Forest Creek Golf Club

First time I've played here. Really nice layout, but definitely not a course for a long hitter. It's target golf.

Course was in very good shape with only a couple of rough spots on two greens (9 & either 13 or 14, can't remember). Greens were FAST and the cup placements were often on ridges, which I thought was a bit unfair. Fairways and rough were in excellent condition. Would play here again in a heartbeat if another good deal comes up.

Staff was okay. Tried to get me to buy range balls with only 5 minutes till tee time. Must be hurting for money. Greens were not good. Cut poorly.

For the value, this was an excellent course to play!!! Didn't see any signature hole, but the course was in great condition, considering the dry weather, and I would play it again. The only drawback I witnessed was we were put off the back 9 to start, due to a league starting later that afternoon, and were told to be off the back in 2 hrs., which wasn't a problem really.

This is an interesting course. You can definitely challenge yourself here, and I know they play some more serious tournaments here. But you can also tee it forward and it's very playable and enjoyable for the everyday golfer. Some very challenging holes and a lot of strong doglegs. One par 5 takes 2 90-degree turns. The fairways and tee boxes were in great shape. The greens were dry and fast, but not dead. They had recently hosted a tournament there, which makes me think that the greens were dried out for a reason. Sand bunkers had good loose sand. Very thick woods along most of the holes require accuracy. This is definitely a course for the accurate golfer and not the long-bomber. The practice facilities were adequate - putting green, chipping green, and range. The range is nothing special, but it's all that you need with real grass and matts to choose from. We played at 3:30 on a wednesday and basically had the place to ourselves. Overall the course has an older feel to it. The clubhouse looks like it used to be an old church, and it shares a parking lot with a church. The neighborhood surrounding the course has some beautiful houses on it, but only a few are anywhere where you might lose a ball. For the most part the woods are what you need to avoid. If you like to get some holes in after 5:00 you can play here for a decent price and it's definitely a course worth checking out and if you live nearby it'd be hard to find a better value.

Took a friend to play the course a couple of weeks ago and he was shocked at how beautiful the course was and by the 3rd hole, he was wanting to go back the next day to play again. We played on 4th of July and then came back for the 6th and played again. I love this course and wish I didn't live so far away or I would make this my home course. Staff is extremenly professional, courteous and I would highly recommend this course to anyone with whatever handicapp you have. As a 6 handicapp, this course provides any player with challenges and I hope to go and play this course again very soon. The STPGA also held one of their tournaments there and all the kids were challenged with this course. Even though it got rained out and they only got to play 9 holes (thank god for rain for the course), my daughter had a great time playing there. Highly recommended course. Food is kinda pricey, but the folks in there are awesome as well.

Most of this review will seem on the negative side. It's hard to write about how great a course is when it's an average/okay course with things that bother you. For this reason, I don't play this course too often ... because it just beats me up too much.

I've played this course numerous times over the years and I just can't get past some of the holes. This course is more of a target course where you need to know your distances and be accurate with your irons etc. Granted, we should all hope to be able to play that way, but for those of us who aren't quite there a course like this can really bully you. The fairways are, for the most part, also a little tighter than average. It's just something to know and be prepared for. This is not a course for long bombers off the tee; you will be punished accordingly. There are a number of holes (even a par-5 or two) where you simply can't hit drive off the tee because of a (severe) dogleg. Doglegs in general are fine, but they had to work with the land provided and it just makes for a few oddities. In fact, this is probably the most doglegged course I've ever played ... with nine (9) doglegs ... and all of them right doglegs! And not already knowing yardage to doglegs, creeks, traps, etc. can really cause problems with club selection. Oh, and when your ball goes into the thicker greenery, beware of poison ivy; there's more of it than you think.

Here are some thoughts on specific holes:

