Fields Ranch West at PGA Frisco, Old American, the Tribute and Sky Creek Ranch with a rental home in Frisco are the plan. A 13% lodging tax, golf bag fees, a car with toll charges, and a caddie if you add Fields Ranch East are what push the total up.
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Compare hotels in Frisco, near PGA Frisco →Pick each course you'll play (one round per golfer) and we'll price it for your group. Prices are per golfer for 18 holes, with the season and time of day you choose. Your picks set “Green fees per golfer (whole trip)” in your budget.
419 courses around Dallas–Fort Worth that take public tee times, by city, with peak green fees. Private member clubs are left out.
The PGA of America's championship course, host of the 2027 PGA Championship; walking only with a required caddie, and the public can book 7 days out (resort guests 120 days).
dallasnews.com dmagazine.comThe wider, friendlier of the two PGA Frisco courses, with tricky greens and carts allowed; easier to get on than the East.
dallasnews.com dmagazine.comA polished Tom Fazio course at the Westin Stonebriar; tee times only come with a stay-and-play package booked with the hotel.
dallasnews.com marriott.comOld-style design on the shore of Lewisville Lake with big risk-reward choices; pairs easily with the Tribute next door.
golfdigest.com dallasnews.comHoles modeled on famous Scottish links like St Andrews and Troon, with wide fairways and plenty of lake wind.
dallasnews.com dmagazine.comA Robert Trent Jones Jr. course along Big Bear Creek with some of the best panel scores of any DFW public course, 20 minutes from DFW Airport.
golfdigest.com golfdigest.comCity-owned course rebuilt with a baseball theme near the Rangers' ballpark, kept in good shape at a fair price.
greenfeetracker.com dallasnews.comA city-owned course built with Audubon International, with natural creek and prairie holes in south Arlington.
arlingtongolf.com dallasnews.comHilly, tree-lined city course by Keith Foster ten minutes from DFW Airport; one of the best values in the metro.
greenfeetracker.com dallasnews.comThe NFL-themed course near DFW Airport, freshly renovated, where the public rate includes food and soft drinks all day.
golfcoursearchitecture.net arcisgolf.comA 27-hole city course a few minutes from DFW Airport and the Gaylord Texan, with walking allowed and a new clubhouse.
greenfeetracker.com myavidgolfer.comArthur Hills design with real elevation change in a Collin County club that sells daily tee times; ranked among Texas' best public courses by GolfPass golfers.
golfpass.com dmagazine.comDallas' best city course, a hilly 1920s layout in Oak Cliff with skyline views and walking allowed at any time.
dallasparks.org dallasnews.comMorrish and Weiskopf daily-fee course east of Dallas near Lake Ray Hubbard, now advised by Troon.
dallasnews.com golfcourseindustry.comA rebuilt Fort Worth muni along the Trinity River with downtown views, a short drive from the Stockyards.
dallasnews.com golfadvisor.comA long, water-heavy east Fort Worth course with a stiff slope, popular as a value test.
dallasnews.com golfdigest.comHilly city course near Joe Pool Lake with forced layups and a split-fairway finishing hole.
greenfeetracker.com dallasnews.comPlano's rebuilt city course, a solid low-cost round in the northern suburbs.
golflink.com wfaa.comRichardson's long-running city course with five sets of tees, good for mixed-ability groups on a budget.
greenfeetracker.com dmagazine.comThe sample is 4 travelers for 4 nights. Your plan ($7,964) covers the main costs most people budget for, the ones you enter on the left. Costs people forget ($2,827, about 35% more for this trip) are the fees, taxes, tips and extras listed in the calculator. Prices were last checked on October 17, 2026.
Share of the $10,791 real cost. Nights and travelers multiply most of these costs, so changing either one moves the total the most.
13 of this trip's numbers link to a published price or rate. The rest are our estimates, and each one says what it is based on. You can also read how we calculate every trip.
