The Quarry Course at Black Diamond Ranch, which once ranked as high as No. 24 on America's 100 Greatest Courses, dominates the topic of golf at this upscale community club due in large part to four second nine holes that descend dramatically into a massive stone quarry. The Ranch course, built in 1997, 10 years after the Quarry, is more subtle but no less evocative. Visitors are often surprised to see how much elevation change exists in this part of Florida, 90 minutes north of Tampa, but ancient sand ridges give the topography variety to go along with beautiful mature live oak specimen trees. That's the tapestry of the Ranch, which has the feel of a pastoral stroll, a feeling enhanced after a 2024 renovation by architect Tripp Davis.