The Trophy Club

Located within a 247-acre property on the outskirts of Lebanon, The Trophy Club course is a mid-1990s Tim Liddy design that’s routed around the meandering waters of Prairie Creek.

The tree-lined perimeter of the layout separates it from the surrounding farmland but there are few trees within the interior of the property, except for along the shaded banks of the creek. A lack of housing, or any other distractions for that matter, is also a welcome bonus.

Fescue and bluegrass native areas frame the bent grass fairways, some of which measure in excess of 60 yards in width, and these wide playing corridors ensure the average golfer doesn’t spend too much time looking for lost balls – though player might have to sharpen up their sand playing skills as it’s a very heavily bunkered layout.

Highlight holes on the outward half include the par five 2nd, which crosses the creek, and the left doglegging short par four 5th. On the inward half, the uphill par five 11th features a split fairway with centre line bunkers and the par four 18th narrows quite a bit as it veers right towards the home green, with five large bunkers to the right and out of bounds on the left.