1 -- right of center is best, but don't hit too far (200 is good).
2 -- just keep it down the middle and don't forget your hitting uphill.
3 -- par 5 with a shorter tee shot.
4 -- bomb if you want, but a 210-230 down the middle is best.
5 -- I'm guessing 210-230 left of center is best.
6 -- ignore those trees and hit it on the green; slopes back to front and left to right.
7 -- hit maybe 185 or so ... longer if you draw it to the left side where the fairway carries farther. But then you have a monster oak on the other side of the creek blocking your way to the green. It's almost a S-curved double dogleg.
8 -- they really need to level out this green that has severe back to front slope; I've seen balls putted uphill stop, roll backwards, and end up off the green ... and once all the way to the creek below.
9 -- hit 210-230 ... drawing it if possible. But your second shot is still going to get you as it's uphill with trees, bunkers, etc. It's just an odd hole and the only way they could get you back up to the clubhouse.
10 -- simple enough ... stay left of center to accommodate for left to right slope of the fairway.
11 -- you can hit driver but take it over the edge of the big tree of this dogleg right if you're a longer hitter. Second shot downhill can be blind if you're not long enough off the tee.
12 -- bombs away on this par 5. Do you go for it in two or lay up before the creek?
13 -- similar to 5, this dogleg right can be hard to judge. Hit 210-230 and stay left of center.
14 -- nice pond and should be a normal par 3 for you.
15 -- driver, 3-wood ... not really sure.
16 -- hit it as far as you can preferably down the left side of the fairway. Very few will even consider trying the mostly blind 2nd shot onto the green. Lay up to the 100 yard marker ... closer to the cart path is preferred as trees may get in the way on the far side of the fairway. Slopes back to front and mostly left to right.
17 -- easy par 3; slopes back to front and left to right; play for a little more break than you think.
18 -- driver is good but keep it in the fairway -- left side preferred. When hitting to the green, stay clear of the hillside on the left or it'll shoot your ball down to the creek. There's safety (low cut) rough on the right.

Slow But Super turf
Pace of play ridiculous over 5 hours
Too many golfers for 8 minute tee times
Difficulty of course not for beginners
Plus side
Friendly staff
Fairways tees greens the best from DFW to San Antonio that I have played in June and July

Play on a hot or rainy day so can hit when arrive at ball less golfers
3 groups on every par 4

Really enjoy this course. One of my fav local courses!!

It's really great course. Especially fairway is soft and well-maintained. But the green surface is little worse. It's difficult to put smoothly.

It's a really nice course with reasonable price. some dog-leg courses are so challenging. higly recommanded.

The course was in really great shape with well-maintained fairways and greens. The grass was as good as you can find, and the greens rolled true, yet quick.
This is my favorite local course because it is always in great shape and presents some challenges to your game.

Nice course- greens were slow - good shape but very slow especially uphill putts- friendly staff

Course was in great shape. Fairways were good, greens were great. Tee boxes great. Overall experience was an A.

Enjoyed the course. Very helpful staff. Very crowded as they had two events going so some slow play. Greens were in good shape.

Forest Creek is a very challenging course if you have not been there before. I played from the tips which is challenging but a lot of the holes twist and turn and if was difficult to judge just how far away the trees were, needless to say a couple holes what I thought were good drives went flying into the trees. Overall good experience and will be back for the good price. I do have to mention that they have the worst marshals I have seen, pace of play was great not much waiting at all but the marshals definitely made an impact. For one it was the 1st hole and a marshal couldn't stop by the tee had to keep drifting in his cart within my vision, I had to back away and reset. Not the way you want to start. Then later a different marshal comes flying up to a par 3 tee box and instead of going around us with plenty of room decides to go between us and the tee box and then just stop to watch the shot, person I was playing with dropped two in the water and was no happy with how the marshal acted. "Why didn't he just keep driving by" was the immediate response after his shots. Just unprofessional for no reason what so ever. Oh well overall very nice and enjoyable, definitely tricky for the first time.

This is one of my favorite courses. I have played it off & on for 4+ yrs. It is headed downhill if it does not get any attention. Once it was pristine. Now it is in a bad state of disrepair. It looked more like a municipal course. Everywhere I looked from the driving range, putting green, cart paths, bald dirt areas, very poor maintenance overall. I don't know if they suffer from a lack of water or what. All the ponds seem to be overflowing with water, but course was extremely dry. I won't be back until I here it has turned around.

this is a tough course. lots of trees and hazards and tight greens. but it is a fair layout that can really reward you for hitting good shots. overall, it is a very good course to play.

the two downsides i've run into multiple times here are 1) slow play - this weekend played nearly a 5 hr round, and 2) not very friendly staff. i wouldn't say they are unfriendly, but they seem to get chippy.

also had the misfortune of being paired up with a group that was constantly playing music in their cart, which was fairly annoying.

Based on their website I expected this to be a great course, however, when I got there I was truly disappointed. The staff was not all that friendly and the course design and upkeep is not what I would have expected for a top tier public course.

I am always impressed with how well the greens are maintained at this city course. The staff is helpful and we always receive a good golf experience for the dollars spent here. I definitely would recommend Forest Creek for anyone looking for a good golf value.

Great challenging course! Plush fairways with fast maintained greens. Be prepared to bring your A game!