Bent tree is looking good and would be a good Landmand tune up. Playing Old Dane when your up by Landmand already would be my recommendation( the greens are back to being outstanding this year). Or Tatanka if you really like driving.
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If u want an adventure put Tatanka and the Prairie Club and Wildhorse in the mix. The rental car would love the tripā¦ if u are sticking between Omaha and Landmand, check out Oakland CC or maybe Whispering Creek in Sioux City. Old Dane is solid and a cool vibe if u want the whole Will Anderson experienceā¦ others already mentioned are good options also.
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Anyone in the Omaha area need a player or looking to play Saturday? Consider me a bad Husker fan if you wish but I have some non-golf trips coming up and need to get some more rounds in before the weather turns on us! Apologies if this is not the place for this question.
Hello everyone, Iām new to NLU and relatively new to Omaha (moved to town 5 years ago). I have officially become a golf addict in the year 2023, and look to feed that addiction more in 2024.
I have a flexible work and family schedule (with enough notice) and looking to play fun or competitive rounds with people who enjoy golf but donāt take the game as a life or death scenario.
Look forward to being involved in the community and playing IRL.
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Hello Omaha!
A native here who has lived elsewhere but moved back quite a while ago to settle down and start a family. I currently belong to The Players Club but grew up as a lifelong muni rat. Prior to my transition into the C-suite/private course life (still not sure about itā¦), Iāve been in leagues at Benson (love it being on a side of a hill and the variation that provides ā also got my workbag stolen out of my vehicle in the parking lot one time), Dodge Riverside (perfectly walkable for the beer league I was in with surprisingly inspirational views of downtown Omaha around sunset after quite a few bevys ā thinking #8 specifically), and Chili Greens (memba that pre-UNO-south-of-Center-St-landgrab?).
Iāve been a listener of NLU since 2015 but felt inspired to finally join the Nest/Refuge after the recent 10 year oral history pod which was the perfect length for a Xmas roadtrip I had to endure a few days ago.
The only courses in and around the metro (meaning Omaha/CB only and not Lincoln) I havenāt played are OCC, Lost Rail, and Warren Swigart (travesty, amirite?). Talking western Nebraska, Iāve only played Wild Horse, Awarii, and Bayside (quirky but loved it ā Interstellar Indian drone capture on the side of the large lake scene vibes). I also havenāt played Landmand up in Homer yet but itās close enough where Iād like to get there soon.
My biggest regret is not DMāing @Soly to say hi during the 2017 Irish Open at Portstewart when he tweeted that he was there in person and I was luckily enough to be as well. My wife still needles me for not doing so every time she watches a live show recap with me on YouTube.
I used to be a 3 handicap but am now around a 7 due to life/kids. I donāt really have golf buddies due to the afore mentioned life/kids so one of my goals in 2024 is to venture out, play more golf, and make more friends hence my new presence here.
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A lap or two around Swigert with the kids is excellent for the soul. Fun little track!
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Chili mofo Greens!
That spot would be a tuff scene for pace of play if it was still going. Jam packed because of the location, tee times always running behind, teeing off as soon as the group in front got onto the 1st green 310 yards away from the tips. But they had much better turf on the driving range than Miracle ever does so it would be a great location for practice. Sim golf wouldāve market corrected the dome driving range (earplugs were recommended).
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The irony is that, even though I lived extremely close at the time, I never used their range. I was always a Miltās guy growing up even though it was a bit further away.
Side note: anyone already started a thread on the ālostā courses of the Omaha metro? Maybe a better topic as a new one in the Course Discussion category?
Hereās the ones off the top of my head:
- Ironwood
- Lakeview
- Sunset Valley (I almost/shouldāve joined for the value before it shut down but never pulled the trigger)
- Cedar Hills
- Chili Greens
- LaVista Falls
This paywalled Stu Pospisil OWH article is a great primer for it: Omaha's historic golf courses lie beneath the city we see today
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Old ironwood! I have a wallet from when it was even Highland Country Club before, grew up just east of it
I got maybe 8 rounds in at Ironwood the two years it was public before it closed, it was a pretty good track Iād put in a category with Willow Lakes but more hills (southeast corner of 132nd and Pacific for those not in the know).
Donāt forget about the rarest feat of them all, Skyline Country Club closing in 2005, being sold multiple times, the homeowners successfully holding off developers in court to keep it green space, then the original owner buying it back with plans to reopen in 2025 ish.
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Skyline, thatās right! I donāt get to that part of town too often but when I do itās always so interesting to see the ghost of the holes and just kind of wonder whatās going on. Imagine living on a closed course (that you loved) for 20 years and then having it open back up. I really hope it happens for them.
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Wellā¦. Landmand was a difficult situation this morning. Man was it hard to find something available that fit our schedules. Guessing u all had the same itchy trigger finger? Great for Will, Sam, and Fletch! That place is a national wonder!
I grew up in Bellevue and have to add Fontenelle Hills to the list. I think there was a city 9 holer around 50th and Ames too 20 years ago. I still get sad fontenelle couldnāt make it. It was a fun short 18 with some incredible sledding in the winter.
I didnāt even try for a Landmand tee time. I need some space after getting my teeth kicked in at the 110 degree Mid-am.
Funny enough, that 9 hole course on 50th and Ames was also called Fontenelle Park Golf Course. I never got to play it either. I heard it was funā¦
Did anyone else always buy the Golfing Nebraska books and look through them constantly when they were jonesing for golf during the winters or just me?
Iām actually re-reading Pospisilās Nebraska Golf: Out of the Shadows now. I forget that both HCC and OCC arenāt anywhere close to their original locations.
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I attended a wedding reception at that old clubhouse quite a few years back. Iām not sure if itās still open and used for those purposes any longer. I also half-heartedly inquired about a property for sale on one of the old holes right after it closed solely to be able to take a wedge and a bucket of balls out into my ābackyardā whether I desired but it never came to be.
Checking in from Lincoln! Excited to join in on the fun here. Iāve been in Nebraska for 15 years now (Lincoln for 7, Columbus for 6, and now back to Lincoln) but grew up in St. Joe, MO. Got back into golf when it was all that my oldest son and I could do to get out and have some fun, started listening to NLU not long after. Iāve played a lot of the courses between Lincoln and Columbus but havenāt done much up Omaha way (Playerās Club and Johnny Goodman are it).
Fun NLU story: my oldest and I got to go to The Open at Royal Liverpool back in July. We made it all over the course on three of the four tournament days but we still tuned in for the live shows on our train rides home to recap things we didnāt see and hear everyoneās thoughts (important because my boy didnāt know NLU before that). The last day we were grabbing food as we made our way to the grand stands on 18 and ran into KVV grabbing a burger. We both recognized him and said hey - super cool guy, took the time to have an actual conversation with us. Just reaffirmed my thoughts about the NLU crew seeming like down to earth people.
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Hey man! Fellow TPCāer here. Weāll have to get together for a round or two some time (or in the sim as it is bleak out currently). As a fellow dad/husband, I get the whole not being able to play as much as we used to. Thankfully, both my wife & son are into the game (especially my son) so that will be fun for the years to come.
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Thankfully I was able to get two tee times; one in June and September. Got rained out the second to last weekend this past year in Sept so looking forward to going back (hopefully) more than once.
Did they refund you for the rainout? Thatās the only thing about getting into more expensive tee times I havenāt had to deal with yetā¦ hopefully donāt have to deal with it this year either!