The Golf Club At Fossil Creek

5 hour round on a Thursday afternoon. Golf carts are in bad shape, pace of play is slow and no marshal to move things along. Now I remember why I haven't played there in over 2 years.

A friend and I played here on 1/16/2023 (MLK Day) for the first time. We'd heard varied reviews of the place but decided to give it a chance.
Starting with the Clubhouse- Check in was fairly easy although due to an early tournament and what appears to be over booking, we had to wait until the last minute on a cart.
Carts are older and in desperate need or repair/replacement. (Torn seats, steering wheels not set in correct opposition to steering, very rough suspension)
Staff was generally polite (cart girl was great!).
Bathrooms could have used some additional cleaning.
Went to order drinks in grill and bar was out of bottled water (only one bottle left).
Course - Easy to follow layout. Appears to be very nice but, given time of year and maintenance, there were several issues.
Both fairways and greens were hard as concrete (greens were recently aerated and were not true rolling).
No sand on carts to fill in divots.
Was hoping there would be a cooler on the cart but there was not.

Uncertain I would recommend this course to anyone in the next 2-3 months but may try playing early Spring 2023 to see if conditions have improved.

Good value for DFW metroplex. Would recommend and will play again

I figured it would be busy. A beautiful sunny Saturday. We were a foursome, and we usually play a round in 3 1/2 hours. But it was horrible. Right from the start. There was a super slow 2 some that were 2 slots ahead of us. Then there was the kid that was by himself hitting 2-3 balls off every tee, in the fairway, in the bunkers, on the green. It was horrible. 15 minutes or more on a par 3!!! There were no Marshalls to be found. It made it a dreadful experience. And the bad thing is the 3 guys I had with me had never played there! They were really disappointed. After 4 hours of play we had only played 14 holes. It started getting too dark to see our shots any more, so we called it quits. I really like this course, but after today….. I’m never coming back……

One of the Top 3 public course in DFW in my opinion

Course was fantastic but the greens were recently punched which was unfortunate.

Played Fossil Creek today and while the course was as nice as I remember it, the carts were in the worst shape I have ever seen on ANY course I have EVER played. They were in ridiculously bad shape. First, no coolers on any cart that we could see. Second, the windshield has been broken off the cart. In addition, the seats were torn with stuffing exposed and the drivers sand bottle holder had been broken off the cart. Finally, while driving over one the bridges, the plastic announcement holder broke, crashed down into the cart and cut my hand. Seriously, the WORST carts I have ever seen. Makes you wonder if they don’t care about keeping the cards maintained, how soon will it be before the course goes down.

Fossil is on my rotation each month, the only thing that isn’t my favorite about the course is it’s an “out and back” course, meaning the clubhouse doesn’t sit between 9 and 10, so can’t play nine and be back at your car, or take a break between the front and back nine. But that’s not a huge showstopper for me, just catches some of my friends by surprise that don’t play the course often

In great shape, greens are in good shape.. Always a fun Arnold Parker layout. One negative…the carts are electric but, very old and ours wouldn’t drive straight.

This was my first time playing this course. I have to say I absolutely love the layout. There is a ton of variety both off the tee and into the greens. The wind was blowing pretty strong for most of the day and man does that punish you on this course. I enjoyed the snack bar that sits between holes 7 and 16, great concept. The greens were in 8/10 shape, some bare spots on a couple, fairways were 7/10 but that’s to be expected for the season. The bunkers had excellent sand and were 10/10. My only complaint is mirrored in a lot of other reviews and it’s the carts. Mine desperately needed an alignment but I heard they are getting new ones soon. Can’t wait to play this course in the summer when it greens up and they have new carts. Great overall experience!