The Links of North Dakota Golf Club Courses Review

The Links of North Dakota golf club was built and designed by architect Stephen Kay, and it makes for a hidden gem, a masterpiece of golf architecture hidden in the middle of nowhere so to speak. Thing is, if you built it, they will come, as the saying goes, and the same can be asserted for the Links of North Dakota, which is an incredible golf resort though relatively unknown on big players radars, despite being one of North Dakotas top ranked courses. Whats very unique about the Links of North Dakota is that its located in the north west corner of ND, basically in the middle of nowhere, meaning that there arent many other golf courses nor people to play them. Just to get an idea, the mailing address is Ray, basically a village with a population of six hundred, with the closest town being Williston, twenty eight miles away.

Long story short, if you want to play a great round of golf on a great golf course which is seriously remote , the Links of North Dakota is the answer. Opened for players in 1995, this baby plays and looks like Irish or Scottish links, being wind blown, treeless and fast running, yet very affordable and easy to walk. The natural attributes of the terrain, i.e. the soil, the topography and the views, together with the perfect contours on 6 of the green, the rock free soil, sandy and wonderful, the stunning lake vistas on virtually every hole on the course made for the Links of North Dakota to become a hidden gem for the sports aficionados. The marvelously flexible 72 par design crafted by Kay with 5 sets of tees, 70920 yards of golf from its longest tees and a heavy back nine of 3684 yards made for the Links of North Dakota to become a modern classic if it ever was one, boasting strategic bunkering and a wide variety of holes and shots, with an emphasis on strategy for the thinking golfer. The routing follows the traditional Scottish links design, mixing short and long holes, offering doglegs in both directions, taking advantage of the terrain at every step. The bunkers look authentic and perfectly placed at each turn, shaped as simple ovals or circles, just as youd expect to see in the old country.