Texas Star

Texas Star Golf Course is a municipal offering between the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, designed by Keith Foster during 1997.

The course is subdivided into separate sections by the deep concrete creek named Hurricane Creek that divides the property as it travels southward toward the Trinity River. This tributary will merely provide an interesting view during some holes, however it will also provide a testing forced carry at the closure of both nines. On the front, the creek splits the fairway (and is in play from the tee for big hitters) and then wraps up alongside the right of the green.

On the closing hole, it remains along the left until about two-thirds of the way through. A three-shot hole for most, players must decide whether that third shot is a short one (by crossing the creek in two) or a long one (by laying up).

Although holes that play parallel to the creek are fairly flat, the land on either side of the tributary rises quickly and can provide some dramatic changes in elevation, traveling both uphill and downhill.

Those with deep knowledge of American history will appreciate that the longest hole on the course at #10, named “Johnson’s Crossing”, is a tribute to the first black family to establish a settlement in the Mosier Valley area of far east Fort Worth, a portion of which is now occupied by the golf course.