Here is a course we have not discussed. I have always thought Ridgewood on the bluffs above Lake Waco feels like a blend of the beginning of the hill country and a California coastal property. I saw the 99% completed Tripp Davis redo this week. The bunkering is totally redone, the greens reshaped and moved. Now Bermuda, the greens are often at fairway elevation and the running chip shot has been rediscovered. And several out-of-place bothersome ponds are gone.
The course reopens in May. Members are playing a few days a week and I know one, who added membership in a highly ranked club a few hours north is now confused because his local course is the more interesting one. My Texas rater friends-you know who you are-should see this in June or so. You will tell me it’s not top 10 in Texas. But you will struggle with top 20. Certainly the best golf between Dallas and Austin.