Sports & Rec - Golf Courses

Two 18-hole championship courses, Hacker's Grill, and two picnic pavilions. Each golf course is par 72 and measures 6,600 yards. Courses feature hybrid Bermuda grass greens with rolling and heavily wooded fairways. Open to the public, it also offers special tournament packages for groups 16 to 600.

Named after life-long resident of Arlington Chester W. Ditto, Ditto Golf Course is located in north Arlington, just 15 minutes from the DFW airport and near the heart of Arlington’s Entertainment District, featuring the Texas Rangers, Dallas Cowboys and Six Flags. As a long-standing favorite among golfers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Ditto is 18-holes of challenging golf blending plush fairways narrowed by trees and accented with strategically placed sand bunkers and landing areas.

This 160-acre championship golf course is an 18-hole, par 71 course. It features tiff 419 grass fairways and bent grass greens. Located close to Arlington's Entertainment District, it is a private facility owned by American Golf Corporation and open to members and their guests. Clubhouse has men's and women's locker rooms and professionally staffed pro shop.

Formerly known as Carswell Golf Club, this 18-hole track was renovated in 2000 and reopened in 2002 as Hawks Creek Golf Club. This course’s front nine has narrow, tree-lined fairways, and its back nine is wide open and windy. The greens are large and fast, and the terrain is hilly. Water comes into play on a few holes, and many sand bunkers strategically placed throughout the course. The club also features a historic Scottish castle-style clubhouse. Fees: Weekday $40, Weekends $50.

Recently redesigned in summer of 2008, Lake Arlington Golf Course, a Ralph Plummer design, is a traditional 18 hole, par 71 facility that sits on 185 acres. The course offers challenging golf along with a practice putting green and chipping area at an exceptional value.

Located one mile east of downtown Arlington in Meadowbrook Park, Meadowbrook Park Golf Course, opened in 1924, is the oldest course in Arlington. The 9-Hole walking course par 32 consists of six par fours 250 to 300 yards in length and three par threes approximately 150 yards in length.

This is an 18-hole, par 72 course with bent grass greens and Bermuda fairways. Located minutes north of Arlington's Entertainment District, this metroplex area golf course facility includes a pro shop, snack bar, practice areas, 250-seat pavilion and more. It is open to the public and offers special tournament packages for groups.

It’s hard to find a more beautiful course than the award-winning Tierra Verde Golf Club. Tierra Verde is the first golf course in Texas and the first municipal course in the world to be certified as an Audubon Signature Sanctuary. Walk onto the first tee and enter an environment where golf and nature come together in harmony.