Texas Rangers Golf Club

Texas Rangers Golf Club sits adjacent to Globe Life Field in Arlington, on land that has been a municipal golf course since 1982. The original Ditto Golf Course served the city for decades before Colligan Golf Design replaced it entirely in 2018 with a modern layout branded for the Texas Rangers MLB franchise. The result plays and presents like something considerably more expensive than the $62 to $87 green fee suggests.

John Colligan and Trey Kemp designed the course at 7,010 yards, par 72, with a course rating of 73.7 and slope of 132. It is firm but fair, with enough challenge to hold a low-handicap player's interest and enough width to keep a mid-handicap golfer in play. The routing moves through gently rolling terrain with mature trees framing most holes. The 2018 redesign was comprehensive rather than cosmetic, with rerouted holes, reshaped greens, and modern drainage and irrigation that lets the course recover quickly from the heavy spring and fall rains North Texas gets. Walking is allowed and the routing supports it, though Texas heat from June through August makes a cart sensible in summer.

A municipal course reborn in 2018 that punches well above its price point. The Rangers branding is a bonus; the golf stands on its own.