Golf Course Architecture - Issue 63, January 2021

16 Photo: Joe Titzer good rolling ground. But everything has been done in proportion to the broad expanses we’re dealing with here. In that context the bunkers are the calling card, the most visible feature out there – and they are dramatic.” The East course has been constructed by Heritage Links, while Wadsworth Golf Construction has worked on Welling’s West course. “The West course seeks to take advantage of the natural character of the site that encompasses over 75 feet of elevation change and follows Frisco’s Panther Creek,” said Welling. “We’ve focused on highlighting the prairie setting with native field grasses, live oaks, and mesquite trees as well as created wetlands and habitat areas to build a true natural oasis amid the neighbouring, developing urbanity. The courses have been routed over rolling terrain on the 600-acre site in Texas. Above, the green complex for the par-three fifth on the West course, and right, the approach to the par-four tenth on the East course TEE BOX Image: PGA Frisco/Beau Welling Design