debuted late last year in the northeast corner of the state, joins amazing layouts like Sandhills, Dismal River and The Prairie Club if you visit the land of the Cornhusker. You’ll be blown away by the size and scope of Landmand, which spans 580 acres, about three times the size of an average course. Designed byTad King and Rob Collins of Sweetens Cove (Tennessee) fame, Landmand is a 7,200-yard, par-73 layout with super wide fairways, some up to 100 yards in width, and gargantuan greens. If you wanna grip it and rip and actually hit some greens (they’re really spacious so you can beef up your GIR stats) this is the place to do it. 5. RainDance National Resort & Golf Club, Windsor, Colorado From the back tees this behemoth plays to 7,845 yards and can be set up to play a whopping 8,485 yards. You’d expect the RainDance designer to be somebody like John Daly or even Tiger or Jack, who loved the long ball during their primes. No, no, no, the designer is none other than short hitter Fred Funk, who averaged 273 yards off the tee during his PGA Tour career. Funk teamed with Harrison Minchew, who spent nearly three decades as an in-house architect with Arnold Palmer, to fashion this long and winding course. Set in high desert at nearly 5,000 feet above sea level 55 miles north of Denver, the course features 250 feet of elevation changes and 20 to 30-foot deep arroyos. 6. Fields Ranch, Frisco, Texas Two of my favorite designers, Gil Hanse and Beau Welling, were selected to design the two 18-hole courses at the Omni PGA Frisco Resort adjacent to the new PGA of America headquarters about 35 miles north of Dallas. The East Course, designed by Hanse, is a wonderland of rolling terrain, dry washes, a meandering creek and prairie grasses that surround the holes. Welling’s West Course features more than 75 feet of elevation change, wide fairways averaging 75 feet wide, native field grasses, wetlands, live oaks and mesquite trees. There’s also a lighted 10-hole, par-3 short course (“The Swing”) at Fields Ranch. The Frisco PGA headquarters will host the 2027 PGA Championship. NOTE: {The East and West will start booking tee times early this year (2023) for
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