Only Ben Hogan-designed course
Hogan + Byron Nelson founded original Trophy Club Country Club
City · Tarrant County
Trophy Club
Population ~13,901 · northwest-isd
A Great Place to Call Home
☕ Trophy Club brief Mon, Jun 1
First master-planned community in Texas
Developed 1970s · incorporated 1985
Northwest ISD B (89)
~32,000 students across 3 counties
Local News
Trophy Club headlines
What's happening in Trophy Club right now
Civic
Population around 13,000, split between two counties
Trophy Club recorded 13,288 residents in the 2020 U.S. Census, a master-planned community straddling the Tarrant-Denton county line north of Westlake and east of Roanoke. Source: U.S. Census; Town of Trophy Club.
Updated 2026
Schools
Northwest ISD serves the town
Northwest ISD, headquartered in Justin, serves Trophy Club, with Byron Nelson High School in Trophy Club as a flagship campus named for the golf legend whose course inspired the community's founding. Source: Northwest ISD.
Ongoing
Heritage
Founded around a Byron Nelson-designed golf course
Trophy Club's master plan was built in 1973 around what was billed as the first golf course designed by Byron Nelson, and the community took its name from Nelson's trophies displayed at the original clubhouse. Source: TSHA; Town of Trophy Club.
Ongoing
Council
Council meets second and fourth Tuesdays
The Trophy Club Town Council meets the second and fourth Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 1 Trophy Wood Drive. Source: Town of Trophy Club.
Ongoing
⛳ Sports
Trophy Club's golf course is the only course Ben Hogan ever designed
The original Trophy Club Country Club golf course — the founding amenity of what became the first master-planned community in Texas (1970s) — is the only course legendary Texas golfer Ben Hogan ever designed. Source: Trophy Club Golf Club history.
From across Tarrant County
🗳️ Election
Contested mayor races in nine Tarrant cities on May 2 ballot
The May 2, 2026 ballot featured contested races for mayor in nine Tarrant cities: Arlington, Euless, Keller, Kennedale, North Richland Hills, Pelican Bay, Sansom Park, Westlake, and Westover Hills. The slate also included numerous city council positions, school board trustee seats, and other municipal offices across the county. Source: NBC 5 DFW / Tarrant County Elections.
🗳️ Politics
Taylor Rehmet (D) wins Texas State Senate District 9 special election
In Tarrant County's state Senate District 9 special election held November 4, 2025, Democrat Taylor Rehmet finished as the top vote-getter, ahead by roughly 14,000 votes and a margin of nearly 15%. Rehmet replaces Republican Kelly Hancock, who left the seat in 2025 to become acting state comptroller. Rehmet completes the remainder of Hancock's term. Source: NBC 5 DFW.
Around Town
Around Town
Trophy Club's places, people, and traditions
Landmark
Trophy Club Country Club
Trophy Club Country Club features the historic Byron Nelson-designed course (Hogan's Glen and Nelson's courses) that gave the community its name and remains the central recreational landmark. Source: Trophy Club Country Club.
Year-round
Park
Trophy Club Park at Lake Grapevine
Trophy Club Park, on the north shore of Lake Grapevine, is operated by the town under USACE permit and offers off-road motor recreation, camping, and shoreline access. Source: Town of Trophy Club; USACE.
Year-round
Park
Independence Park and Harmony Park
Independence Park and Harmony Park anchor the town's neighborhood-scale recreation system. Source: Town of Trophy Club Parks.
Year-round
Schools
Byron Nelson High School
Byron Nelson High School in Trophy Club, named for the golf legend, opened in 2009 as a Northwest ISD flagship campus and is a major regional sports presence in the district. Source: Northwest ISD.
Year-round
Known for
- Trophy Club Country Club (only Ben Hogan-designed course)
- First planned community in Texas
- Texas Town of Patriotism (SCR 18, 2025)
- Trophy Club Park on Lake Grapevine
The Story of Trophy Club
Trophy Club has one of the most unusual origin stories in Texas — it's named for a golfer's trophies. The land's pioneer history reaches back to 1847, when Charles and Matilda Medlin and other families settled along Denton Creek, but the modern town began in the 1970s.
A Fort Worth attorney, John McMackin, persuaded the recently retired golf legend Ben Hogan to design a course and clubhouse for an upscale planned community. Beginning in 1972, Hogan and the law firm assembled some 2,500 acres for the project.
