Starr Hollow Golf Club

Tolar sits in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, about an hour west of Fort Worth, where the land opens into cedar-studded ranch terrain, rocky creek draws, and the kind of wide-open sky that makes golf feel like it belongs outdoors in the truest sense. This is Palo Pinto and Hood County country — quiet, unhurried, and a world removed from the Metroplex sprawl that lies just over the horizon.

Starr Hollow Golf Club occupies this landscape as a private retreat, the sort of place where a par-70 layout signals a deliberate design choice rather than a shortcoming. Dropping par below the standard 72 typically means the architect leaned into shorter, more strategic holes — rewarding shot-making and course management over raw distance, and keeping the round moving at a pace that suits the relaxed Hill Country temperament.

The club draws golfers looking to escape the city without a long drive, trading resort fanfare for a more personal, members-first atmosphere. Out here, the setting does a great deal of the work — the terrain, the quiet, and the Texas light are the amenities.