Walnut Creek Country Club

Walnut Creek Country Club opened in 1974 with its original Pecan Course, an 18-hole layout designed by PGA professionals Don January and Billy Martindale. January, a 1967 PGA Championship winner from Plainview, Texas, and prolific Senior Tour victor with 22 titles, partnered with Martindale—a fellow PGA Tour player turned course designer and SMU golf coach—in JanMart Enterprises, creating over 20 courses, many in Texas, including notable DFW-area designs like Royal Oaks Country Club in Dallas and Los Rios in Plano. The Pecan Course features narrow fairways, elevated greens, and water hazards, playing to a par 70 at 6,618 yards.

In 1995, the club expanded to 36 holes when Fort Worth native and seven-time PGA Tour winner Mark Brooks redesigned an existing nine-hole layout into the championship Oak Course (par 71, 6,763 yards). Brooks, 1996 PGA Championship victor, began his design career in the 1990s with projects like Southern Oaks near Fort Worth. The club, now managed by Invited (formerly ClubCorp), has hosted amateur events including the 2018 Women’s Texas Pinehurst and continues to host local tournaments. Recent upgrades include a facilities expansion with new dining, pools, tennis resurfacing, and family amenities unveiled as “The New Walnut Creek Experience” around 2018, alongside multi-million-dollar clubhouse renovations.