The Ranch Golf Club

Always in great condition. Greens are fantastic but extremely hard to read. Take your time reading them.

So we'd been hearing that The Ranch is The Place to play. We caught a favorable hot deal, add 20% discount, plus a credit I had lying around from a canceled round and perfect weather so drove 90 minutes. My quick thought is for $75, absolutely. Once you push to $125, less likely, but it does offer the private club experience.

We started with lunch. A 10/10. The Nashville Hot Chicken (Thunderheart) and the Pastrami Reuben (my buddy) were both excellent. The home made chips were delicious, so why pay the upcharge for fries? Service was excellent.

Check-in was a breeze. We've all experienced it. The snarky look when one books with a hot deal. Not here. Warm and friendly. We hit the driving range (included) and to our surprise, a starter drove over asking for the 1:36 group (us). He asked if we wanted to tee off earlier and we jumped at the opportunity. Again. Maybe the nicest starter I've come across in a long time. Add in the beverage cart staff who was also friendly and well-paced.

The negative parts of my experience are largely out of the control of the course. Pace of play was incredibly slow which is SHOCKING because they have 12 minutes gaps between groups. There are some blind spots and fescue where I imagine determined folks spend too much time looking for their lost balls, but we also thought we were in a couple of fairways and couldn't find our ball, but that's what you get with blind shots. I should mention we watched the first tee while we dined and noticed everyone was playing from the blues back to the tips. When will people learn to play from the correct tee box? I will say the yardage from the whites was VERY short so I'm guessing that's part of the issue.

The course was in very good shape. Tough weather this spring. The rough is menacingly thick, but well groomed and not unfair. Some fun elevation changes and undulations. Bunkers were a 4/5. Meh. Could have been better since many say this is the best course in the area.

In the end. I think we were ~5 hours. I would definitely drive 90 minutes and play again. If I lived locally, I'd go there to eat even if I wasn't golfing.

Love the course layout and the variety from hole to hole, uniformity it was extremely windy the day we played, making this challenging course even more difficult to score well. The greens were firmer than usual (probably due to the wind drying them out), making it difficult to hold your approach shots. Overall, conditions were good for early spring play,

2nd time playing here, conditions were good for early season, greens need a little more time to normalize, a little bumpy, but that’s nitpicking. Staff was very friendly and approachable for anything. Quick glizz at the turn from the Pib was one of the best on course dogs I’ve experienced.

Overall excellent, will come back again as soon as I can.

Green were aerated some rough parts in bad shape overall not bad just dormant

During April, on a cool windy day, on a 5 star golf course at the start. I was a little disappointed when told that the course was aerated a few days ago. The aerated greens was about a 8 of 10, but not bad at all. I had a geat deal on the price so it was wash. The fairways and tees were in very good condition. All the new houses around the course was very impressive. We had a very good time overall and we will be back when the greens are perfect.

The course is very nice but is challenging for the average golfer. Greens are fast and hilly. Nice to play a course but frustating as well. Will play again

You know any course that gives all of its holes a name must be pretty special. Every hole is different and you generally don’t notice other golfers, as the fairways are all refreshingly away from each other. I would rank this course a top 5 public course in the state, with the 9th and 16th holes being spectacular. Additionally, all of the employees are friendly which is a bonus. A+ golf experience at the Ranch.

Great deal on a hot deal. Awesome time and friendly starter. Will golf again when I can catch it on a hot deal on golf now.

Playing the ranch is a beautiful experience. So many of the holes are laid out to be breathtaking especially in the fall. A very enjoyable afternoon.

Was charged for a foursome after two members if group were not able to make it as they got in accident on way to course.