Sand Hills Golf Club

Sand Hills Golf Club is a country club in Mullen, Nebraska. Notable for its remote location and minimalist design among the sandhills of Nebraska, it is consistently ranked among the top golf courses in the world[1][2] and the best courses designed in the last 50 years.[3]

Sand Hills Golf Club
Club information
Coordinates41°51′24″N 101°5′27″W
LocationMullen, Nebraska
Established1994
TypePrivate
Total holes18
Designed byBill Coore and Ben Crenshaw
Par71
Length7,089 yd

Course history and design

Because of Nebraska's unique topography, course architects Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw moved only 4,000 cubic yards of earth when designing the course.[2] Lincoln developer Dick Youngscap surveyed several thousand acres of land in 1990 and worked with Coore and Crenshaw to survey the land and find an ideal spot for the course.[4] After two years of surveying the land, Coore, Crenshaw, and Youngscap built Sand Hills on 130 acres.[1]

$1.2 million was spent building the course, far less than other highly rated modern golf courses.[1]

Ranking among the most exclusive courses in the United States,[5] the club reportedly has fewer than 200 members from across the country,[6] almost none of whom reside in 500-person Mullen. Most members fly into Denver, Omaha, or nearby North Platte when playing at the course and stay in the on-site accommodations that can host about 55 people.[7]

Course details

Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Par 54344344435 4443545343671
Black 5494582164854121982833674023370 47240841721650846961215046737197089

References

  1. "GOLF's 2017-18 ranking of the Top 100 Courses in the World". GOLF.com. September 6, 2017. 13. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  2. "Sand Hills Golf Club". GolfDigest.com. December 27, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  3. Joe Passov (August 23, 2009). "The Greatest Course of the Last 50 Years – Sand Hills". GOLF.com. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  4. Stu Pospisil (November 17, 2016). "Q&A: Sand Hills Golf Club designer and developer Ben Crenshaw". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  5. "How To Sneak Onto 5 Of America's Most Exclusive Golf Courses". Golf Advisor. April 29, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  6. "The Itinerant Golfer's Take on Sand Hills Golf Club". Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  7. Bill Satterfield (2010). "Sand Hills Golf Club (Mullen, Nebraska)". Retrieved July 16, 2018.
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