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.
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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.
Iowa, United States
Iowa, United States
Iowa, United States
Iowa, United States
Iowa, United States
Iowa, United States
Iowa, United States
Iowa, United States
Iowa, United States
Iowa, United States
Iowa, United States
Iowa, United States
Iowa, United States
Iowa, United States
Iowa, United States
Iowa, United States
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Located in the northwest corner of Iowa, the Falls at Grand Falls Casino course is a Rees Jones layout which takes its design inspiration from the casino resort courses around Las Vegas.
Established back in 1932, the original course at Brooks Golf was augmented by an additional 9-hole layout (Scot’s Links) in 1995 so golfers can now choose to play a round on a combination of the Mounds, Val Brooks and Scot’s Links nines.
Amana Colonies Golf Course opened for play in 1989 and its tree-lined fairways within a 600-acre forest offer golfers a feeling of complete and utter golfing seclusion.
Owned and operated by Iowa State University, the Veenker Memorial Golf Course is a Perry Maxwell design dating back to the late 1930s, when it was constructed by the Works Progress Administration which provided work for young unemployed men.
Set out on hilly, wooded terrain four miles to the west of downtown Des Moines, Waveland Golf Course was established in 1901 and it’s reckoned to be the oldest municipal 18-hole layout built west of the Mississippi River.
The daily-fee Finkbine golf course at the University of Iowa takes its name from the man who donated the land to the university. Robert Bruce Harris originally laid out the course in 1953, which was later remodeled by his assistant, Dick Nugent.
Situated 44 miles southeast of downtown Des Moines, the course at Bos Landen Golf Club is a mid-1990s Dick Phelps design that features a moderate amount of sand and water hazards, making it eminently playable for golfers of all abilities.
Laid out on a lakefront peninsula by Dick Watson in 1971, the Lake Panorama National course is fairly flat on the front nine and more rolling on the back nine, with five ponds coming into play on seven of the holes.
Developed by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the Preserve on Rathbun Lake golf course lies within the 800-acre Honey Creek Resort State Park and it’s a design from the firm of Herfort Norby Golf Course Architects that first opened its doors to golfers in 2008.
The 18-hole layout at the Hunters Ridge Golf Course lies within a 400-acre residential development on the outskirts of Marion, with a more challenging back nine routed around a number of ponds and wetland areas.
Part of the larger Omaha metro and designed in 2000 by Jeff Brauer, the prairie-style course is set across the natural rising and falling terrain of the Loess Hills.
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Nestled on the rolling prairie just northeast of Dubuque, The Meadows Golf Club began as a bold vision in the mid-1990s. Local entrepreneurs dreamed of creating an upscale, public 18-hole course that would feel both strategic and welcoming, and in just a few short years, that vision became reality.
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Echo Valley Country Club is a 27-hole facility located 10 minutes from downtown Des Moines. It was founded in 1969 by E.C. “Eddie” Coppola and Hy Diamond. The land on which Echo Valley was built had been used by Coppola to raise quarter horses including Hall of Fame Member, Coy's Bonanza.
Iowa, USA
Hyperion Field Club started as a social club in 1900. In 1903 they built a clubhouse adjacent to Waveland Golf Course in Des Moines where they would play matches. In 1907 they purchased land North of Des Moines known at the time as Johnston Station.
Iowa, USA
Crow Valley Golf Club is a private, 18-hole golf club located in Davenport, Iowa, and was originally designed by John Cochran.
Iowa, USA
Originally founded in 1896 as Marshalltown Country Club by the banks of the Iowa River, the course was renamed Elmwood Country Club and relocated to the South side of town due to flooding issues in 1920.
