Forest Creek GC
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4.3
914 Reviews (914)
5 Stars
470
4 Stars
298
3 Stars
83
2 Stars
32
1 Stars
31
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.2
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.2
89.7%
Recommend this course
821 out of 914 reviews
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3.8
25 Reviews (25)
5 Stars
10
4 Stars
6
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.4
Layout
4.1
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.4
68.0%
Recommend this course
17 out of 25 reviews
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4.3
75 Reviews (75)
5 Stars
42
4 Stars
24
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.1
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.6
89.3%
Recommend this course
67 out of 75 reviews
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Course Highlights
Forest Creek's fairways and greens are in exceptional shape, with speeds that consistently impress returning players. The welcoming staff and value-added package including range balls, food, and drinks make every round worthwhile.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7147 yards
Slope 139
Rating 74.8

Designed by Dick Phelps, Forest Creek Golf Club has been named "Best Public Golf Course in Central Texas" by Golf Digest as well as "Golf Club of the Year" by Club Corporation of America. Phelps' design features plush, narrow fairways, and its namesake Forest Creek that comes into play on 11 holes. Many of the holes dogleg, and its most difficult holes are the long par 4s. These holes are especially evident on the back nine, with holes 10, 15, and 18 all playing well over 400 yards. The 15th is the most difficult, playing a bogey-welcoming, par 5-like 472 yards.

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Course Details

Year Built 1990
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Dick Phelps (1990) Colligan Golf Design (2018)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Tifdwarf Grass

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

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  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Texas (2023 #23) (2022 #14)
  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses (2018 #8)
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Reviews

4.3
914 Reviews (914)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 11
Course Challenges Include:
Narrow Fairways 25
Bunkers 24
Forced Carries 16
This course/club is great for:
Locals 25
Advanced Golfers 19
A Weekend Splurge 8
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 19
Convenient to the City 16
Worth the Drive 16

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Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Good outing

I play Forest Creek a couple times a month at least. The staff are always great, the course is maintained well and they don’t ‘stack’ folks up so the pace of play is generally good. Always an enjoyable outing.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 09/12/2020

Thanks for your review. While pace of play is the main concern at most course, we try to spread out players with 10 minute tee time intervals to make for a more enjoyable around.

Played On
Reviews 45
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Course in great shape, slow greens

Play this course often due to the course being in great shape and having actual grass in the fairways. Only complaint is the greens are always too slow, feels like putting in the fairway. Surrounding courses have faster greens, would be nice if they also made their greens the same.

They finally got new carts which is nice but this caused their prices to increase, not a fan of that. No reason to get new carts with GPS these days where everyone has a cell phone, they could of just got basic carts without it to save money.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Tight Course

The course is in great shape and the staff were very friendly. The course is short and tight. The hole layouts are challenging with well placed hazards. You really have to think and strategize when playing this course. My daughter and I really enjoyed it.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Serious value for your dollar

We got green fees, a cart, range balls, a sleeve of balls, a free beer and a hot dog at the grill, and entry into a raffle, all for the $50 it cost us to play today. And the course was in great condition. I will 100% be back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Walked

Good Value, Great Greens

Overall the course was in good shape and the value was tremendous. Greens were rolling great and true. Be careful off of the tee as you can drive through a lot of the fairways, even from the back tees. I would recommend and play again, especially for the price ($28)

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

Customer service has gone down tremendously

If you want to start 20-30 minutes past your tee time, play here. Had a 5pm tee time and didn't get a cart until 530. Starter was rude and not smart. Told us to hold on for another few minutes as we were supposed to play with another twosome. I decided to just start and not wait as the last group that went off was at least 30 minutes before I did. Long story short, if I listened to the starter, we wouldn't have finished the front nine in hour and change and would've held up the groups behind us. Some starters at Forest are smart but beware. By the way, the twosome that was supposed to play with us didn't catch us until hole 13. Play as a foursome and we wouldn't have finished 18 but since we played separately, we finished 18 by teeing off at 530 and in the parking lot by 9pm. If there is a 30 min gap, it never makes sense to pair up as a foursome. Causes a bottle neck for the groups behind us. But I'm just upset at how some of the staff treat you. Please change this GM

Conditions Excellent
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Nive course with challenging greens.

Course was nice and challenging. The greens are huge and a challenge to read. Enjoyed it very much and will be coming back.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 33
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Love Forest Creek

I play this course a lot. Once a week. Good conditions. Great Hospitality for a public course. Julian is a Marshall. He's the best Marshall in the area. I play 20 different courses a year, and Julian is the best. Forest Creek for me, is just as good as any course in town....and a better value than any.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Awesome

Great course excellent condition and staff is awesome. Manager Jeff very friendly guy and greats everyone and makes you feel welcomed

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Target Golf

Great layout that gets more fun the more you play it. You could take only irons and it would save you a lot more strokes than you lose by leaving the big sticks at home or in the trunk. Refurbished greens are infinitely better than before so if you haven’t played it since reopening, you will be pleased. They are pretty firm so don’t expect to fly it to the hole and have it stay.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Excellent Course

This course was in great shape. In fact, I would say it was in as good if shape as some PGA tour quality courses I have played. Greens were some of the best I have been on. Staff was friendly and very attentive to what we needed. Course provided water on the first tee. We will definitely be back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
3.0
First Time Playing

Unfriendly old man

I got paired with two higher handicappers who lost their ball on the first hole. Granted they did take a little long, we were chipping green side and were met by their class-act golfing assistant. He drives up and brashly asks “what’s the deal, why are y’all taking so long.” He told us to pick our balls up and to go to the next hole. Other than the customer satisfaction, the golf course was in good shape.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

This course never gets old...

I could play Forest Creek everyday if my body and wife would allow me too. The staff is very friendly and they actually care about its clients and I mean from the cart guys all the way up to the head pro. Oh yea... Be sure and try their lemon pepper wings and spicy fries!!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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