Buffalo Ridge Springs

Missouri, United States

Located in the picturesque Ozark region of Missouri, the tree-lined layout at Buffalo Ridge Springs (formerly Branson Creek Golf Club) is a Tom Fazio design that’s rated as one of the best public access courses in the US.

Overall rating

4.5

Buffalo Ridge Springs

It’s one of a number of courses at the Big Cedar Lodge resort in the Missouri Ozark Mountains, where families and friends have the opportunity to connect with the great outdoors. Founder Johnny Morris lined up several big-name architects – including Tiger Woods (Payne's Valley) and Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw (Ozarks National) – to deliver top-class golfing layouts ranging from a short 9-hole par three course to full-length 18-hole courses.

Buffalo Ridge Springs is configured as two returning nines, laid out in a figure of eight, where some of the fairways come into close contact with free-ranging buffalo from the Dogwood Canyon Nature Park. Starting and ending with testing par five holes, this layout can be stretched to just over 7,000 yards from the back tees, with par set at 71.

Getting there

Buffalo Ridge Springs

Missouri 65672, United States

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