Cordillera Ranch Golf Club near San Antonio

BOERNE, Texas - Cordillera Ranch Golf Club is the centerpiece of the community's 8,700 acres of Hill Country property northwest of San Antonio and about an hour's drive from Austin, home to multiple outdoor clubs, from shooting to kayaking and fishing.

Although the ranch was founded in 1997, the Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course was not opened until 2007. The course plays 7,464 yards from the championship tees (there are four sets here) and features rock outcroppings alongside holes and views of the Guadalupe River Valley from many vantage points. Cordillera Ranch Golf Club's par-3 16th is easily the course's signature hole. It plays over a 40-foot-deep canyon with waterfalls surrounding an elevated green.

Cordillera Ranch is a private golf facility open to those who live in the Cordillera Ranch community. In the fall of 2009, the club opened a brand new, 35,000-square-foot clubhouse, which is home to a restaurant, multiple bars, full locker rooms and other club facilities, such as a daycare and fitness center.

Cordillera Ranch Golf Club - hole 16

The signature par-3 16th hole at Cordillera Ranch plays over rocks and waterfalls.

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Cordillera Ranch golf course - hole 17

The 17th hole at Cordillera Ranch Golf Club is a long par 4 with a bunker lining the entire left side.

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Cordillera Ranch G.C. - hole 5

The par-5 fifth hole features a split fairway leading up towards the green at Cordillera Ranch Golf Club.

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Cordillera Ranch golf course - hole 6

Cordillera Ranch G.C.'s par-4 sixth plays downhill from the tee to a green that is guarded by a pond front and right.

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Cordillera Ranch Golf Club - hole 6

One of several ponds comes into play in front of the sixth green at Cordillera Ranch Golf Club.

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Cordillera Ranch Golf Club - hole 7

The short par-3 seventh at Cordillera Ranch Golf Club features a small green surrounded by bunkers.

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Cordillera Ranch golf course - hole 8

Cordillera Ranch Golf Club's par-4 eighth hole features a wide fairway and plays uphill to an elevated green.

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Cordillera Ranch Golf Club - hole 9

An old home built in 1872 by settlers to the area lies next to the ninth tee box at Cordillera Ranch G.C.

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Cordillera Ranch G.C. - hole 9

The par-5 ninth hole plays uphill from tee to green at Cordillera Ranch Golf Club.

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Cordillera Ranch golf course - hole 10

Cordillera Ranch Golf Club's 10th hole is a short par 4 that features a green that slopes severely right-to-left.

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Cordillera Ranch Golf Club - landscape

Cordillera Ranch G.C. near San Antonio in the Texas Hill Country is a Nicklaus Signature course.

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Cordillera Ranch golf course - hole 12

The 12th hole at Cordillera Ranch G.C. is a snaking par 5 that plays tightly through Hill Country rock outcroppings and a creek.

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Cordillera Ranch Golf Club - clubhouse

Cordillera Ranch Golf Club opened a new 35,000-square-foot clubhouse in the fall of 2009.

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