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.
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Golfer Photos
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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
Golfer Reviews
Greens fee
Greens need work. Looks like maybe seeding had been done. Challenging holes. Nice place to play
Getting worse
Last time, the pace of play was horrible and haven’t played this course for a while. I just gave another shot but even the green conditions got much worse with almost no grass and the pace of play is still bad with almost 5 hours to finish. Won’t go back.
Love the layout and staff, greens need a lot of work
Ridgeview could be so good but there are muni courses in Richardson, Garland and Dallas that are way cheaper with way better greens and fairways. I'm sure Ridgeview is trying but whatever they are doing isn't working. I would gladly play here on the regular for half the price but until I see the reviews come in that they greens are in good shape, I am going to avoid for now. If you are a walker like me, there is no discount, not even $5 for sparing their carts from the wear and tear or a free draft beer but that's up to them.
Nice Fairways, Greens Need Work
Course is in pretty decent shape overall minus the greens. You can tell they recently scalped greens, sanded, and laid grass seed and are actively working to revive them, but 14 out of 18 greens are in rough shape. With time, could be a great track.
Disappointing is an Understatement
I have played the Ridgeview Ranch course many times over the years. There were some tough years and there were some good years primarily driven by the weather. After years of having crappy golf courts that almost broke your spine, they finally got new ones almost a year ago. They are extremely poorly maintained. Every time I get in one I stick to something. I don’t know what the golf cart personnel are doing, but they certainly aren’t cleaning these carts.
To say, I was disappointed after some nice rain earlier in the week is a huge understatement. The greens are so inconsistent and most of them barely contain any sort of grass whatsoever.
About the only good thing I can say about Ridgeview Ranch Golf Club is that the fairways are generally in good shape. What keeps me playing there is the staff who are great to work, friendly, and always helpful.
I had heard through several fellow golfers that the course ownership decided they did not want to spend the money to seed the greens early this season even though we had a very mild winter. That’s too bad because that is the main problem with this course. And the fact that they’ve raised rates instead of lowering them due to course conditions is a crime to say the least.
While I realize costs are rising everywhere and everyone wants to make more money when they can, this is the worst value for the Golf dollar I’ve spent in the past five years. It’s gonna be hard for me to go back there unless there just isn’t any other place to play. I do love golf.
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.