Texas Outside review of Golf Club At Frisco Lakes

Golf Club At Frisco Lakes

Texas Outside Rating: 8.7

18 Holes - Golf - Public
Frisco, TX
972 292-3089

Date Played: January 06, 2008
Front Nine Rating: 9.0 Stars
Back Nine Rating: 8.5 Stars
Approximate Weekend Price Range: $49.00 to $70.00
Brief Description:
Wow - you have just discovered a new, fun, and very enjoyable course that after you play it once, it will be on your short list for playing again, and again, and again. The Golf Club At Frisco Lakes is within the Del Web development in west Frisco and is managed by Palmer Golf. The course opened in August of 2007 and when we played in January 2008 the pro shop was operating out of a temporary club house and some of the amenities had not yet been completed. However, don't let that stop you from playing this course now.

This is a links type course and the front nine meanders through the trees, gently rolling terrain, and along the shore of Lake Lewisville. The back nine wanders through the Del Web community and most of the holes are lined with moderately priced homes. The fairways were in excellent condition and each hole is different and fun to play. You'll find a little bit of everything - dog legs, some risk reward decisions, blind shots, narrow and tight approaches, water, thick white sand bunkers, and even an island green. The five sets of tee boxes can accommodate any level of player and off the tee you'll find the fairways pretty open and lacking major hazards. But the approach shots put a premium on accuracy - you'll encounter bunkers, water, and tight approaches around the greens.

The greens were in excellent condition, most were huge, a little fast, and gently rolling. Take a hard look at both the approach shot to the green and study each putt carefully if you want to score well. The greens can have some subtle breaks that will surprise you.

Bottom line, Frisco Lakes provides an excellent and very enjoyable round of golf - you're going to love it!

Here's How Texas Outside Determines the Scorecard Rating

The Texas Outside rating scale ranges from 1 to 10 – a perfect 10 course would be something like this: links along a cliff overlooking the Pacific ocean and bordered by tall trees; lush fairways on rolling hills with lots of natural hazards; water (which is crystal clear) on most of the holes; immaculate greens (but they are undulating and tough); lots of variety and character (each hole is completely different and includes blind shots, elevation changes, doglegs, and significant challenges); perfectly manicured traps with the whitest and prettiest sand you’ve ever seen; a nice club house with great food and a 19th hole; a GPS; plenty of beverage carts or your own cooler and ice; and it only costs $40 bucks! What this means is that you probably won’t find any 10s in Texas – try Cabo San Lucas, Pebble Beach, or some of the Hawaii courses!
Texas Outside rates courses on the following:

Beauty – tall trees, rolling hills, beautiful houses, waterfalls, and similar stuff would score high; a 1 would be flat, bushes or cactus instead of trees, and some grass but mostly weeds

Difficulty – a straight, 300 yard par 4 with no traps or hazards, no out of bounds or water would probably get a 1; if it is a 460 yard par 4 over two ravines, with water along one side, natural hazards on the other, strategically placed traps or that dreaded tree right in the middle of the fairway, we are talking a 10.

Variety – what would you give a course where all the holes looked and played exactly the same (“I thought we just played that hole!”); were side-by-side, which is good for finding or dodging other people’s balls, but not much fun; and you can see the flag from every tee box? That’s right, it gets a 1.

Fun Scale – a 10 is where you walk off the course and say “now that was fun” and you can’t wait to get back, or you immediately turn around and play another 18 holes

Value – a 5 is $50 to $60, a 10 is $20 to $30, and 1 is $200 or so – of course all of this is dependent upon how you liked the course. For example, if a run down, boring municipal course, with six players on each hole was only $10; it would still get a value rating of 1.

Condition – this one’s pretty easy – what condition are the fairways. A 10 commands very lush perfectly manicured fairways, compared to a 1, which has fire ants, weeds, and more dirt than grass!

Condition of Greens and Difficulty – very hard to read greens with lots of undulation and tough pin placement, rate very high on the difficulty scale. Condition is self-explanatory.

All of the above determines the overall score for the golf course. In other words, we like courses that are pretty, fun, very challenging with a lot of variety, and fairways and greens in excellent condition – all for $40. We also tend to play the courses that are affordable for the masses, which means in the $30 to $80 range. We rate hard and we haven’t found a 10 in Texas yet – don’t worry we haven’t given up and we’re still looking.