Another public Fort Worth-area golf course closes as Charles Schwab gets underway
The same day the Charles Schwab Challenge kicked off at Colonial Country Club, a different Fort Worth area golf course closed its course for good.
Texas Golf Center, located at 8940 Creek Run Rd. in Fort Worth, announced it officially closed as of Thursday afternoon via the center’s Facebook page.
The post said, “Texas Golf Center has officially closed its doors. Thank you for all the support over the years and I hope to see you all again on the course.”
Texas Golf Center was a 30-acre, nine-hole par 3 course with a driving range and sports bar. The property is situated next to Waterchase Golf Club at 8951 Creek Run Rd.
The center is the latest in a series of public golf courses in the Dallas-Fort Worth area that closed in the last decade.
Woodhaven Golf Club in Fort Worth filed for bankruptcy in 2015 and permanently closed in 2022. Great Southwest Golf Club in Grand Prairie and Timberview Golf Club in far southeast Fort Worth both closed and sold for redevelopment in 2015.
While public and semi-private golf courses have closed, Fort Worth country clubs thrived through the pandemic.
As more people gained flexible hybrid or work-from-wherever schedules during the pandemic, Fort Worth’s country clubs saw an increase in memberships and long wait lists, the Star-Telegram previously reported.
What public golf courses are open around Fort Worth?
There are still public golf courses left in Tarrant County.
The city of Fort Worth has three 18-hole golf courses: Meadowbrook, Rockwood Park and Pecan Valley. Out of the municipal courses, Rockwood Golf Course has a driving range.
Iron Horse Golf Course in North Richland Hills is an 18-hole course with a driving range.
The Golf Club at Fossil Creek is another 18-hole public course that has a driving range.
Sky Creek Ranch Golf Club in Keller — 18-hole course with a driving range — offers memberships with perks, but is also open to the public.
