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Ratliff Ranch Golf Links
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In 1988 Jeff Brauer, who has since become a nationally renowned architect, sculpted this West Texas wasteland into a links-style course reminiscent of the great courses over seas. The flat terrain has been modified with mounding and features plush fairways surrounded by large, immaculate bent-grass green and extreme rough.
Brauer didn't incorporate many water hazards into the layout (only four holes), but like the great links courses of Scotland, the difficulty of the course is often determined by the weather conditions-when the wind blows hard and blows your ball into the thick rough, scores add up quickly. Subtle mounding is evident throughout to add to the links-style feel. There are a few difficult par 4s on the course. Number 18 is the number one handicap at 412 yards, but holes 5 and 8 are around 450 yards. Number 14 is a drive-able par 4 at 285 yards.
Getting there : Take Interstate Hwy. 20 West to Loop 338 (exit 121). Go north on Loop 338 approximately 5 miles to Grandview. Turn left onto Grandview, and the clubhouse will be approximately .5 mile down on your left.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 6849 yards | 73.0 | 122 |
| Blue | 72 | 6278 yards | 70.5 | 117 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 4887 yards | 68.9 | 110 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 73.8/124 W: 80.6/139 | 405 | 490 | 364 | 169 | 337 | 404 | 209 | 553 | 430 | 3361 | 411 | 430 | 168 | 557 | 469 | 386 | 200 | 449 | 526 | 3596 | 6957 |
| Blue M: 71.3/120 W: 77.9/134 | 373 | 467 | 337 | 140 | 312 | 380 | 176 | 507 | 392 | 3084 | 391 | 414 | 145 | 532 | 444 | 351 | 179 | 426 | 495 | 3377 | 6461 |
| White M: 68.7/113 W: 74.4/126 | 334 | 461 | 290 | 113 | 284 | 348 | 154 | 439 | 357 | 2780 | 369 | 371 | 129 | 465 | 410 | 317 | 156 | 374 | 464 | 3055 | 5835 |
| Red M: 64.3/104 W: 68.9/113 | 279 | 406 | 273 | 95 | 208 | 316 | 118 | 386 | 291 | 2372 | 317 | 276 | 119 | 411 | 306 | 263 | 130 | 283 | 437 | 2542 | 4914 |
| Handicap | 11 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 12 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
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Best public course in odessa
Compared to the other public courses I’ve played in Odessa and midland it’s in good shape actual grass fairways. Going back Saturday. Greens are better than any public course in the area. Carts have computers to tell you how far away the holes are
You Can't go wrong, playing this public course...
Outstanding conditions for a public golf course, the staff I will match with the private sector. The pros are friendly and always available, the sign is very professional and quick. Great practice area, just added mated tee's this past week, putting green is great...
I play this course at least 3 to 4 times a week and the conditions are always great, the effort of the club to keep this course in the greatest condition, at that is a challenge when you think it is open 7 days a week, and closed only for Christmas.. The hole placements are always moved so your skill shots are challenged, and being a links course you have to take in the hills, and rolls... Four tee boxes, so no matter your skill there is one that will fit you.. I feel fortunate to have a public course so well taken care of and challenging.......Robert W...
yes, I'd go back
Played on a Monday afternoon at four. Decent traffic but pace moved nicely. Links style course fit well in the west TX landscape. Maybe a dozen trees total on the course but if you missed the fairway you did not have a level shot. Instead of Scottish gorse they have West Texas scrub - 6 of one equals a have dozen of the other. Greens were fair and in good shape. I'll look forward to playing this course again when I'm in the Midland / Odessa area.
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