I’ve played Mesquite for years and the greens have been some of the best around. Consistency is key to a good golf course. The affordable green fees make it appealing and are a unrivaled value in DFW golf.
It’s a great walker’s course. Some courses have gotten bad about frowning upon walking, which is shameful. The Greens usually run around 9-10 if I had to guess and always seem to be in decent shape when other courses greens aren’t. The course is not too difficult but still challenging for every level. Like every course, there’s a handful of uninspiring holes. In my opinion that would be the stretch from 3-5. The rest is solid.
For my personal taste, the back is the jewel of the course. The back includes what I consider the signatures holes. The Par 3 -15th and 17th. 15 is flanked by water down the left from about 50 yards off the tee, down the entire depth of the green. From the tee you’re hitting from an elevated tee box. It’s a picturesque tee shot. 17 is a monster that requires an accurate 190 yard shot from an elevated tee box over a small ravine, with a tall cottonwood towering left and a row of trees down the right, dividing it from the 11th hole. It looks tighter than it really is. The green is guarded by a bunker on the left. The hole sets up for a draw. It’s menacing.
The course has some character to it. There’s lots of gentle rolling hills you wouldn’t expect. You must play some old school angle golf. It’s not much inside of a neighborhood, lots of trees and the water coolers are always full. There’s not a ton of sand on the course, and I don’t believe there are any fairway bunkers at all. If I had to guess I’d say, there are probably about 12 bunkers on the course total. Just single bunkers on either side of most of the greens.
They’ve got a great driving range, with lots of targets, the downfall is that you’re hitting off mats and the wind is usually helping, as the range is sitting atop a small hill. Don’t let the distance on the range fool you on the course. Their practice green is fine, but the short game area is lacking. It’s still a bonus to have a short game area for chipping/pitching. Most other courses don’t have that.
They don’t run beverage carts, and the pro shop is bare. The clubhouse staff however is always friendly, welcoming and try to be accommodating. Sometimes the marshals are pushy, which has side effects and benefits. Otherwise. Mesquite would be a 5- Star course, if they’d run a weekend beverage cart, had a better chipping area and some merch to browse in the pro-shop. It is a solid place to play though given its overall value and generally good condition. It is generally always busy.
10 months ago
Hadn't been by in a long time after having a bad experience with a marshall. Decided to hit a bucket on a Monday night. Get there at 5:30, nobody in the pro shop. Go put my shoes on in the bathroom, go back, nobody in the pro shop. Grab clubs from my car, go back, nobody in pro shop. Finally wait for a few minutes, call out, two finally come out. Get told they stop selling buckets at 5:30 shop to pick the range, then second guy adds his two cents: "I'm trying to go home man." Would love to support the local muni but instead got a great reminder why I haven't been in years.
2 weeks ago
This star score is because of the way the city is taking care of the course, the attitudes of the guys in the pro shop, and the overall lack of concern for what is a very nice track.
The money put into the course several years ago really shaped it up and made it comparable to other similarly priced courses. But, for some reason the city just doesn't know how or care to keep it that way. It is not worth the money they charge when I can play much nicer courses for the same money.
Honestly, it's a sad black eye for the city of Mesquite, TX.
a year ago
Excellent course, very good value for such cheap greenfee. Very fast & well maintained greens.
Overall a challenging course. One +200 yard par 3 for example is just 9/18 handicap. And the toughest hole long par 5 proved to be just that if you look at my scorecard 😚.
Bring you A chipping and putting game here, folks!
Starter Jerry was extremely friendly and rest of the staff too. Definitely worth the visit!
3 years ago
This is a great course for the average golfer. Dalton in the pro shop is the only staff member that has customer service skills. KYLE. Who, I found out, is mentioned in other posts. WILL, I repeat, WILL try to rip you off. Kyle sold me a "warm up" bucket of balls (their smallest bucket) for $9. Found out that night, the bucket prices are listed online and out of the 4 sizes their smallest is size is $5. Please fire Kyle.
5 months ago