The name came from the idea that the country club would display Hogan's collection of PGA trophies — and the course is said to be the only one Hogan ever designed.
Established as one of the earliest premier planned communities in Texas, Trophy Club incorporated on January 19, 1985, and remains an affluent suburb on the Tarrant–Denton line built around its golf heritage.
Sources: Texas State Historical Association, Handbook of Texas; Town of Trophy Club.
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Birdville ISD Board of Trustees
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TUE
2
Tarrant County Commissioners Court
10am · agenda online
TUE
2
Fort Worth City Council
7pm · agenda online
TUE
2
Arlington City Council
6:30pm · agenda online
MON
8
Northwest ISD Board of Trustees
6:30pm · agenda online
MON
8
Keller ISD Board of Trustees
6:30pm · agenda online
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8
Carroll ISD Board of Trustees
5:30pm · agenda online
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Sports
Trophy Club Sports (Northwest ISD)
School-district athletics + city rec
ISD Athletics
Northwest ISD — Byron Nelson HS Bobcats
Trophy Club students participate in Northwest ISD athletics. UIL classification varies by HS enrollment.
Source: Northwest ISD
Community Rec
Trophy Club parks + community programs
City Parks & Rec coordinates youth + adult community recreation programs scaled to Trophy Club's pop.
Source: City of Trophy Club
Cross-District
Friday-night football in the surrounding district
For HS football fans, the closest district games are in Northwest ISD stadiums — typically a short drive within the Mid-Cities or NE/NW Tarrant corridor.
Source: Northwest ISD
⭐ Game of the week
Carroll Dragons — district football (anchor program)
🏈 District football ·
Tarrant County's anchor programs — Carroll (8 state titles), Keller (top-of-district 5A), Mansfield (B-rated district), Arlington Martin (AISD flagship), Fossil Ridge (KISD power program) — get priority weekly coverage from the news radar. Carroll Dragons headline the off-season anchor framing; weekly schedule populates from MaxPreps DFW + each ISD's athletics site.
📜 On this day in Tarrant County sports
1988
🏈 Carroll (Southlake) Dragons claim 1st state football championship — beginning of the dynasty that would produce 8 UIL state titles. Under coach Bob Ledbetter.
1993
🏈 Carroll Dragons capture their 3rd state football title (1988, 1992, 1993 = three-in-a-row 3A run under Coach Ledbetter; QB Kris Brown led the '93 squad past Cuero).
2011
🏈 Carroll Dragons win their 8th and most recent UIL state football title — capping the program's run as Tarrant County's most successful HS football dynasty.
2018
🥎 Mansfield Tigers softball reaches UIL state semifinals — anchor moment for MISD's growing softball program under HC Gregory George's broader program leadership.
2026
🏃 Keller ISD sends 11 athletes to UIL State Track & Field — multiple medal-stand finishes per district release.
📻 Radio guide
Southlake Carroll Dragons football
KKGM 1630 AM (Fort Worth; news/sports) — exclusive radio home of Carroll football
Dragon Sports Network
Aledo Bearcats football (Tarrant-area marquee program)
KTFW-FM 92.1 'Hank FM' (LKCM Radio Group; country) — flagship for Aledo broadcasts
Aledo Sports Network
Arlington ISD football (Martin · Lamar · Bowie)
NFHS Network (streaming platform) — official AISD broadcast partner
NFHS Network
Mansfield Tigers football
NFHS Network (streaming platform) — Mansfield ISD live broadcasts
NFHS Network
Keller / Fossil Ridge (Keller ISD) football
NFHS Network (streaming platform) — Keller ISD live broadcasts
NFHS Network
Fort Worth-area HS football game of the week
KTCU-FM 88.7 'The Choice' (TCU student station, Fort Worth)
KTCU 88.7
🏆 UIL playoff bracket
No active Tarrant County UIL playoff bracket on the desk. Populates when a Tarrant County team is in a UIL playoff round (football, basketball, baseball/softball, volleyball). Source: UIL playoff records.
