Buffalo Ridge

Eighth on the same Golf Digest Missouri list, also labelled "Public." Opened in 2000 as the Tom Fazio-designed Branson Creek Golf Club; Johnny Morris acquired the property in 2013, and he and Fazio unveiled the reborn course as Buffalo Ridge in 2014, per the operator's own "Behind the Design" timeline, which also records a 2025 refresh resodding all 18 greens and redesigning every greenside bunker. Closed for aeration on the same days as Ozarks National, 8-10 September 2026 with recovery through 20 September, and marked "Closed" on the same off-season table, 1 January-5 March and 7-31 December.