Tenison Park Golf Course

Tenison Highlands course was fun & in great condition. Friendly staff & decent prices considering how close the course is to downtown. I would revisit if in the area again.

If I could rate Tenison Park less than 1 star I would. My rating has nothing to do with the course itself. Both the Highland and Glen courses are decent tracks, and courses any level of golfer can enjoy. My review comes from the experience I had with a group of colleagues from work during a golf outing. Never in our time playing golf and playing many courses have we ever been treated with the disrespect, contempt and unprofessional behavior we experienced from some of the staff at Tenison Park.
First off the woman who was the course attendant was mean, rude, contemptuous and simply a poor choice of staff to put in place on a course to be selling drinks and snacks to people. She was quite possibly the poorest example of a customer service representative I have ever encountered. In our first encounter with her she immediately told our group she was calling the clubhouse because we were not following the «cart-​path-​only rule» which no one in our party was informed of upon checking in at the clubhouse that morning. It turned out there was no cart-​path-​only or 90-​degree rule that day. She offered nothing to us and scoffed when no one wanted to buy anything. We were 3 holes in. We didn’t need anything at that point. We encountered her again a few holes later where she proceeded to reach into one of our carts and grab a beer can from one of our party and pour it out, stating something to the effect of, «If you want to drink, buy something from us.» Then proceeded to visually search our carts as she drove by each one. After that she passed us up on her next rounds, except on one occasion where she stopped and inspected our carts again. We were fine with her passing us up after that. We were not going to buy anything from her anyway after the experiences we’d had with her.
The other experience we had with course staff was on the 10^th hole with the Marshall. We were a group of 8 playing as two foursomes in a four-​man, best-​ball scramble and the lead group had waited for the other to catch up on the 10^th green, since at the turn on the Glen Course you are no where near the club house so most people just continue playing through instead of stopping at the turn before continuing. So, there are 8 of us standing around or on the 10^th green when the Marshall pulls up and without introducing himself or speaking to anyone, jumps out of his cart and proceeds to start yelling at us like we were a bunch kids and demands, «I want four of you to leave this hole right now and move on to the next! Right now! No course in America will allow a group of 8 to play together!» He never gave us a chance to explain what was going on he just drove up, acted completely unprofessional and down right tried to intimidate us with his language and actions. After unsuccessfully trying to explain the situation to him, (he didn’t care what we had to say anyway), we complied with his request, however unprofessionally it may have been delivered to us, and moved on.
Up to that point we had been having a great time, but after the encounter with the Marshall it pretty much ruined the day for most of us. We played through and I went in the clubhouse to speak to the manager when we finished. However, there was no manager available. When I asked if there was a manager I could speak to the gentleman at the counter replied, «Well, not really.» I told the guys at the desk about our experience and that we would not be back but I don’t think they really cared.

The redo of the Highlands née West course justifies the higher rates. The track honored it’s history; Bredemus, Trevino and Thompson, and changed (almost) all the holes for the better. The West was always a beast to walk when it’s hot, but it’s a joy when it’s cool. Highlands is one of my favorite municipals in DFW.
Re the Glen, née East; well. there’s only so much $ to maintain public tracks. I still like its ancient push-​up greens. It’s out and back design reminds you of its age and heritage. An easy walk even in July.

Can’t believe a club would do this, but on a Wednesday they had the range closed by 6:30p. So, do they expect working people not to want to hit some balls? Losing service. Highlands course is at least decent enough to gain it a few stars.

meh is perfect. the glen consistently has the worst greens. they are perpetually being worked on or need to be worked on. i’v probably played there over 50 times over the last 5 years and i can’t remember them ever being in good shape. The highlands is in infinitely better condition, but one just needs to drive a couple miles further east to keeton to play on a course in consistently great condition for half the price. Finally, played the other day because it’s closest to me. Went in at 530 pm and told the person working the register to only charge me for 9 holes of the cart because of the late hour. he told me he wouldn’t be able to do that for another half hour. i told him that sundown was at 7, he then negotiated down to me waiting 15 minutes. A 1.5 hour 9 holes for a twosome isn’t blistering, but given the fact that they’re getting the full greens fee combined with the fact that we may have gotten another hole or two doesn’t seem to offset the goodwill conveyed by making the customer happy.

