Nebraska, USA
The Players Club Omaha is Arnold Palmer's 27-hole private golf facility set across 350 acres of northwest Omaha farmland. The Palmer Championship course stretches to 7,088 yards at par 71, while the Highlands 9 adds elevation change and smaller greens to Nebraska's most complete private golf destination.
The Players Club Omaha is Arnold Palmer's 27-hole private golf facility set across 350 acres of northwest Omaha farmland. The Palmer Championship course stretches to 7,088 yards at par 71, while the Highlands 9 adds elevation change and smaller greens to Nebraska's most complete private golf destination.
The Players Club Omaha is the only 27-hole private golf facility in Nebraska, occupying 350 acres of rolling farmland in the northwest of the city at Deer Creek Drive. Designed by Arnold Palmer and his long-time collaborator Ed Seay through Palmer Course Design, the 18-hole Palmer Championship course opened in June 2000 and remains one of the few Palmer signature layouts in the region.
The Players Club Omaha offers the only Arnold Palmer signature design in the Omaha area across 27 holes, combining contrasting terrain on the Palmer Championship course with the elevation-focused Highlands 9.
Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay completed the design of the 18-hole Palmer Championship course, which opened for play in June 2000. The facility was built across 350 acres of Nebraska farmland in northwest Omaha, with Bentgrass fairways and greens installed throughout. Palmer described the finished layout as a Nebraska jewel, referencing the heartland views and the multi-tee accessibility of the routing.
The Palmer Championship course was initially operated as a public facility before the club began converting to private membership in 2006. In the same year, the nine-hole Highlands course was added to the site, bringing the total to 27 holes and providing Palmer Course Design's third nine on the property with more pronounced elevation change and reduced green sizes.
The Palmer Championship course plays to 7,088 yards (6,481 metres) from the back tees at par 71. The two nines present distinct characters: the front nine uses the natural rolling terrain of northwest Omaha, producing blind tee shots and varied approach angles, while the back nine flattens into a more water-influenced layout where Deer Creek and a series of ponds frame holes 13 through 16.
Bunkers are a recurring feature throughout the Palmer Championship routing. The par-4 15th stretches to 589 yards (539 metres) from the back tees, requiring a carry over water from the tee and a second shot to a green bordered by water left and sand right. The par-3 holes throughout the layout incorporate deliberate bailout areas, which is a consistent feature of Palmer Course Design's approach to accessibility.
The Highlands 9, which opened in 2006, plays to 3,235 yards (2,958 metres) at par 35 from the longest tees. Greens are smaller than those on the Palmer Championship course, and the routing incorporates more significant elevation change.
The Players Club Omaha delivers a rare combination in the Midwest: 27 holes of Arnold Palmer’s signature design across two distinct nine-hole courses, housed within a single private facility. The Palmer Championship course's split personality, alongside the elevation-driven Highlands 9, gives members and visiting golfers more variety than any comparable layout in Nebraska.
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