Ridgeview Ranch Golf Club
About
Ridgeview Ranch is a Jeff Brauer design that opened in 1997. It’s friendly to the average golfer because there are rarely forced carries of water or sand to reach the large greens, making short approaches good candidates for easy ups and downs.
The design rolls through hills and trees, incorporating two creeks that come into play. The fairways are average-sized and flat, although there are a few surprising elevation changes for this flat part of north Texas. The course rolls through a housing addition and some of the holes are very tight.
Nos. 7 and 11 stand out in particular. The 7th goes 161 yards over White Rock Creek to a sloping green. No. 11 is tough because is plays well over 400 yards uphill into the prevailing wind.
Other notes: Carts are mandatory on weekends before 2 p.m. The cemetery next to the No. 3 green has graves dating back to 1800 and a historical marker to commemorate the settlers commissioned by Stephen F. Austin.
Getting there : From Dallas, travel north on the Tollway and exit Spring Creek. Turn right and drive 5 miles to Independence. Turn left and drive north to Ridge View Dr., then take a right and the course is on the left.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 72 | 7025 yards | 74.1 | 136 |
| Blue | 72 | 6529 yards | 71.8 | 133 |
| White | 72 | 6135 yards | 69.9 | 131 |
| Silver | 72 | 5335 yards | 65.6 | 118 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper M: 74.5/138 | 399 | 558 | 467 | 347 | 149 | 517 | 161 | 376 | 439 | 3413 | 570 | 482 | 220 | 332 | 398 | 438 | 556 | 193 | 423 | 3612 | 7025 |
| Blue M: 72.2/132 | 366 | 536 | 436 | 344 | 125 | 474 | 136 | 357 | 418 | 3192 | 542 | 438 | 195 | 306 | 347 | 414 | 529 | 174 | 392 | 3337 | 6529 |
| White M: 70.6/129 W: 76.0/133 | 343 | 513 | 401 | 322 | 115 | 453 | 118 | 333 | 413 | 3011 | 514 | 391 | 173 | 295 | 334 | 394 | 496 | 172 | 355 | 3124 | 6135 |
| Silver M: 66.8/116 W: 71.5/124 | 309 | 491 | 353 | 273 | 98 | 395 | 100 | 288 | 309 | 2616 | 449 | 357 | 116 | 282 | 323 | 327 | 478 | 76 | 311 | 2719 | 5335 |
| Handicap | 9 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 4 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
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Photo submitted by u314160415115 on 04/17/2026
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Photo submitted by u314165855197 on 03/22/2025
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Photo submitted by bergjeff on 10/31/2023
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Photo submitted by BigTexBirdie on 07/26/2023
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Photo submitted by BigTexBirdie on 07/26/2023
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Can’t make is up Photo submitted by George941 on 05/27/2022
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#16 tee box... the majority of the tee boxes are like that.. Photo submitted by Eric9078409 on 04/10/2021
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10th fairway. Par 5. Nice hole. Photo submitted by Sam Sherstad on 06/07/2016
What happened
Used to be a great course. Now it’s in terrible shape and the staff aren’t the nicest. Facilities are run down.
Bad shape
Overall course in bad shape fairways dead and patchy. The greens with the exception of a couple of holes are lousy shape. Pace of play awful teed off at 12:30 did finish until 5:30 no marshals on the course at all. Not worth the price
Greens dead
Greens were lost and just muddy. Not worth the price
Not even Greens
The course conditions and especially the Greens were horrible!! This used to be one of the best around. Now one of the worst we’ve played in a year. Sad! The price 83.00 total is beyond ridiculous.
RR
Greens were in terrible shape, there’s absolutely Zero water bottles on the course. Pace of play for Sunday afternoon was 5 hours, group behind us didn’t wait.
Poor pace of play and poor greens
$70 for a round, but wouldn’t have paid $40.
Waited 20 minutes for a cart
Greens were terrible. They were dead despite no recent freezes and plenty of rain. They were bumpy and covered with sandy fertilizer.
Fairways had dead and muddy patches.
The pace of play was incredibly slow and at one point 4 groups were piled up, with the groups in front of us blaming the groups in front of them. Where was the marshal!? For $70 I would expect a marshal to keep pace.
Do yourself a favor and play Pecan Hollow. Better price and much better quality. Left very dissapointed.
Not worth the money
All the greens are in bad shape with no grass. Place of play is anywhere from 5-6 hours. No Marshall. Not worth the $70.
Down the hill
This used to be my favorite golf course for years. It was fun to play here. However, its condition is not good anymore. Fairways have lot of baron spots and greens are poorly maintained. Hope they make some improvements & stop it’s further down the hill move.
Unfortunately, they let the greens go
We played course about a month ago and irritating, not fantastic, but pretty good. But today most of the greens are in really bad shape.
Greens
The greens are absolutely horrific, these are worst greens. I have ever played on in my whole life. I wouldn’t play there for free.
Ownership continues to be nothing but a Massive Disappointment
Carts are sketchy — they have seemed poorly maintained for several years. Saw another person return a card today before they took off the first tea. I’ve had to replace three carts this year alone before or during my round.
Range balls — not cleaned, and you have to dig them out of the box yourself. Just get a ball dispenser and have a self-pay; at least the balls would get cleaned and we don’t seem like we’re putting out the pro shop staff getting an empty bucket
Driving range mats are way past needing to be replaced
Somehow, every year they lose their greens. They were very spotty and inconsistent and huge patches of mud on all the greens, including the practice screen. Really disappointing considering 10 days ago the practice screen was in good shape.
So many rough spots getting onto and getting off of the cart pads, again, just basic maintenance and caring about the condition of your course and helping the condition of your carts.
Everything is done, half-way or with no care at all.
I’ve been playing this course since it opened and for a few years, it was a jewel in the Plano area, but it consistently has become a joke. It could be so much better if somebody would just invest — in people and infrastructure. There are so many people who would pay a premium in the surrounding areas to play these greens when they are good, and if the rest of the facilities and infrastructure was just taken care of.
Our group won’t be playing here again any time soon
Not in spring condition
Course was very dry with limited grass in way too many areas. The greens were nearly grassless. Painted green covered in what might have been fertilizer that wasn’t helping.
Greens keeper bad day
Some pin placements were ridiculous. If you didn’t make the putt it would roll back past you. I left 1 putt 6 inches short and it rolled back towards me and left me with a 15 foot putt. Additionally most greens were in bad shape. I’m hoping they get better in the next few weeks or that was the last time I played there.
Terrible Greens
They really let this course go. Most of the greens are just sand and a little poana. Fairways were just ok…not much grass either. For $75 there’s much better courses. Avoid this one until they completely renovate the greens.
Course conditions terrible
The greens up until hole 13 are just about unplayable. No grass and covered in sand. Seems like they have just been completely neglected. Sad to see cause the layout is fun but won’t be back until the greens are playable again.
Unplayable greens
The worse greens I have ever played. No grass at all.
No ball washers. No water available on the course.
Disappointing experience and I don’t see how the greens can heal anytime soon.
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