The Natural State of Arkansas is situated in the Southern Region of the US, extending to over 53,000 square miles. The Ozark and Quachita Mountains lie within its boundaries and these impressive landforms contrast dramatically with the flat landscape of the Arkansas Delta where cotton is still grown as the major cash crop. Founded in 1722, Little Rock is both the capital and largest city in the state and it was from the steps of the Old State House that Bill Clinton made his election night acceptance speech when he became President in 1992.
Arkansas, United States
Billionaire investment banker, Warren Stephens, had a golf dream and his realisation, costing a cool $18m, is the Alotian Club.
Arkansas, United States
Arkansas, United States
Arkansas, United States
Arkansas, United States
Arkansas, United States
Arkansas, United States
Arkansas, United States
Arkansas, United States
Arkansas, United States
Funded by John Tyson, chairman of Tyson Foods, the largest meat producing company in the world, Blessings Golf Club is a private golf facility where the University of Arkansas's student golf teams (the Razorbacks) play their home ties.
Golfers have been playing at the Country Club of Little Rock for over a century – since 1902 to be precise – on a course that was recently redesigned by Keith Foster.
One of nine courses set within a sprawling property owned by the Hot Springs Village gated community, the private layout at Diamante Country Club is a long, demanding test of golf.
A 1922 Golden Age design from William Langford and Theodore Moreau, the course at Texarkana Country Club was restored by Ron Pritchard in recent times, bringing many of the old, grassed over bunkers back into play.
Mystic Creek Golf Club opened in May 2013, with the layout hewn from the rolling pine timberlands that surround the small city of El Dorado in Union County.
The golfing element of Village Creek State Park comprises the 27-hole Ridges at Village Creek facility which was designed by Andy Dye and opened to the public in 2012.
Robert Trent Jones Junior laid out the two 18-hole courses at Chenal Country Club and the Founders layout – where water features at more than half the holes – was first to appear in 1990.
Joe Finger laid out the tree-lined 27 holes at Pleasant Valley Country Club at the end of the 1960s and it’s the Blue and Yellow nines that form the preferred 18-hole layout at this fine golf facility.
In 2009, architect Randy Heckenkemper upgraded the 18-hole layout at Pinnacle Country Club so the course now features Bermuda rough, Zorro Zoysia fairways and Tyee bentgrass greens.
