditions are comparable to prairie lakes but for almost double the price
Good course - Weird layout - Poor fairways
This is a fun course with great holes that mix up how they should be played. Varying lengths and some which force you away from driver off the tee. Some fairways were in very poor, rocky and baron conditions. Others were perfect. The final point is this course is NOT walkable. They have it laid out so you have to go past the clubhouse multiple times with multiple turn arounds and a weird overall layout. Hole 1-3 are by hole 10, but hole 4 is on the completely opposite side of the course. Hole 16 is across the freeway, but hole 18 is another significant drive back across past hole 15. As a first timer if I didn’t have a local in our 4-some it would have been very difficult to get around.
Just OK
This is the first time I played Iron Horse in about a year. I am not a fan of the new layout. They moved hole 1 down by the Red Caboose which is a good ways from the clubhouse. Really far if you are walking. Then you have to come back to the clubhouse to hole 4, which used to be the previous hole 1. It seems very disjointed. The course was in decent shape and the greens were good. Play was slow. 2.5 hours for front nine. But the service was good and the staff friendly. Overall, it was what I rated it, just average!
Course needs maintenance
We were told that coolers of water were no longer allowed.