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Review Detail

 
 
Overall rating 
 
3.9
Course Condition 
 
4.0
Value 
 
4.0
Pace of Play 
 
3.0
Facility Condition 
 
4.0
Green Condition 
 
4.0
Bunker Quality 
 
5.0
Challenge 
 
4.0
Amenities 
 
3.0
Timothy Goynes Reviewed by Timothy Goynes    October 13, 2011
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The Golf Club at Champions Circle

This is a fun and well-designed resort-style course located just south of the Texas Motor Speedway, and just north of the Ft. Worth/Alliance airport. It's out in the country--I-35W is undeveloped--but there is a Marriott hotel on-site, making it a good place to stay if you are visiting Ft. Worth on business (it's about 20 minutes from downtown Ft. Worth and 20 minutes from D/FW Airport).

The course itself is a lot of fun and a good value, and there are special deals on GolfQ and Golfnow. It was originally designed by Greg Norman in the mid-90s, and revamped by Jay Morrish shortly after when Greg decided the course was too difficult for its purposes. The result is a fun, challenging but fair layout that is well-kept and offers quality conditions year-round. It begins and ends in the classic "resort course" style, with the 1st hole being a short par 4 to offer you an easy start, and the 18th a reachable 480-yard par 5 to end you on a good note. But in between there are plenty of challenging holes, some very much so. #9 in particular features a downhill tee shot that must stop short of a large creek, followed by an uphill mid-iron approach to a two-tiered green guarded by 3 large bunkers. #15, the signature hole, is a long downhill par three with a multi-level green sandwiched between two bunkers left and water all down the right side.

If you are in the Ft. Worth area, this is certainly worth the short trek up I-35. It doesn't belong on any "must play" lists, but it's a nice golf course for a good price.

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