Trinity Forest Golf Club

What Trinity Forest Golf Club does

Trinity Forest Golf Club is a private championship golf club located at 5000 Great Trinity Forest Way, Dallas, Texas, approximately 10 minutes from downtown Dallas on a 150-acre site in the Great Trinity Forest. Founded through a 2012 public-private partnership with the City of Dallas and opened for play in October 2016, the club features an 18-hole championship course and a nine-hole 'Horse Course', both designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw of Coore & Crenshaw, Inc. The facility was built on a remediated former landfill and includes a Mark Finlay Architects-designed clubhouse (completed October 2017) housing the Main Grill Room, Ballroom, locker rooms, and 'The Lab', a state-of-the-art teaching facility that contains Altus Performance training and the SMU Payne Stewart Golf Training Center.

The club serves affluent private members seeking championship-caliber golf, hosts NCAA invitationals and professional events (including the first PGA TOUR event in Dallas in several decades in May 2018), operates as the home course for SMU's men's and women's golf teams, and runs a learning facility for The First Tee of Greater Dallas that benefits over 1,000 underserved youth annually. The club also implements a 75-acre Blackland Prairie ecological restoration in partnership with the Trinity River Audubon Center, earning Golf Digest's 2018 Green Star Award.

Revenue is generated through private membership fees (annual subscription, undisclosed pricing), guest play and green fees, and tournament/event hosting. The entity operates as The Company of Trinity Forest Golfers, Inc., a private corporation owned by club members and stakeholders who invested over $60 million in development, with the City of Dallas contributing the remediated land via a long-term lease and SMU contributing $6 million for its training facility. The club employs 51-100 staff and contributes over $1 million annually to local charitable causes through community tournaments.

Name

Trinity Forest Golf Club

Legal name

The Company of Trinity Forest Golfers, Inc.

Website

https://trinityforestgc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Trinity Forest Golf Club is a private championship golf club in Dallas, Texas, operating an 18-hole Coore & Crenshaw-designed course, clubhouse, and teaching facility for affluent members, SMU golf teams, PGA TOUR events, and youth development programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Golf Club & Country Club

NAICS

Golf Courses and Country Clubs (71391)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Golf Courses & Golf Facilities (MPAKAEAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Golf Clubs & Tournament-Host Clubs (Professional/Elite Golf Clubs) (MPAKABAE), Luxury Golf Resorts (THAGACAH)

Keywords

• Private golf club
• Championship golf course
• Links-style golf
• Golf membership
• Tournament hosting

Headquarters

HQ city

Dallas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Club Memberships: Private membership fees for access to championship golf course, clubhouse facilities, and exclusive member events
2. Tournament and Event Hosting: Hosting prestigious golf championships, NCAA invitationals, and professional events that generate revenue and community impact
3. Green Fees and Guest Play: Fees charged for guest play and golf round fees for visitors to the course

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Trinity Forest Golf Club operates a private championship golf facility featuring an 18-hole championship course and a nine-hole 'Horse Course', both designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw of Coore & Crenshaw, Inc. The club generates revenue through private memberships, guest play, and hosting of collegiate and professional golf tournaments, while operating a clubhouse with dining, locker rooms, and 'The Lab' teaching facility.

Product overview

Trinity Forest Golf Club operates as a private championship golf club with a single integrated facility offering an 18-hole championship golf course and a nine-hole 'Horse Course', both designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw. The clubhouse, designed by Mark Finlay Architects, houses dining facilities (Main Grill Room, Private Dining Room, Ballroom) and 'The Lab' which contains Altus Performance training and the SMU Payne Stewart Golf Training Center. The club also includes a world-class practice academy and a learning facility for The First Tee of Greater Dallas. The club generates revenue through membership fees, tournament hosting (NCAA invitationals and professional events), and community tournaments that contribute over $1 million annually to local charitable causes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 18-Hole Championship Golf Course An 18-hole championship links-style golf course designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, featuring rolling meadows with tall native grasses, dramatic bunkering, and green complexes reminiscent of classic Northeast and Great Britain courses. Built on reclaimed landfill land in the Trinity River watershed for private members and tournament play.
• Nine-Hole 'Horse Course' A nine-hole short course designed by Coore & Crenshaw, Inc. complementing the 18-hole championship course, suitable for quicker rounds and member recreation.
• Clubhouse and 'The Lab' Clubhouse designed by Mark Finlay Architects featuring Main Grill Room with Bar, Private Dining Room, Ballroom, Men's and Women's Locker Rooms and Lounges linked by open-air terraces, plus 'The Lab' state-of-the-art teaching facility. Available to members and their guests for dining, events, and instruction.
• World-Class Practice Academy State-of-the-art practice facility at the club designed to help golfers improve their game through various practice areas and instruction.
• Private Club Membership Private membership access to the championship golf course, clubhouse facilities, dining, locker rooms, practice areas, and exclusive member events. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed.
• Tournament and Event Hosting Hosting of prestigious golf championships, NCAA invitational tournaments, professional and amateur events. The club hosts two national collegiate invitationals annually and hosted the first PGA TOUR event in Dallas in several decades in May 2018.
• Guest Play and Green Fees

