Grand Prairie, TX

Turner Park

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4 5
Topher024
Experience: 15 years 4 played 1 reviews
5.00 star(s)

Elevation, Grass, Technical - Has It All 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 17, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Beautiful course that's well maintained. A nice mixture of long bomber holes as well as shorter technical shots with trees and very minor water hazards. Great use of elevation.

One box per hole, but basket positions are rotated from 2-3 locations based on a weekly schedule. I really like seeing the baskets flagged.

Cons:

A couple spots where I couldn't immediately find the next box, but other players were more than helpful.

Other Thoughts:

I met Jim, the course designer. Great guy and he hooked me up with a used driver to replace one I'd lost at home just before leaving for DFW.
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Tremayne
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
5.00 star(s)

favorite course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 14, 2013 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

This is my favorite course in the area for these reasons:

1) It's a very pretty park throughout all 18 holes. It's all grass, rolling hills and big trees.
2) Lot's of shade. Except for holes 1 and 2 most of the rest of course plays under shaded fairways. Very important for Texas.
3) Course has an even number of dogleg left, right and straight holes. Also, a mix of shorter birdie holes and a few bomber holes that are par 4 or 5.
4) There are benches near the tee pads throughout the course. Don't really need to carry a stool here. And the benches are almost always in the shade.
5) There are water hazards on this course and other out-of-bounds. In my opinion the more obstacles the better, more interesting and challenging. Water can come into play on holes 5, 8 (right and deep), 10, 11, 12, 13, 16 and 17. Hole 12 in particular requires you to cross the same creek about 3 times.
6) Great elevation changes on many of the holes. Hole 3 is downhill, hole 4 is uphill, hole 5 is sometimes uphill, hole 7 is across a small valley, 8 is downhill, 9 is uphill, 13 is a huge hole with a downhill drive across a creek and into a treed valley and then uphill from there. Hole 14 is downhill and 15 back up. Hole 16 is another hole for bombers, starts level and then runs downhill towards a creek. Hole 18, a par 5, requires 3 big shots, the first uphill, the next level and the approach is downhill.
7) There are very well-run minis on Saturday morning and Tuesday evenings.
8) Easy parking near the first hole.
9) The course criss crosses at a few points which allows you to skip past slower playing groups.
10) There are TWO practices baskets near hole 1 which allows you to putt back and forth.
11) The course is near a major highway (I 30) which makes it easy to get to.

Cons:

Used to be a fair amount of poison ivy but now that the course is a few years older that seems to have improved a lot.

Other Thoughts:

As for righty/lefty bias I would classify the holes this way:
Hole 1: slight advantage righties (OB road along right and short pin is dogleg left)
Hole 2: even (mostly open)
Hole 3: advantage righties (dogleg left)
Hole 4: even
Hole 5: advantage lefties (unless pin is short left which favors righties...overall, slight advantage lefties)
Hole 6: slight advantage righties (OB along right and most pin locations left)
Hole 7: even (probably the advantage here goes to the overhand throwers. Left placement favors lefties but hole is so short it gets birdied by everyone about evenly).
Hole 8: even (hole favors straight throwers in main location...also lefty and righty alt locations)
Hole 9: slight advantage righties (one position is even, the other favors righties)
Hole 10: slight advantage lefties (main location is even, straightaway, other locations favor lefty)
Hole 11: slight advantage righties (main location favors righties, short location favors lefty but a birdie opportunity for both)
Hole 12: even (dangerous for everyone)
Hole 13: advantage lefties. difficult off the tee for righties. strong dogleg right.
Hole 14: even. favors the straight thrower.
Hole 15: slight advantage lefty but really depends on hole location.
Hole 16: even. Drive favors a power righty with an S drive. Approaches favor the lefty.
Hole 17: slight advantage righties, especially in short location.
Hole 18: even. slight advantage off the tee for lefties, approaches to pin favor righties.

Add it up and you get a well-balanced course and one that requires a good all around game.
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2 4
MPG15970
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
5.00 star(s)

Crown Jewel of the metroplex 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 15, 2013 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

This course will test your shot skills as well as stamina and endurance. Accuracy and long shot ability will get you a respectable round.

Cons:

The course is not close enough to me to play daily.

Other Thoughts:

An overall awesome must play course for this region. Kudos to Jim Dart.
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4 4
Pizza God
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Experience: 36.1 years 1717 played 566 reviews
5.00 star(s)

Best course in DFW 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Apr 30, 2016 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Very good large tee pads
Good tee signs wtih map and distances to each pin.
2 practice baskets
very good mix of holes
2 very good par 5 holes
very good elevation for Texas
Very nice DGA baskets
multiple pin locations on most holes
Bridges across every creek and even stairs where needed.

Cons:

can be muddy in a few spots, but playable even if it is raining. (I have only played this course a few times dry)
The erosion around some of the tee pads leaves a huge drop off.

Oh, I HATE that walk up the hill from 13 to 14, it kills me every time.

Other Thoughts:

This is a GREAT course. I don't get to play it very often, but is one of my top 10 best courses (out of the 285 I have played)

This course REALLY uses the land to make a fun course to play.

some of the holes are very long for new players, but for someone like me who has been playing for a while, I really enjoy getting to drive twice on a few holes.

As a side note, the 1st time I ever played #18 long, I got a 3. Two rollers and a putt.

I first reviewed this course when it went in 7 years ago. The course has ONLY gotten better with all the add on's. For this reason, I have upgraded my rating to 5.
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3 5
mattj
Experience: 15.6 years 27 played 2 reviews
5.00 star(s)

Decidedly my favorite course. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 5, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

This course has what I want in a course. Dramatic elevation change, variation and complexity are abundant, and well thought out.
A wonderful variety of holes ( 3-4 of which I place in the top ten holes in DFW) that challenge players to use all their shot-making skills, and rewards success very consistently.
The majority of the holes provide a great deal of lattitude for approaches, for as we know, disc throws can follow unlimited different flight paths, and due to the consistently windy conditions there, this characteristic is HUGE!

Cons:

I disagree with the rating system of 5 being "perfect in every way". Sorry disc course review, but if a rating of 5 is impossible, then why have it.

Other Thoughts:

Try a roller on 16, but get a spotter.
This is a fun course, and an awesome test.
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