Played here many times over the years, and there is really only one thing to say: Don’t ever play the Glen course. Highlands is well-​kept for the money and not too tough of a course. Glen is not well kept and just plain a waste of $$.
The grill is subpar, not many options.
The carts are fine, no GPS, no outlets, but not to be expected on a public course.
Location is decent, about 10 – 15 minute drive from Dallas if no trafiic.

My regular group wanted to play a Dallas course. The Highlands course was nice, staff was great, we are looking forward to trying the Glenn course which is the original course. Great Job Dallas.

I know Tenison Golf Course is listed but «The Range» is different from the course even though it’s across the street and they are both public, operated by the city, open 7 days a week, 364 days a year.
I first sought out golf lessons because I was asked to play on a golf team at work. I had to tell the CEO if it wasn’t at Putt-​Putt, I wasn’t their gal. So, I started researching places to take lessons to help my career!
I signed up for a women’s get-​golf-​ready program and am glad I chose to take lessons at The Range at Tenison. Scott was my instructor. He was patient and his instructions were easy to understand. The program can have up to 6 women but my class only had 3 (and one person never showed up) so my new «team mate» and I were super lucky!
They had an offer in the program I signed up for where I got starter clubs and lessons for what I thought was a reasonable price ($ 325) — 7 clubs, a bag and 4 lessons. Then I signed up for another course to continue and it was only $ 150 for 4 lessons.
Now I can pretend to look like a golf pro at Top Golf and might one day be asked to play on a work team again! :) — LOL, seriously, this class was one of the best classes I’ve ever taken for myself.
Regarding The Range:
Pros:
— Price is competitive on the golf balls (30 balls for $ 4, 60 balls for $ 7, 90 balls for $ 9) with tokens
— They also sell debit cards with a discount.
— The staff is friendly and helpful
— The range is nice and it has 42 bays
— They have great hitting mats I’ve ever hit off of (they do not have real grass, you might also see this as a con)
Cons:
— The bathrooms are across the street in the Club House
— Hitting mats only, no grass to hit off (I don’t mind but this might be a con for some)

Stay away. This course is awful. Service, conditions, staff attitude are all horrible. Yes, it is a city run course, but there should be at least a modicum of customer service. Forget that, the customer is a bother. Course conditions are one of neglect and uncaring. No functioning bathroom facitlities or they are rural outhouse conditions. No cart service, no potable water to drink on the course. No course marshal to maintain pace of play. Driving carts and pull carts are in deplorable conditions. I have given this place as many chances as I can. I will not return. Headed to Grover Keeton course.

Note: This review only applies to the driving range
Kind of tucked away in a less than savory part of town, but this is a really nice driving range for a city facility. Pretty good rates on balls, the mats are well kept, and the pins are well marked. Can’t speak for the full course, but if you’re just looking for a nice place to go hit a bucket or two, this is a good pick.

Played on a Dallas Cowboy Sunday game day so the pace of play was a little over 3 ½ hours. The round was a little pricey at $ 120 for the two of us but the course was in nice shape, with the greens rolling well. The staff was nice and although we didn’t buy from her, the cart girl was seen a few times throughout the round.

The highlands is an excellent course. Greens are large, quick, and in great shape from September on. Good layout overall, but the last 5 holes are superb. Nice views and elevation changes. Very fair course with 5 sets of tees. Lots of fun!

Played the week of 9÷6÷2014. The $ 55 for the Highlands is overpriced for the poor customer service and a cart girl that needs a name tag and a new attitude. The course was saturated with water and scalped in certain portions of the fairway where you would rather be in the rough to hit off. I will never play this course again until «Sweetheart» is gone and the consenting search warrants are eliminated.

