The Courses at Watters Creek

Course was in good shape, but if you expect to play 9 holes in under THREE hours, take your service elsewhere. The organization and management of the tee-​times was mediocre at best. My group was backed up by the time we reached the second green. By the time that I reached hole five (a lay up hole) there were FOUR groups of golfers on this single hole. One on the green, one on the fairway, and two waiting at the tee box (not including my group). The remainder of our outing consisted of sitting and waiting 10 minutes before each hole. I can easily say that I will not be returning here anytime soon

My story is kinda complicated, but I encountered some very rude service. Facility is decent, but I won’t be coming back.

This property has been a staple of golf in the North DFW area since the late 80s/​early 90’s. It was formerly called Chase Oaks and had 27 holes (Blackjack: 18 hole championship course & Sawtooth: a 9 hole par 36 monster). Sometime around ’98-’99 Japanese management company acquired the property, and milked it for all it was worth. They cut spending on maintenance and staff, and the facility deteriorated into disrepair.
Then in ’03-’04 The City of Allen bought the course at auction. They immediately began investing in the property and it started to improve. A couple years ago they shut it down to do a complete redesign, for which they commissioned DA Weibring. While I preferred the blackjack layout to the «traditions» it is now a much more playable track. It’s generally in pretty solid shape, and the practice facility has been upgraded exponentially. I particularly like the driving range and lighted par 3 6 hole practice course with quick greens. Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday you can find Bob at the range shack who’s arguably the best employee in the joint.
I’d recommend it to a golfer of any skill level because of the versatility it offers. There’s an 18 hole championship course that is a challenge for a scratch player from the tips, a 9 hole course that the whole family can learn to play golf on, and a fantastic practice facility.

Went here to practice and as I pulled up I was impressed. I came to try out my new irons so I was only utilizing the full range but noticed a great short game area with a putting green as well.
I had no issues with paying the $ 12 for 90 balls but when I retrieved my range balls I was highly disappointed with the following:
–90% — 95% of the balls were in terrible shape
–75% — 85% of the balls were dirty. Dirty enough for me to clean them prior to hitting them
–25 — 35% of the balls had large chunks of mud on them.
The balls appeared to have been picked from the range and no effort was made to clean them.
I came to the range because they advertised on their website, «Sunday: 7:30 a.m. — 9:00 p.m. (RANGE ATTENDANT ON DUTY) and «Lighted driving range (LIGHTS ON UNTIL 9 PM DAILY). Both of these are 100% FALSE. Prior to hitting all of my balls I decided I would use my third and final token (because I have no desire to come back to this range). I proceeded to the ball machine and didn’t notice any signs stating the range was closed so I inserted my token and nothing!!! No signs or anything stating they had shut off the machine so I lost one of my coins (I’m guessing about 30 balls). As I returned to my bay to hit the remainder of my range balls it was getting dark, no lights came on as advertised and no Range Attendant on duty to ask why the lights were not on and why the machine was turned off.
In closing, I strongly dislike posting anything on Unilocal as I’d prefer talking to someone in person. I only state this because I am in the golf business as well and hope this review gets to the attention of management because I’m sure they are aware «a little attention to the details goes a long way» and more importantly if someone were to have a less than perfect experience at my facilities I would want to know about it so I can fix it. No action is needed from the facilities for me as I won’t be returning. Make it right for future customers.
–Kyle

I’m new to the Plano area and have been trying to get around and play all the courses in the area. Watters Creek is probably one of my favorites. My buddy and I were first off the tee on Saturday and played in 3.5 hrs. The course was in very good shape and we really liked the greens. Playing from the tips this course can be pretty challenging. It has a nice mix of tree lined and water holes. We will probably make this one of our regular stops. I have been to the range here a lot and I really like the set up. They have a lot of different targets at various distances. If you want to upgrade they sell premium golf balls so that you don’t have to hit old junky ones that tend to drop out of the sky when hit them hard. I would definitely play this course if you haven’t had a chance to. I have two young daughters so I’m sure that we’ll be using their short course to sharpen their games in the next year or so.