| Cost | Default | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Green fees per golfer (whole trip) | $770 per traveler | Four peak-spring rounds with cart: Fields Ranch West about $300 (Dallas Morning News 2025 prime Saturday $310; D Magazine $277), Old American $175 (Dallas Morning News 2024 and D Magazine), The Tribute $160 (Dallas Morning News 2024 $162; D Magazine $150) and Sky Creek Ranch $135 (GolfLink estimate). Total $770. None of these courses posts a rate card. Judgment call. Our estimate |
| Rental home per night (whole group) | $325 a night | Frisco short-term rentals average $202 a night overall, $229 for 3 bedrooms and $387 for 5 bedrooms (Rabbu, April 2026). $325 for a 4-bedroom home is our estimate between those. Judgment call. Source |
| Airfare per person | $496 per traveler | US DOT (BTS) average domestic itinerary fare for Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), Q2 2026: $496.05 (Q1 2026 was $474.21). Dallas Love Field (DAL) Q2 2026: $393.35. Source |
| Food per person, per day | $80 per traveler, per day | GSA FY2027 meals and incidentals (M&IE) rate for Plano (Collin County, which covers most of Frisco): $80 a day. Dallas County is also $80. Source |
| Cost | Default | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Checked bag fees | $90 per traveler | Major US airlines charge about $35 to $50 for a first checked bag each way, so about $90 round trip. Source |
| Golf bag fees | $110 per traveler | American, Delta, United and Southwest treat a golf bag as a standard checked bag; a second bag is $55 each way. Source |
| Shipping your clubs Off by default | $108 per traveler | Ground shipping for a golf bag starts around $54 each way. Source |
| Lodging taxes | 13% of the rental home (whole group) | City of Frisco: 7% city hotel occupancy tax plus 6% Texas state hotel tax = 13%. Hotels with 75 or more rooms (such as Omni PGA Frisco) add a 2% Tourism PID assessment, for 15%. That the 13% applies to short-term rental homes in Frisco is our reading; Texas's 6% state hotel tax does apply to short-term rentals. Source |
| Rental car | $85 a day | KAYAK at DFW (Nov 2026): SUVs about $71 a day, large cars about $71 and vans about $97. $85 a day for a minivan or large SUV in spring. Judgment call. Source |
| Tolls and toll-pass fees | $15 a day | NTTA Sam Rayburn Tollway: $0.21 a mile with a TollTag, $0.42 a mile by ZipCash (no tag); rental companies bill tolls at the higher rate plus a service fee (PlatePass FAQ). $15 a day is our estimate for daily drives between Frisco, The Colony and Keller. Judgment call. Source |
| Omni PGA Frisco resort charge and parking Off by default | $109 a night | Omni PGA Frisco policies: $42 daily resort charge per room; self-parking $25 a day, valet $40. Two rooms plus one self-parked car = $109 a night. Source |
| Caddie and tip (Fields Ranch East) Off by default | $160 per traveler | Omni's Fields Ranch page: East course caddie required for each player, single-bag base fee $110 plus gratuity. The $50 tip is our estimate. Judgment call. Source |
| Drinks on the course | $80 per traveler | Our estimate of about $20 a round for beverage-cart drinks and snacks. Judgment call. Our estimate |
| Golf balls | $55 per traveler | A dozen Titleist Pro V1 balls lists at $55. Source |
| Tips for bag drop and cart staff | $20 per traveler | A few dollars at bag drop and the turn; we use $5 a round. Judgment call. Source |
| Side bets and prizes | $50 per traveler | Our estimate for skins, team bets and a small trophy. Our estimate |
| Lessons and extras you picked Off by default | $0 for the trip | Set by the extras you pick in the tee-time planner. Our estimate |
| Travel insurance | 6% of your plan | Squaremouth says a comprehensive plan averages about 6% of the trip cost, usually 4% to 10%. Source |
| Pre-trip shopping | $60 for the trip | Our estimate for travel-size toiletries, sunscreen and small things bought before a trip. Our estimate |
| Pet boarding or sitter | $50 a day, if you check Pets | Dogster puts regular kennel boarding at about $35 to $85 a night. Overnight sitters at home cost more. Source |
For 4 golfers spending 4 nights in peak spring season, with four rounds each, a rental home, flights and food, plan on about $7,960. Once you add golf bag fees, lodging taxes, rental car, tolls and toll-pass fees, drinks on the course, balls, tips and side bets, it's closer to $10,790, or about $2,700 each. Use the tee-time planner above to price the courses you want.
Summer and winter. From June to August, highs run in the mid-to-upper 90s and rates drop about 20% to 35%, so book the first tee times of the day. December to February is mild with low rates, but Bermuda fairways go dormant and cold snaps bring frost delays. Source
Yes. The public can book 7 days ahead, while Omni PGA Frisco guests can book up to 120 days out. The East is walking only with a required caddie, at $110 a bag plus a tip. It closes on Wednesdays for maintenance; the West closes on Tuesdays. Source
The public VIP rate includes the green fee, a cart, range balls, and all food, snacks and non-alcoholic drinks. Alcohol is extra. Collared shirts are required, and denim is not allowed. Source
DFW is about 30 miles from Frisco, and Dallas Love Field is a similar drive. Love Field's average fare is about $393, against $496 at DFW. Either way, you'll need a car, and toll roads are hard to avoid. Source