Omni PGA Frisco Resort

Our foursome was ready for a wonderful day at this championship course. When we chatted with the starter he seemed concerned that we had a foursome. "oh, you have a full group, huh?" We soon found out why. On the second hole a twosome began pressing us. We started looking for a good spot to let them play through... obviously. Then we noticed a single! playing behind the twosome... what top course schedules like this ... on a Sunday morning? It got worse. After we allowed the twosome and the single to play through... the starter came out and told us "you guys are behind the pace of play and need to pick up your pace." Just put a bad taste in everyone's mouth. Then they began watching 👀 us on each tee. Weird. So, great course, but be careful when you're in front of a twosome or single!

Felt this was the better designed course of the two and a more memorable round. A few pretty good golf holes. The undulation on some of the greens are crazy. Although it's touted as the wider and easier course, I didn't feel it was really any more easy or hard than the East course if you were playing the same distances. I felt both courses are a little overpriced and underwhelming but if they can get the price they are getting and have full tee sheets then why not! I do love the fields ranch logo with the round bale of hay and the flag stick leaning on it.

A fun course for locals to come to for a date night. I felt the course wasn't exactly designed in a great fashion as a lot of the tee boxes are within a few yards of the previous green and there are a lot of entry level golfers playing this course with balls going everywhere. The pace of play was insanely slow as there were 2-3 groups on every hole. The casamigos tequila truck is a fun stop on the course but a $18 premade cup of mezcal seemed a touch excessive. Overall I felt they could've made better use of the land and done a bit better with the overall layout.

The Omni PGA Frisco Resort is absolutely amazing.... 2 acre putting green, par three course, amazing food and pools, and absolutely top notch hospitality and customer service.

This course will be home to many future mens and women's PGA championships as well as the 2041 Ryder Cup I believe. You must walk and use a caddy on this course which isn't exactly ideal in the 95 degree summer heat. I am not a huge fan of Texas golf as there is only so much you can do with the landscape. The condition of the course was fantastic. Had a really hard time reading the speed and undulation of the greens. I felt the design and layout were somewhat lacking and it really has no memorable or signature holes which was my biggest issue with the course and reason for the 4 star review. We played it at about 6700 yards. The course is laid out to where you can make the tips as far as you want to make them for the professional golfers... Even if that is 8000-8200 yards. For around $350-$380 to play plus $80 caddy fee plus $50 caddy tip, I felt this course was lacking in the value department. I wouldn't rank it in my top 40-50 courses I have played. Me and my playing partner both thought the west course was a much better and more fun and visually appealing course. Glad I played it and can say I played it but not a course I necessarily care about playing again In the future. Would love to go back to the resort though.

Enthusiasm around short courses has been one of the most encouraging recent developments in golf, and while The Swing doesn’t necessarily break new ground, it ably miniaturizes the experience found at PGA Frisco’s big courses.

It’s maintained to a similar standard as its siblings, but its sub-90-minute playtime helps make the experience feel breezy. So, too, do the milder evening temperatures in which it can be enjoyed, thanks to its forest of floodlights. Like most courses of its ilk, it’s best enjoyed with one or two wedges, a putter and a beverage.

Knowing a major championship host was being built simultaneously next door, West architect Beau Welling was equal to the task of building something for the rest of the golf world to truly enjoy at PGA Frisco.

The West differs from the East on two fronts. The first is the West’s more rambunctious terrain; it tackles the property’s large central hill three times where the East’s routing features two climbs, both somewhat more gradual. As a result, carts are the norm at the West, as opposed to the East’s mandatory walking caddies.

Whereas the East’s undulating greens are generally convex (and vexing), the West’s putting surfaces are more whimsical, though plenty challenging in their own right. The abrupt ridge that bisects the par-3 3rd green is an early indication of the West’s different approach. It works; many weekend visitors who blow into town for three rounds will play the West twice and the East once. That’s a high compliment to Welling’s design sensibilities.

As professional golf becomes more and more alien to millions of recreational players, the requirements of championship golf design have become more and more challenging. At Fields Ranch East, Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner mostly succeeded in building a course that will test the best and beguile the rest.

The East typifies contemporary golf architecture’s two main focuses – on bunkering and green design. Some 90-plus large, deep bunkers lie in wait at seemingly every strategic turn, and the large, firm and fast putting surfaces lean on considerably contour to defend par. Golfers with a shaky short game may find themselves picking up on several holes, but should also be enough birdie opportunities to keep them interested, especially if they play the correct tees. Good thing, too; because the average pace of play (walking, with mandatory caddies) tops 5 hours, you wouldn’t want to be out there getting beaten up for that whole time. There are no weak holes until the awkward par-5 18th, but the run from 13 through 17 – long par 3, shortish par 5, short par 4, long par 4 – is the star here.