PRAIRIE LAKES GOLF COURSE
🇺🇸 Grand Prairie, TX, USA
Designed by Ralph Plummer
Prairie Lakes Golf Course's White course is a Ralph Plummer design located in Grand Prairie, Texas, situated in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. Plummer, a Texas-based architect active primarily in the latter half of the twentieth century, designed numerous courses throughout the state and region, typically emphasizing playability for a range of skill levels while working within the relatively flat terrain common to North Texas.
The course occupies land characteristic of the area—gently rolling prairie with modest elevation changes and scattered water features that provide both strategic interest and visual definition to the holes. The routing likely incorporates several lakes or ponds, consistent with the facility's name and the region's golf design conventions from Plummer's era. Trees frame many holes without creating overly tight corridors, and bunkers are positioned to challenge approach shots and protect greens.
As a municipal facility in Grand Prairie, Prairie Lakes serves a broad public audience and reflects the accessible, straightforward design philosophy common to many Texas daily-fee courses from this period. The White course operates alongside other courses at the complex, offering variety for regular players in the western Dallas suburbs. The layout provides a typical North Texas golf experience: open sightlines, wind as a factor, and strategic use of water hazards to define risk-reward decisions on par fives and longer par fours.
FAQ
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
White was designed by Ralph Plummer.
Yes. White at Prairie Lakes Golf Course is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.
Par at White is 35.
White plays 3,115 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at White is 123.
White is a 9-hole course.