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Iowa

The Iowa Golf Association has been serving male golfers in the state since 1900. The ladies equivalent, the Iowa Women’s Golf Association, was formed in 1927 though, interestingly, female golfers had been playing tournaments in conjunction with the men’s state events since 1902.

  1. Davenport Country Club

    Iowa, United States

    Davenport Country Club

    A C.H. Alison design from 1924, the course at Davenport Country Club was remodelled by Bob Lohman in 2000 when he created a new 1st hole and realigned the 9th, moving the green close to Conduit Creek.

  2. The Harvester Club

    Iowa, United States

    The Harvester Club

    The Harvester Golf Club opened in 2000 and it’s perhaps architect Keith Foster’s finest original creation. The course reopened in 2019 after renovations when the club became private and no longer a daily fee facility.

  3. Cedar Rapids

    Iowa, United States

    Cedar Rapids

    Ron Prichard has been retained by members of Cedar Rapids Country Club to oversee the faithful restoration of a course that’s said to be the only Donald Ross-designed layout in the Hawkeye state.

  4. Wakonda

    Iowa, United States

    Wakonda

    Site of the US Amateur Championship in 1963, the course at the Wakonda Club was set out on a somewhat constricted parcel of land by William Langford in 1922...

  5. Des Moines (South)

    Iowa, United States

    Des Moines (South)

    The South course is one of two challenging Pete Dye-designed layouts at Des Moines Golf & Country Club, it's where the US Senior Open was held in 1999...

  6. Des Moines (North)

    Iowa, United States

    Des Moines (North)

    Des Moines Golf & Country Club moved to its current site in 1969 when Pete Dye designed both courses, the longer and more difficult of which is the North layout.

  7. Glen Oaks Country Club

    Iowa, United States

    Glen Oaks Country Club

    Venue of the Principal Charity Classic on the PGA Tour Champions circuit from 2006 to 2012, the course at Glen Oaks Country Club is a Tom Fazio design that’s laid out within a residential development to the west of Des Moines.

  8. Spirit Hollow

    Iowa, United States

    Spirit Hollow

    Spirit Hollow Golf Course lies four and half miles south of Burlington and its fairways are laid out in two circuits, with the front nine routed around a residential development.

  9. Tournament Club of Iowa

    Iowa, United States

    Tournament Club of Iowa

    Situated between Saylorville Lake and Big Creek State Park, the course at the Tournament Club of Iowa is an Arnold Palmer layout that brings water into play at more than half the holes on the card.

  10. Blue Top Ridge at Riverside

    Iowa, United States

    Blue Top Ridge at Riverside

    The Blue Top Ridge course at the Riverside Casino & Golf Resort is a Rees Jones design that debuted in 2009. Holes are laid out on the floodplain of the meandering Iowa River with several fairways routed around man-made lakes.