Since Turtle Hill raised their prices and I am not sure they have a month to month rate, maybe this is the best deal since it's the only deal. WinStar has gone to complete crap for the second time since I have been playing. All relative of course but there have been nothing but issues with them for more than four years. They closed the clubhouse for over a year, they destroyed the greens on of the of courses and it took a year to get them back. Now Redbud is closed. Scissortail had mounds of dirt in some of the fairways the last time I went up there (this summer). It's bad enough the weekend morning fee is only about $45 for non-VIPs when it was $90 in 2019. Lake Murray is a tougher course that is kept better and has a driving range. Their fees are similar to Gainesville but it is a one year at a time commitment I believe. I go up there when it's wet here. Gainesville is low, Lake Murray is elevated with sandy soil.


Course is not perfect by any means. It's a municipal course. But the politics have changed over the summer and there is a lot more manpower support from the city. It will take a while to get all of the fixable issues resolved. The fee is month to month. It only went up last year. It was $100. I am part "owner" in a cart stored out there recently and I have not asked if there's a discount. I know there is no storage for other client owned carts so those that use their own trailer them.


I have hit Snells that I have found. I have never bought any new to use. I liked the ones I tried. I am a golf ball snob.


I played the 2nd gen Kirkland Signature Performance + golf ball exclusively for more than two straight years. They are a copy of a top tier ball made in China and there have been rumors of lawsuits (mostly because Kirkland was sued over their copycat irons). But the reason they were not available for most of 2024 seems to be because they were set to put out the gen 3 ball and it failed miserably (the few thousand that were sent out). Costco refunded anyone that asked. They took a while to try and correct production before finally deciding to re-start production of the gen 2 ball which is available again. So for most of 2024 I settled on the Vice Pro ball. Twice as much as Kirkland Signature Series 2 but less than TP5, Pro V1. Chromesoft, etc. I cannot play the Vice Pro Plus ... too hard. The Pro is good for me.


I am not consistent enough to tell a difference in driving distance on any of them but what I cannot play is a hard-covered ball. Vice Pros are $34 a dozen at Walmart. Kirklands were $35 for TWO dozen before they ceased production ... now they're $42 for TWO dozen (I buy them off Amazon).


I have never bought any but I have hit found Maxfli balls. I don't even keep them for over the water contests. But I bet the ones I have run across are not the Tour model ... likely whatever is their cheapest ball is what I have found and hit. Seems like they are hard and slick like a Titleist Velocity. Pretty sure the worst ball made is made by Maxfli ... the Noodle. Obviously that has nothing to do with their top line of golf balls.

I guess Nitros are horrible too ... and Mojos. I also avoid any model of golf balls made by Pinnacle or TopFlite.

It's definitely a hard ball.

If you want to nerd out watch the whole video. If not jump to minute 39 to get to tour golf balls, watch all the way till minute 43.

Used to play the Maxfli Blackmax, 20+ years ago, great ball then. Guessing you're getting these through Dicks Sporting Goods since they own the Maxfli line?

Golf galaxy, it's owned by Dicks.

I used to like their HT-100’s. Those soft balata covers would really dance on the green, but they would get chewed up pretty good by the square groves on the eye 2’s.

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Scheduled to play Cowboys Golf Club tomorrow. Hopefully it won't be too cold. I'm not a cool weather golfer. I appreciate a little warmth, but I just couldn't turn the opportunity down.

I have played Texas Rangers before and was invited to play Cowboys but it didn't happen yet. Take some pics and post them for us.

Both nice and overpriced IMO

No pics. Didn't see your post until just now. It was not in $250 shape. I didn't pay that. I had a friend that had a voucher and it was much less, but it is a $70 green fee course in my opinion. I found it rather odd that they charge that much and the greens were just OK and some of the tee boxes were noticeably not level. The food is good but the clubhouse is pretty nondescript. Overall for the money I'd go to Watters Creek or Westridge.on Plano. Tere are better courses for the money. I shot OK on the front at 43 but lost my swing on the back and had a 51, ouch!

I only paid about $75 to play Texas Rangers. That's about my splurge limit with exception of The Bridges charging me over $100 for 18 and a bucket of balls on a Monday morning a couple weeks ago. Worst deal ever was The Tribute in the Colony June of 2021 ... $100 per head and the course was a mess.

Funny how Maxfli balls were mentioned as my golf buddy bought be some and I tried them yesterday. He knows my swing and my preference so he chose the Tour S - CG version and I really like them. Easier to hit high and less spinny for my swing. Soft touch and feel with a good sound whether driver/wood, iron, or putter. Recommended and on sale right now - four dozen for $110. My friend is a bigger hitter and he tried the Tour X (yellow) and liked them very well too.

Played yesterday at Stone Creek in Sherman. Fairways are just OK, greens are in good shape, price is right at $35. I shot 85 with 3 double bogies. They have an annual deal where you pay $399/year for Monday-Friday golf privleges and then $15 for cart. Seems pretty good to me. Five years from now Sherman is going to over populated with infrastructure and facilities being strained.

Thought about playing yesterday but decided not to because the ground is still to wet on the courses around here, which means cart path only and slow golf.

It was cart path only and the round wasn't too bad considering. It wasn't very crowded so no back up and waiting on holes. It does take a long time to walk all the way across the fairway only to find you didn't bring the right club. You should drive up and play one day when the weather allows. Translation, I don't like the cold.

The last two times I played there did not go so well. Ever since the other course in Sherman closed, Stone Creek has been very crowded. Took more than four hours to play 18 the last time I was there. Soil is not conducive to turf grass in Grayson county with their black, greasy dirt that splits open during drought.


Our rains came Tuesday and Wednesday so by the time Saturday rolled around, we had one CPO hole on the muni and none on Sunday. Ponds were full and the ground had some give for the first time in months. I measured 2.5" at my house over the 24th and 25th.


I'll play when it's cold as long as the sun is out and it's not too windy. Sub-45, cloudy, and windy all together do not mix. Tee time is 12:50 today.

Haven't played since 1-4 due to weather.

I destroyed my driver yesterday. I scooted too far up in my stance to try and make sure I didn't hook it, and smacked it on my hitting enclosure .. .

Anyone check out the new TGL Golf League?

TGL Golf League

I watched it Tuesday, team sim golf.

Playing today, not sure where yet?

Today's the last good day to play for awhile. Sadly I will be working.

I was going to play yesterday but my son needed my help with something. Suppose to be very windy today so not sure if I am want to get out there and get my hair messed up