Great Southwest GC, one of Ralph Plummer's best (once considered in the same company as Preston Trail, Champions, and Colonial), was devalued greatly when a new owner bought the course and simultaneously sold around 20 acres to an apartment developer, modifying four holes and shrinking the course by 300 yards. It was later "modernized" by Jeff Brauer which improved the course to be re-sold and subsequently purchased by a REIT (TEE) controlled by American Golf. The course was sold again some 8 years ago to a warehouse developer for over $2 Million more than its valuation as a golf course. Even in its diminished state, it was always held in high regard as a player's course and a high-stakes gambling venue. The former mayor of the city of Grand Prairie whose townhome abutted the property later lamented that the failure to pass a tree ordinance like that of Dallas paved the way for the destruction of thousands of specimen oak and pecan trees, and their inability to stop the site's redevelopment in court. Ironically, the strip of land well below the grade of his property is flood prone and undevelopable, making the once nicely mown, tree-lined adjoining holes into weed fields. At least the beautiful pecans and oaks in that area remain.