OMG! i live in the mesquite area, so normally i play golf courses around east dallasarea… DO NOT PLAY THE GLEN COURSE!!!
this past weekend (fathers day weekend) went out and played tenison park east course (glen), the greens were in extremely in bad shape, especially hole #1.it was horryble… i mean that was the worst green i have ever seen… and besides that, they are still charging people regular price… dont play there! there is a golf course about 5 – 7 minutes down the street that is in way better shape… grover keeton…

Nice little track. There are two courses here (Tenison Highlands and Tenison Glen) with the Highlands being the nicer of the two. The rates for the Highlands can get into the $ 20’s (walking; weekday) to a $ 60 rate (cart; weekend). For a nice weekend, it is good to call ahead earlier in the week for a tee time.
The course is not too long and plays 7,000 yards from the back tees and around 6,200 to 6,500 yards from the gold or blue tees. Many of the par 4s or par 5s (especially on the back 9) play from a very elevated tee box, so the yardage is probably a few 100 yards less.
This is just a good, all-​around municipal course. It is not too fancy; it is not too challenging. But it can be a slow round (5+ hours) on a busy weekend which can be annoying.
The clubhouse (and cart girl) sell beer and food. They make a pretty good egg & cheese sandwich too.

Don’t play The Glens.
I just finished playing the course, and it was in the poorest condition of any course I’ve ever played in 40 years. The greens are actually areas of dirt, with some clumps of grass spread unevenly throughout. The fairways are only slightly better.
When I complained after my round that they should have told us the conditioned, they just made excuses.
With the abundance of courses that WANT you to play there, and the dwindling number if golfers, Id say the city needs to step up efforts, or risk losing players to cheaper, better courses.

This course is the worst.
Let me first say that I’ve received bad service before and it’s usually due to laziness or just a lack of interest in the job. This was different though.
Over a weekend in April my father flew in to town and we decided to play golf on our birthdays, which were a few days apart. The Tenison website has a deal where if you sign up for their weekly newsletter, you get a free round of golf and half a cart rental. I told him to sign up and I did as well so we could get our free birthday round. A week out, I called to make my tee time on the Glen course and they gave me a 12:14 PM tee time. I then informed the associate on the phone that we were coming with two of the birthday coupons, and was inquiring if I needed to let them know in advance or if I can just show up with the coupons. He told me I was good to just bring them in when we arrive and checked in. A week later, we showed up with our foursome, headed to the register to check in and get our carts. I was not greeted with a hello or good afternoon or anything, so that was nice. I gave him my name and he started looking for my tee time. I then informed him that we had some birthday coupons to which he dryly without missing a beat told me I can’t use them before 1 PM on the weekends (It was a Saturday). A little irritated that I wasn’t told that on the phone when I specifically made a point to inform them about the birthday coupons in advanced, I replied letting him know I did just that when I called to make the tee time a week ago. This associated looked me dead in the eyes and said, «No one would have said that here.» So now, this omniscient sales associate is calling me a liar to my face. To be honest, I was disgusted at how they handled that situation. Absolutely no friendliness from the get go and then this crappy attitude, there’s a way to earn repeat business.
Here’s what’s pathetic about this whole situation, our tee time was at 12:14 PM, a mere 46 minutes from when I could use the birthday coupons, really? Can’t let that slide by 46 minutes and gain a customer for life? Instead, you lost 3 in town costumers, 1 out of town customer and a few of my golfing colleagues that I immediately told to stay away from this place. So good job. Congratulations.
After all that, they didn’t even sign our group up for the right course. This place is sad and pathetic, as you can sense right when you walk into the clubhouse.
So please, do yourself a favor and stay away. They are unfriendly and unwilling to provide simple customer service.

I play the Highlands about once a week. It’s a good layout but the greens are always slow and the bunkers are inconsistent. The twilight rate is a little high for what you get but it’s still probably best public course near downtown.