LINKS: The Best of Texas

Mar 31, 2021

LINKS Magazine - Spring 2021. 

A private club community and four-season family retreat, Boot Ranch serves up soul-stirring views, fine homesteads, and renowned service firmly rooted in the authentic culture of the Texas Hill Country. Boot Ranch offers legendary recreation, highlighted by a golf course perennially ranked by Golfweek among the top 30 residential courses in the nation. “The rolling hills, streams, ponds, and beautiful oak trees frame every hole, and it’s a delight to play. Boot Ranch also boasts perhaps the greatest practice facility in golf, spanning a ‘everything’s bigger in Texas’ 34 acres. It’s first class all the way, but dressed country casual,” wrote veteran golf course rating panelist Bill Hogan for Golf.com.

PGA legend and Ryder Cup hero Hal Sutton chose Boot Ranch as the place to design a golf course incorporating everything he loved about the game. And Sutton put a little of everything into the memorable 10th hole, which he calls “the Mona Lisa of the course.” Split by a ravine down the middle with a cascading waterfall protecting the green, it’s not only the most memorable hole on the course, but the one the Dallas Morning News ranks among “the most beautiful 18 in Texas.”

A game changer for Boot Ranch was the opening in 2017 of the largest putting green in the state, nearly one acre in size. With an 18-hole, par-2 circuit that’s a hit with kids and scratch golfers alike, the popular putting park is lit for night play. Speaking of kids, a robust junior golf program introduces them to the fun and character-building that comes with the game.

Located five miles from Fredericksburg in the heart of the Texas wine-growing region (second only to Napa Valley), Boot Ranch is less than a four-hour drive from all major Texas metro areas. Members from out of state fly into San Antonio, just an hour away, or fly private aircraft into a nearby FBO.

The real magic of Boot Ranch—which enjoyed record sales in 2020—is that it is so unabashedly family centric. The 2,080-acre property boasts three heated swimming pools, athletic courts, playgrounds, a fitness center, fishing, trap & skeet shooting, trails, and Longhorn Lake for swimming, canoeing, and paddle boarding. Families are warmly welcomed; memberships are multi-generational; and there are never any additional fees when those generations come to visit and play. And big as Boot Ranch is, there will never be more than 475 residences. Homesites from two to 15 acres range from the $400,000s to more than $2 million. Shared-ownership Sunday Houses start at $350,000 and finished homes and cabins around $1.6 million



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