Pleasantly surprised–
Nice track. Well kept fairways and greens–
Practice facility is 300 – 400 yds from pro shop and short game area has some bizarre rules to use.
The short game area restrictions prevent the 5^th star.

Very good course, used to be Chase Oaks golf course. They have redone the course and made it much better

Took my 6-​yr old son on his first (real) golf outing here (I don’t count the times he came along just to play in sand traps). They have a 9-​hole course in addition to an 18-​hole course, and the 9-​hole was perfect for my son and I.
They were nice enough not to charge my son any green fees. Though it’s a relatively cheap public course, I must say that the course is relatively well-​maintained. It was challenging enough for me, and easy enough for my son to enjoy. He was so proud of his drives that safely clear the streams in play.

Wow. I am amazed that Chase Oaks is rated this high by Unilocalers. Granted the course layout was interesting and challenging, the condition was just terrible.
First off, the tee box ground was so hard I broke several tees before I could stick one in the ground. The fairways were in similar condition as well. The ground was so hard it felt like hitting a ball off a hardboard. I felt more comfortable hitting the ball off the rough than off the fairway due to the ground condition. Unacceptable in my opinion. Fine looking course, but not so fun to play in…
Service was fine and the pro shop was pretty nice. But I don’t think I will pay the price for the «worse-​than-​cheap-​muni» conditioned course. I won’t go back until they learn to take better care of their land.

I had no idea Unilocal rated golf courses??? i am glad they do though. This is a great golf course that I have played many times. I would say this is an intermediate course. Great set up and has some good cheap green fees if you get it off a deal site (got mine for about $ 26). Some of the fairways are narrow and it runs along a creek which is incorporated on a few holes. For the most part they keep the course well maintained. Always a nice course to play… but not a day with 100 + degree weather. keep cool my friends. This course is officially recommended by me.

So, I played the 9 hole course at Chase Oaks. The first thing I noticed when I arrived was the staff. On Friday when I played, the staff was friendly and uplifting, which is what I’d expect from any golf course, so great job there.
I came back and changed the rating from 5 stars to 3 stars. I’m really into customer service and being treated well, so when I get treated like I don’t belong, I DON’T LIKE IT.
There are lots of golf courses in North Texas, and lots of GREAT deals. A major ingredient in any businesses success story is going to be how well the customer is treated and if he wants to come back.
I came back to this course because of how well I was treated the first visit only to be treated like a second class citizen the second visit.
SAD
I played again on Saturday expecting the same attitude from the staff, and I gotta say, they were JERKS. Just not the friendly attitude you’d expect from a golf course. Wow, what a change and how disappointing. After my second day, I wanted to buy something, the old geyser in the pro shop wouldn’t even look at me or bother to get off the phone.
The grounds were spotless, the course was clean and it played fast.
We had a couple boneheads hit into us, but that is not the fault of the course.
One more thing. This was a little challenging. I have not played an executive course with this many long HARD holes before, I got my money’s worth. It was a great spot on executive course. Great golfing! The staff course use a little work.

Even though I last played when they were aerating the greens (they gave me a discounted green fee), I really enjoyed playing this course. For a public municipal course, I think it’s well maintained, and is challenging. Green fees are slightly higher than other municipal courses, but in my opinion worth the extra.
Some really big bunkers here, and by big I mean huge. Sorry for the earlier misrepresentation. The shared green on two of the holes is interesting too. Anyways, I lost a lot of balls, but I had a lot of fun. One thing that was slightly annoying was that it was a little bit confusing where some of the holes were, and I almost teed off on the wrong hole once or twice.

Excellent Muni course!
Chase Oaks is a public course in the Plano/​Allen area.
It is a perenial «Top 10 Public Course» in Texas.
Plenty of trees and water make for a challenge, but shouldn’t strike fear in even the most random golfer. Forgiving fairways and greens, and reasonable bunkers really help. $ 35 green fees!
Tee one up here, youll be happy you did.