Prairie Dunes Golf Club

Hey everyone this is my first entry for the second leg of my trip. I started out in Hutchinson, Kansas visiting Prairie Dunes Golf Club. Nine holes of the course was built in 1937 by fame architect Perry Maxwell and the second nine holes was built by his son Press. The course was built around undisturbed tall grass prairie in south central Kansas. It was kind of hard to get to, but a nice drive through the flint hills.

Most of the property is made up of undisturbed native areas. Since those areas were never disturbed there is rich varity of plants that show vibrant colors and textures. This really enhances the wildlife on the property. Also, you experience a true native ecology when playing this course opposed to one that was planned out.

The course had an interesting layout and the logic behind the layout was based on the sand cavities between taller dune mounds. These cavities formed thousands of years ago and left a compacted sandy soil. As you can yes by the pictures the dunes are pretty tall and most of them are all sand and was all natural. Since the course in 70 years old minimal dirt was moved

I spent two days at Prairie Dunes because I felt like it was a place I need to spend sometime and really understand the routine and layout and a bit of the history. Most of the courses being built in the modern era are highly influenced by courses like this.

Also studies have been done on bird population and varieties between nearby Sand Hills State Park. I also found an article on line on the study.


#2 Par 3 Beautiful

18 Tee shot major dunes on the right

Hole 8 one of the top rated holes in golf

Some of the natives