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
only issue was the rough was really thick. If you hit your ball in the rough, it would take a while to find the ball
Nice course Good Value
Ironhorse is a great course. Nice layout and not too long for average golfers. Course is in good condition and staff is friendly and helpful. Give Ironhorse a try.
Middle Six
The tee boxes in the middle six holes in particular are difficult to plant a tee into. Fairways were in good shape.
The course ranger was predominantly present for the front nine; the beverage cart dropped by frequently.
I don't recall an excessive amount of "cart path only" holes.
Bathrooms (in the physical form of a train car) are present in the #7/#10 tee box area as well as in the middle of the back nine. They are spacious.
For my twosome, a $5 voucher was utilized.
There is an automatic water bottle filling machine in the clubhouse between the men's and women's bathrooms. There is a putting green near #1 and a driving range.
There are decently placed signs instructing you where the next hole is. Unfortunately, there is no course map on the scorecard.
I do hope that the yardages the GPS provides are accurate. It can be difficult to find the ball in the rough.
#7 & #10 each involve a carry over the water twice.
Lay out was different.
The lay out was different. U- turns and going back through the same holes. But it was a beautiful course. Greens were unforgiving.
Great shape, money invested during Covid worth it
Greens rolled very true and I was pleasantly spruced with the overall shape of the course
Great condition
This course is in very good condition
Great greens smooth and kinda quick
Meh
Nice course, poor up keep. Pace of play was slow because at least for my group we had to look for every ball that didn’t land on the fairway. They didn’t have any carts available so we were 10 minutes late starting. Slow pace of the play meant we had one of our party that had to leave on hole 14. Only saw the beer cart twice in 4 hours. Two holes line up beside each other and are cart path only. It slowed down play and is not marked cart path only
Great track in great shape
Clubhouse and course were recently renovated. Both are fantastic. Pace of play was a little slow, although our foursome was playing Wolf. Great amenities with numerous cart girls and the cookout at 10/13. Course was in great shape, thick rough though! Definitely recommended!
Good course to play!
The course conditions were very good. Nothing bad to say except one thing. My wife and I played. It was not clear which were the women's tees. She played the ones in front of the Ironhorse tees as the other ones were way too close. The ones she played were not comparable off the tee to a man's tee therefore the equality of the tee difference usually always gave me the advantage. The women's tee distance should be reevaluated.
Decent pace
greens were slow except for 14 and 15 which are newly refurbished and played fast.
Sounds like hitting the ball in the fairway would help your pace of play. Or, by rule, you have only 3 minutes to find it. Also sounds like your friend has more of a scheduling issue than a slow play issue. And lastly, if seeing the beverage cart only twice was an issue, maybe you should stick to Mario Brothers at the pub.