Activities
Things to do in Trophy Club
Kids, library, sports, fitness, classes, camps, open play — sourced from libraries, parks, and partner orgs across Trophy Club.
league
Trophy Club Youth Sports Leagues
Weekly games
Trophy Club Parks & Recreation · Independence Park, Trophy Club
Civic & Government
Civic & Government
Trophy Club town hall, schools, and county connection
Government
Council-manager government as a 'Town'
Trophy Club is formally a 'Town' rather than a 'City' and operates under a council-manager form with a mayor and council members. The town manager runs day-to-day operations. Source: Town of Trophy Club.
Mayor
Mayor presides over Town Council
The Trophy Club mayor is elected at-large and presides over the council that sets policy and appoints the town manager. Source: Town of Trophy Club.
Schools
Northwest ISD serves the town
Northwest ISD, headquartered in Justin, serves Trophy Club, with Byron Nelson High School as the primary feeder. Source: Northwest ISD.
County
City sits in Tarrant County (judge Tim O'Hare)
Trophy Club straddles the Tarrant-Denton county line, with the southern portion in Tarrant County under County Judge Tim O'Hare. Source: Tarrant County.
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By the Numbers
By the Numbers
Pop
~13,901 residents
Mid-sized suburban community in DFW Metroplex. Growth shaped by build-out of master-planned neighborhoods around golf course.
Source: Wikipedia
Counties
Denton (majority) + Tarrant
Within two of the most populous TX counties.
Source: Wikipedia
Schools
Northwest ISD ~32,000 students
Across multi-county service area; TEA identifier B-89.
Source: NISD
Founded
Master-planned community 1970s
First master-planned community in Texas, ~10 years before 1985 incorporation.
Source: Wikipedia
Population
13,901
Type
city
School District
northwest-isd
Home prices by city
Median home prices across Tarrant County (in progress).
| City | Median price | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Westlake | — | Tarrant's wealthiest small-town |
| Southlake | — | Carroll ISD area |
| Colleyville | — | |
| Trophy Club | — | |
| Keller | — | |
| Fort Worth | — | County seat |
| Arlington | — |
Updated 2026-05-27
Ask the Desk
Questions about Trophy Club
What are Tarrant County's 2025 property tax rates?
Tarrant County (general portion): ~$0.19 per $100. City of Fort Worth: $1.0624. City of Arlington: $1.0929 (down ~1¢ from 2024). Combined rates from Fort Worth ISD + City of Fort Worth + Tarrant County College bring the total for most Fort …
Who is Tarrant County's County Judge?
Tim O'Hare. He is the 33rd County Judge of Tarrant County since the county's founding in 1849, took office January 1, 2023, and his current term runs through January 1, 2027. He is running for re-election November 3, 2026, and has said the …
Who is Tarrant County's Sheriff?
Bill E. Waybourn. Source: Tarrant County elected officials (tarrantcountytx.gov).
Who is the State Senator for Tarrant County's District 9?
Taylor Rehmet (Democrat), who won the November 4, 2025 special election to replace Republican Kelly Hancock — Hancock left to become acting state comptroller. Rehmet won by roughly 14,000 votes (~15% margin) and is completing the remainder …
Which ISD serves Trophy Club?
Northwest ISD (NISD) primarily serves Trophy Club. NISD earned a B (81) on TEA 2024-25 accountability and enrolls approximately 32,000 students; the mascot system includes the Texans (Northwest HS), Bobcats (Byron Nelson HS), and Vaqueros (…
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History
Founded 1985
From the first Byron Nelson-designed golf course to a planned town
Trophy Club has the unusual origin story of being built around a golf course before there was any town to surround it. In the early 1970s the Independent American Real Estate Corporation purchased roughly 800 acres of north Tarrant County ranchland and commissioned the first golf course designed by golf legend Byron Nelson; the course opened in 1976. The community took its name from Nelson's trophies displayed at the original clubhouse. Residential build-out followed through the late 1970s and early 1980s as a master-planned subdivision under Denton County governance, and the residents voted to incorporate as the Town of Trophy Club on August 22, 1985 to gain zoning authority and municipal services. Population grew from roughly 3,000 at incorporation past 6,000 by 2000 and past 13,000 by 2020 as the master plan filled in and Lake Grapevine-area development continued. Modern Trophy Club remains shaped by Northwest ISD's Byron Nelson High School, the country club, and Lake Grapevine. Sources: TSHA; Town of Trophy Club; Wikipedia.
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