Cordillera Ranch

Cordillera Ranch occupies rolling Hill Country terrain northwest of San Antonio near Boerne, where the Texas landscape transitions from flat plains to limestone hills covered in live oak and juniper. Jack Nicklaus designed the course to work with the property's natural elevation changes and rocky outcroppings, routing holes through valleys and along ridgelines that offer views across the surrounding ranchland. The layout incorporates the region's characteristic features—native grasses, dry creek beds, and exposed limestone—into a design that requires both strategic positioning and accurate iron play. The course serves as the centerpiece of a residential community that emphasizes privacy and a ranch aesthetic. Nicklaus shaped greens with significant contour and protected many with bunkers set into the hillsides, creating approach shots that demand precise distance control on the firm, fast-running surfaces common to the area. Several holes play across or alongside ravines, and the elevation changes throughout the round affect club selection and ball flight in the Hill Country wind. Cordillera Ranch operates as a private club within a gated community, and the golf course reflects the broader development's focus on low-density residential design and preservation of the natural landscape. The routing takes advantage of the property's most dramatic terrain while leaving large sections of native habitat intact, a approach consistent with Nicklaus's work on similarly scaled residential projects in the southwestern United States.