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $1 million contributed annually to local charitable causes through community tournaments
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration40 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Trinity River Audubon CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Blackland Prairie Restoration Plan. Trinity Forest has implemented one of the largest restorations of the native Blackland Prairie ecosystem, which has been reduced to roughly 1% of its original size. The club has restored 75 acres with native grasses and vegetation, creating additional habitat opportunities for native plants and animals.
• City of DallascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic-private partnership formed in 2012 with Mayor and City Council. The City leveraged its remediation obligation to reduce costs while partnering with developers to create championship golf facilities. Club members invested over $60 million to develop the course and facilities and lease the land from the City.
• SMU (Southern Methodist University)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSMU committed $6 million to build a new practice and training facility for the SMU men's and women's golf teams. Trinity Forest serves as the home course for SMU golf teams and annually hosts national collegiate invitationals.
• The First Tee of Greater DallascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLearning facility included in the project that teaches young people valuable life lessons along with golf skills. Over a thousand under-served and at-risk Dallas area youth benefit from these character-building lessons annually.
• Coore & Crenshaw, Inc.coreTechnology or IntegrationDesign firm of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw responsible for the championship golf course and nine-hole Horse Course. Founded on shared philosophy that traditional, strategic golf is the most rewarding.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Northwood Club: Historic private club in Dallas designed by legendary architect William Flynn, with a renovated clubhouse and active tournament schedule. Comparable private-club model and Dallas market position.
• TPC Craig Ranch: PGA TOUR-owned private club in McKinney, Texas, in the DFW metro. Closely comparable as a premium private club with PGA TOUR affiliation, championship-caliber course design, corporate event capabilities, and target member base of affluent Dallas-area golfers.
• Bonnie Briar Country Club: Long-established traditional Northeast private club offering comparable member amenities, championship-caliber course, and community/youth programming similar to Trinity Forest's First Tee partnership model.
• Las Colinas Country Club: Established Irving, Texas private club located within the DFW metro. Comparable as a legacy private club serving affluent Dallas-area members with championship history and corporate event hosting.
• Colonial Country Club (Fort Worth): Long-standing Dallas-Fort Worth private championship club that has hosted the PGA TOUR's Charles Schwab Challenge for decades. Directly comparable to Trinity Forest as a premier private club with a championship course, similar member profile, and overlapping tournament-hosting aspirations in the same regional market.
• The Ford Plantation (Savannah, GA): Private club with Coore & Crenshaw-designed course on a remediated/conserved coastal site. Comparable in Coore & Crenshaw design pedigree, environmental stewardship narrative, and elite member positioning.
• Dallas National Golf Club: Private 18-hole club southwest of Dallas with a high-end membership model and championship-style design. Directly comparable as a DFW-area private club competing for the same affluent member pool.

Broad incumbents

• TPC Sawgrass (Ponte Vedra Beach, FL): Flagship PGA TOUR-owned venue and home of The Players Championship. Comparable as a higher-profile championship-host private facility with public-access elements, tournament-driven brand equity, and PGA TOUR affiliation that anchors pricing power.
• Pinehurst Resort (No. 2): Iconic Coore & Crenshaw-designed championship venue in North Carolina and home to multiple U.S. Opens. Directly comparable design pedigree (the same architects who designed Trinity Forest), elite tournament-hosting role, and resort/membership hybrid revenue model.

Regional players

• Seven Oaks Golf Club (TPC San Antonio): Texas-based PGA TOUR-owned private club in San Antonio serving a similar affluent Texas membership base. Comparable as a regional private championship venue with tour affiliation, though operating in a separate metro from Trinity Forest.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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