Prairie Dunes Country Club

Prairie Dunes Country Club

Club information
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Coordinates	38.091°N 97.848°W / 38.091; -97.848
Location	Hutchinson, Kansas
Established	1937
Type	Private
Total holes	18
Website	www.prairiedunes.com
Designed by	Perry Maxwell
Par	70
Length	6,759 yards (6,180 m)
Course rating	75.5
Slope rating	148[1]

Prairie Dunes Country Club is a golf course located just outside Hutchinson, Kansas. Frequently ranked among the best golf courses in the United States^{[citation needed]}, it has hosted several United States Golf Association national championship tournaments.

The club was founded by Emerson Carey and his four sons in the mid-1930s. The course was funded and constructed, at least in part, by the Works Progress Administration under the New Deal. The course was designed by Perry Maxwell, and the first nine holes opened on September 13, 1937. Twenty years later in 1957, a second 9 holes were opened, designed by Press Maxwell (Perry's son).

Events

• Trans-Mississippi Amateur: 1958, 1973, 1987, 1996, 2005, 2017
• U.S. Women's Amateur: 1964, 1980, 1991
• Curtis Cup Match: 1986
• U.S. Mid-Amateur: 1988
• U.S. Senior Amateur: 1995
• U.S. Women's Open: 2002
• U.S. Senior Open: 2006
• NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships: 2014
• Kansas Amateur : 1962, 1967, 1976, 1984, 1993, 2010

Honors

• Golfweek 2008 - #9 of America's Best Classical Golf Courses
• Golf Digest 2018/19 - #27 of America's Greatest Golf Courses
• Golf Magazine 2017 - #18 in the United States & #25 in the World
• Golf Digest 2001 - #2, #8 & #10 among the Best 99 Holes in the U.S.^[2]
• Audubon International - Obtained certification in the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses program

References

1. "Course Rating and Slope Database: Prairie Dunes Country Club". USGA. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
2. "Virtual Golf Course: Prairie Dunes Country Club - TruGolf". trugolf.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015.

External links

• Golf Club Atlas: profile