Sand Creek Station Golf Course just outside Newton, Kansas, is a links-style 18-hole public golf course with a bent grass playing surface designed by architect Jeff Brauer.
Unique features include an active railway running through the course, Sand Creek bordering four holes, and eleven custom ponds. A wooden cart bridge spans Sand Creek, and a concrete underpass allows carts to travel under the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad tracks. A biking/walking path runs along the tracks from the course to Southwest 14th Street.
Overview The par-72 course spans 7,200 yards which sits on the native grass.
The course is one of the most highly acclaimed in Kansas; in 2007 Golfweek Magazine ranked Sand Creek Station as the second-best public course in the state, behind only Colbert Hills in Manhattan, Kansas.
Hole #NameParYards1Sand Creek44742Brauer's Tree56133Tabletop31784Forever56015Railroad43456Elevation44677Deception32298Serenity44709Sand Grave437310The Beast564811Opportunity436412Uncertainty442013Hidden Trouble323014Northward448415Buried Elephants438216Road Hole552517Horseshoe313818Stadium4426
Awards and honors
Golf Digest ranked Sand Creek Station among 2006's best new public courses in America in its January 2008 issue.America's Best New Courses 2007, GolfDigest.com Golfweek Magazine named Sand Creek Station the No. 2 public course in the state of Kansas in March 2007. The Kansas chapter of the American Public Works Association named Sand Creek Station a Public Works Project of the Year in 2007. The National Golf Foundation honored Sand Creek Station with a Customer Loyalty Award in January 2007.NGF recognizes outstanding facilities with the 5th annual Customer Loyalty Awards, NGF.org GOLF Magazine recognized Sand Creek Station as a Top Ten New Course You Can Play in December 2006."Sand Creek Station garners another honor," Newton Kansan, December 23, 2006 Industry magazine Golf Inc. named Sand Creek Station as a finalist for top new public course in the country in November 2006. The American Council of Engineering Companies of Kansas awarded Sand Creek Station a City Public Improvement Award in November 2006."City wins public improvement award for Sand Creek Station golf course," Newton Kansan, November 15, 2006
External links Official site Kemper Sports Management City of Newton
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