{"id":474478,"date":"2026-10-23T12:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T12:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/474478\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T12:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T12:40:12","slug":"luxury-golf-development-in-southwest-fort-worth-opening-main-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/474478\/","title":{"rendered":"Luxury golf development in southwest Fort Worth opening main course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Maverick Golf &amp; Ranch Club is debuting its 18-hole course. The community also has a nine-hole, par-3 course.\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   style=\"aspect-ratio:3 \/ 2\" class=\"x100 y100 opc bgpc ofcv bgscv block bg-gray200 mnh0px fill\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Maverick Golf &amp; Ranch Club is debuting its 18-hole course. The community also has a nine-hole, par-3 course.<\/p>\n<p>Maverick Golf &amp; Ranch Club<\/p>\n<p>A luxury residential golf community in southwest Fort Worth is getting ready to open its central golf course.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-channels-pixel.ex.co\/events\/0012000001fxZm9AAE?integrationType=DEFAULT&amp;template=design%2Farticle%2Fplatypus_two_column.tpl\" alt=\"\" class=\"x1px y1px vh abs\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Maverick Golf &amp; Ranch Club will host hundreds of homes centered around an 18-hole championship golf course. Brandon Goodyk, senior vice president of development at <a href=\"https:\/\/discoverylandco.com\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Discovery Land Co.<\/a>, said the club is trying to be thoughtful about every aspect of the development.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Maverick Golf &amp; Ranch Club will host hundreds of homes centered around a 18-hole championship golf course.\" loading=\"lazy\"   style=\"aspect-ratio:16 \/ 9\" class=\"x100 y100 opc bgpc ofcv bgscv block bg-gray200 mnh0px fill\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Maverick Golf &amp; Ranch Club will host hundreds of homes centered around a 18-hole championship golf course.<\/p>\n<p>Maverick Golf &amp; Ranch Club<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously we\u2019re trying to sell real estate at the end of the day, but we\u2019re also really mindful of creating an elite golf experience,\u201d Goodyk said. \u201cBoth from the playability of it, the conditioning of it, the aesthetics of it, every thought that you can think of. We want to be one step ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p>Maverick Golf &amp; Ranch Club\u2019s 18-hole golf course will open Nov. 6. The course will be one of the first features of a development that will include nearly 500 residential homes. The community is being developed by Discovery Land Co., which also developed the Vaquero Club.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Maverick Golf &amp; Ranch Club is located in southwestern Fort Worth at a site referred to as the\u00a0Veale Ranch property.\" loading=\"lazy\"   style=\"aspect-ratio:16 \/ 9\" class=\"x100 y100 opc bgpc ofcv bgscv block bg-gray200 mnh0px fill\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Maverick Golf &amp; Ranch Club is located in southwestern Fort Worth at a site referred to as the\u00a0Veale Ranch property.<\/p>\n<p>Maverick Golf &amp; Ranch Club<\/p>\n<p>Maverick is located in southwestern Fort Worth near U.S. Route 377. Other communities like Ventana and Bella Ranch border the property. Bluejack Ranch, another golf-centered home development, is also located near U.S. Route 377.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MM_onlineOnly\" title=\"CCI Online Only\">Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/business\/real-estate\/article\/home-development-anchored-tiger-woods-designed-22348395.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Home development anchored by Tiger Woods-designed golf course drives forward<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maverick\u2019s first phase of homes includes 100 lots and 36 developer-built cottages\u00a0\u2014 which range from 3,400 to 4,200 square feet\u00a0\u2014 Goodyk said. The community\u2019s second phase will include 45 lots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p>Lots for the homes range from about half an acre to just under 2 acres and start at $1.5 million and go up to $3.7 million, Goodyk said. So far, most of the proposed custom-built homes have been over 6,000 square feet, he said. The cottages range from the upper $4 millions to over $5 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The development occupies about 1,100 acres on the southwestern edge of Fort Worth. The site is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/business\/real-estate\/2021\/08\/25\/legacy-cattle-ranch-just-west-of-fort-worth-sells-for-new-residential-community\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Veale Ranch<\/a> property, a site sold to PMB Capital in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Transforming a ranch property into a golf course isn\u2019t easy, said Tom Fazio, the course\u2019s architect. A golf course benefits from narrow spaces and framed views, he said. Turning a ranch into a golf course takes some manipulation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA great golf course would not make a very good ranch,\u201d Fazio said. \u201cIf you were really into ranching you need bigger, wider, flatter spaces. And with golf we want narrower, small, hilly, rolling places.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p>The company takes ranches and adds trees, creeks, hills and waterfalls to produce a golf course, he said. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Maverick Golf &amp; Ranch Club will feature a golf course designed by Tom Fazio.\" loading=\"lazy\"   style=\"aspect-ratio:16 \/ 9\" class=\"x100 y100 opc bgpc ofcv bgscv block bg-gray200 mnh0px fill\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Maverick Golf &amp; Ranch Club will feature a golf course designed by Tom Fazio.<\/p>\n<p>Maverick Golf &amp; Ranch Club<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the club\u2019s 18-hole course, the community debuted a Pinkerton nine-hole, par-3 course in November 2025. The development will also add an executive course in its next phase of development.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fazio\u2019s company has been creating courses for over 25 years, crafting projects around the world and using different environments. The company\u2019s portfolio includes previous work with Discovery Land Co. in Dallas-Fort Worth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two companies partnered for the Vaquero Club in\u00a0Westlake, a luxury golf community that opened in 2001 and contains some of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/project\/dallas-fort-worth-expensive-homes-september-2026\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tarrant County\u2019s most expensive homes<\/a>. The club\u2019s golf course was originally designed by Fazio\u00a0but has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/golf\/2023\/11\/15\/local-links-vaquero-club-in-westake-opens-after-extensive-renovation-by-andrew-green\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">undergone a redesign<\/a> since then.<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p class=\"MM_onlineOnly\" title=\"CCI Online Only\">Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/business\/real-estate\/article\/westlake-mansion-lists-28m-topping-tarrant-22443988.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Westlake mansion hits market at nearly $28M, becoming Tarrant County\u2019s most expensive listing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maverick\u2019s golf course takes golfers through what Goodyk calls \u201cgolf valley\u201d where a farmhouse, dining area and some of the development\u2019s homes will overlook part of the course. The course also goes past an 11-acre lake and along\u00a0recirculating streams.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Maverick Golf &amp; Ranch Club\u2019s 18-hole golf course will open on Nov. 6.\" loading=\"lazy\"   style=\"aspect-ratio:16 \/ 9\" class=\"x100 y100 opc bgpc ofcv bgscv block bg-gray200 mnh0px fill\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Maverick Golf &amp; Ranch Club\u2019s 18-hole golf course will open on Nov. 6.<\/p>\n<p>Maverick Golf &amp; Ranch Club<\/p>\n<p>If golfers want to be challenged by the course, they\u2019ll be challenged, Goodyk said. Golfers can also select easier sites to tee off.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The course has comfort stations about every three holes for people to stop, grab food or use the bathroom. Over the last 25 years, golf communities have gotten bigger and grander with more amenities, Goodyk said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"uiTextSmall f aic jcc\">Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us here\u00a0\u2014 being more of a primary community where a lot of our communities for Discovery are destinations\u00a0\u2014 this is probably one of the higher amenity-based ones,\u201d Goodyk said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maverick Golf &amp; Ranch Club is debuting its 18-hole course. 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