Twin Creeks Golf Course

Twin Creeks Golf Course opened in Allen, Texas, as a municipal facility designed by Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay. The course occupies land in the northern Dallas suburbs, where residential and commercial development has expanded rapidly over recent decades. Palmer and Seay, who collaborated on numerous projects through Palmer Course Design, worked with the relatively flat terrain typical of North Texas, incorporating water features and strategic bunkering to define holes and create interest on a site without significant natural elevation change. The routing makes use of Twin Creek itself, which winds through the property and comes into play on several holes. The design emphasizes playability for a range of skill levels while still presenting challenges through water hazards, greenside bunkers, and green contours. The course serves both Allen residents and golfers from the broader Dallas-Fort Worth area, functioning as an accessible public option in a region where private clubs dominate the upper tier of golf facilities. Twin Creeks reflects the Palmer design philosophy of the era, which typically favored bold visual presentation, generous fairway corridors for average players, and risk-reward opportunities around greens. The course has hosted local and regional amateur events over the years. As a municipal property, it provides practice facilities and serves as a community golf hub, offering programs for junior golfers and maintaining a pace-of-play culture suited to public daily-fee operations in a suburban Texas setting.