Stewart Peninsula Golf Course

Review and Rating of Stewart Peninsula in The Colony

Along the shoreline of Lake Lewisville is unequivocally one of the best nine hole course in Texas – Stewart Peninsula. Avid Golfer agrees with us and Dallas Morning News rated it the 2nd best in Texas in 2008 (everyone is wrong at least once!). Inspired by the architecture of both of Scotland’s classic links courses and California’s Monterrey Peninsula coastal courses, this Tripp Davis design presents unique challenges on every hole which forces you to play smart if you want to score well.

Stewart Peninsula has a huge common green with two different flags, so each nine you play from a different tee box to a different side of a common green. My ball seemed to always land on the wrong side of the green and close to the wrong pin. Golf is a mental game and part of the mental game here is to remember which color flag to shoot for – and you know your partner/opponent is not going to tell you! There are three gold tee boxes and three red, which means you have plenty of choices with varying yardages – for example, you might choose to play the back red tee box the first nine and the back golds the second nine. The choices make each nine play differently from the approach shots through putting.

Stewart Peninsula has a lot of character and each hole is unique and offers it’s own set of challenges which might include: water, traps, natural grass areas, blind shots, dog legs, sloping and rolling fairways – making club selection critical. This course also puts a premium on target golf from the tee box through the approach. Traditionally, the wind is blowing at Lake Lewisville but the good news is that the wind factor changes every two holes as the course changes direction.  Par is 66 and from the tips the total yardage is only 5325 (4 par 3s and 1 par 5) but you will still find this course very fun and challenging. For example, take the #1 handicap hole which is 432 yards and requires a precise drive to carry the ravine and land on a narrow uphill fairway – miss left or right and you’re history, overshoot and you’re in the trees or trap. Survive that with an excellent landing and you just might be able to see and risk a shot to the dog right uphill well-protected green. Most likely, you’ll have to layup with a precise shot that needs to roll down a hill and stop before the wetlands, leaving a dramatic uphill shot to the green. A very fun but challenging hole that will test your drive, approach shot, and your go-for-it attitude!

When we last played, the fairways and greens were not in as good condition as when we played before, but the course was still transitioning from winter to summer. The greens are huge, but your side of the green can be small so your iron shots are extremely important to score well.

We enjoy camping on Lake Lewisville and then boating over to the courtesy dock which is a short nine-iron shot away from the clubhouse.