Ridgeview Ranch Golf Club

Played a few years ago and course was in need of some TLC. It apparently got some. From tee to green, everything was much improved, especially the greens.

The layout is pretty wide open, but the undulating fairways make for some challenging lies. It’s a lot of fun to play.

Biggest negative was the cart situation. They are very dated and worn down, and most hadn’t been cleaned. We had the first tee time of the day, and the few carts that were brought out still had trash in them from the day before.

It was also a surprise that the whole course was cart path only, but it wasn’t apparent why (pro shop staff didn’t even mention it, just saw the many signs stating such). If it wasn’t for that, we would have played significantly faster.

Need to improve the grass and the our cart brake lock wouldnt work. big rip in the seat

I have played Ridgeview 100s of times since it opened in '96. One my favorites up until Covid hit. A Jeff Brauer early design, and an incredibly fun and fair course to play with surprising terrain changes for North Plano. It had been over 2 years since I played it owing to really poor conditions, namely the greens. Decided to go, having heard that the conditions were greatly improved. I was very surprised. Perfect Bermuda greens yesterday with very few imperfections at all. And they actually had a bit of speed to them at times, which was a pleasant change compared to a lot of tracks around DFW lately. Fairways were acceptable but can still use some work here and there but nothing to get overly down about. Traps were perfect as well despite the fact newer golfers have decided to rarely rake them. We played a threesome and finished right at 4 hours with very minor waits here and there. Golf carts still need to be replaced but ours held in there for the round. Still no water on the course so make sure you load up before heading out (Just mind blowing you don't have water on the course, owners). Also, be careful to watch for serious soil erosion drop offs near alot of the cart paths and even the range. These are a potential ankle or knee injury risk waiting to happen. It's minor details like this that are needing the work at this point. But that's the biggest change in the last 5 years with public courses. The tee sheets are mostly full and they don't spend on upkeep like this at all. At some point, owners will realize if they just went a bit beyond "good enough", there are serious golfers who would pay an extra 15-20% for it. Ridgeview is at least playable and pretty enjoyable again. Give it shot.

Course conditions are very good at the moment. The greens are much better than Twin creeks. Among the courses in the area Ridgeview seems to be in the best shape.

Course is long but the layout is pretty straight generally here.

Huge improvements from past years.

First time playing the course. Overall, really enjoyed the course. Really good shape for this time of year. Moderately challenging. There were not enough carts available, had to wait for players to finish their rounds for a cart which put out group behind. No rangers on the course and there was a group of 6 slowing play, took about 5 hours. I'd definitely go back but need to get the cart situation corrected.

The course has been in better condition, the yard matters were maintained and cart signs were in place to keep people from driving to the green.

Should be able to order food while playing (at the turn)

What you see is what you get on the course. Staff very friendly. Good mix of holes.

Carts were in terrible shape--significant weakness of the overall experience.

The course was in good shape but there were no golf carts available upon arrival. I didn’t get a cart until my tee time.

Course and green conditions are exceptional. The greens were on the longer end of a cut but still lovely and rolled true. Fairways were clean and free of weeds and very well manicured. This is a great course that smartly accommodates everyone.

This is a great course and well priced. The carts are terrible but everything else is worth the money. I was told they are in the process of updating their fleet. GPS is a must have if you’ve never been here before. The greens and fairways are in great shape and plenty of bunkers to challenge your game. I played it back to back days while I was in Dallas. Both days we started on the back 9 and a group jumped on in front of us at 1 which was 10 that day because there was no Marshall but they ended up playing with us and they were nice guys so it all worked out. No starter was present either day so I could see pace of play becoming an issue but it was never a problem either day for me.