History

Squaw Creek Golf Course was built on land that was donated to the General Dynamics Recreation Association in 1969. Legendary course designer Ralph Plummer was hired to design the golf course with a total project cost of $1.1. million, including the clubhouse.

Ground Breaking - 1969





Remodel Ribbon Cutting - 2016

Course Redesign - 2015 - 2017

In 2015, Colligan Golf Design began upgrading the course. Phase 1 was a state-of-the-art 14 acre practice facility with 4 short game practice greens and over 10,000 square feet of putting greens. The new driving range teeing area is more than triple its original size. In January of 2016, Colligan Golf Design began a major renovation of the course. Leaving the original layout intact, Colligan installed brand new USGA Mini Verde Bermuda greens, 419 Bermuda fairways and tees which include a new 4th set of tees that can shorten the course to 4800 yards.

Chris McQuatters, Squaw Creek's new Director of Golf, has commented on how impressed he is with the Squaw Creek layout
The Star-Telegram wrote a nice article about the redesign.

Course Conditions

Squaw Creek is in great shape right now, so come out and give us a try if you haven't played here in a while. Like many Texas courses, we have battled both floods and droughts over the years. A lot of work has been done to minimize the effect of both droughts and floods, including adding additional wells, and installing improved pump/drainage systems. Squaw Creek is well prepared for whatever Texas weather has in store for us.
The flood photo is from 2004, and the drought photo is from 2011.


For those of us who have enjoyed playing at Squaw Creek for many years, here are a few thumbnails of reminders of the past


Golf Leagues

For many years, golf leagues filled the course every Tuesday night, from March to October. The AGL was the biggest league, but there was also the PGL, EGL, Management league, and the Redneck league as well. Here is a little history of the AGL, as remembered by the early founders.


Avionics Golf League (AGL) History

The AGL was started in 1964 at ZBoaz by Stan Powell, Jim Harmon, and Jerry Little among others. It moved to Pecan Valley, and then to Squaw Creek in 1971. Play alternated between blue and white tees. Teams were formed, with individual competition optional. Without a shot gun start, the league typically didn't finish until after dark. Players would circle the last green with their cars and use headlights to allow everyone to finish their rounds.

At first the league was very small and informal, four to eight teams. Jim Harmon took charge, doing the scoring, and publishing the weekly poop sheet with some help from whoever was around at Linkwood's BarBQ after the round. Stan Powell, Corky Wilson, Barney Poston, and Hubert Garrett were among the regulars. Stories were told and Harmon put all the results and quips into the weekly poop sheet. He was really good at getting all the jibes in . . . everybody suffered at the pen of Jim Harmon.

As the league got bigger, the league had pity on Harmon and started electing a Czar to be in charge. That worked until a big rules controversy resulted in a rebellion and impeachment of one of the czars. Over the following off-season, Richard Berryman, with Harmon's help, wrote the AGL Charter to give some structure to the league. When you combine golf, a little money, and a bunch of engineers, a Charter is definitely required to avoid chaos. It was ratified by the founding members and captains. Check out the plaque in the pro shop to see all of the team and individual winners over the years. The AGL is gone forever, but not forgotten.