One of my favorite parts of golfing is getting the opportunity to experience a new course. The challenge of new terrain, course design, and planning how to play through a new hole all are part of a great golfing experience. Kansas I-70 Association has compiled a Golf Guide of courses you can try from across the Kansas I-70 region. So get out there and plan your golf adventure!
Goodland
We invite you to make time to include Sugar Hills Golf Club in your travel plans. Make it a weekend of enjoying everything our club has to offer. Playing golf at Sugar Hills Golf Club is most enjoyable and very affordable, and best of all, there is no long waiting list to play.
We are proud to have one of the finest 18-hole golf course between Hays KS and Denver CO with lush bluegrass fairways and beautiful bent grass greens. We call Sugar Hills Golf Club “The Gem of the Prairie.”
Best of all you don’t need a reservation for times because we have little or no waiting for tee times. We are family focused and welcome all age and skill levels.
Colby
Colby’s Meadow Lake Golf Course & Restaurant is a great place to relax and unwind. Our beautiful manicured 9 hole course is challenging as well as fun! After a great round of golf be sure and go to the Club House for a refreshing cocktail and a delicious meal. Be sure and try the Prime Rib.
Oakley
It’s super easy to get in a round of golf when visiting Oakley. The Oakley Country Club and Municipal Golf Course is open to the public. If the club house is not open, greens fees can be deposited outside and players can tee up anytime and walk the 9 hole, par 35 course. Carts are available to rent when the club house is open. After your round, stop in for a refreshment, snack or meal. The bar opens at 2 pm and the kitchen is open daily at 5 pm. There is no open golf during league play. For full information, visit their website and follow them on Facebook. If disc golf is your game, head over to Annie Oakley Park. The park offers fun for the whole family.
WaKeeney
Big Creek Golf Course is the perfect way to get away for a couple hours and enjoy the scenic views of Northwest Kansas. This 9 hole public course opened in 1979 just south of the 1-70 and Highway 283 interchange. It is a long par 35 course that plays 3,213 yards. The fairways may run long, but they are wide open making it enjoyable for both amateurs and veterans of the game. The maintenance crew works year round to keep the greens in top shape. The greens are very large and easy to hit, but also offer challenges to experienced golfers. There are many elevation changes that will make the round fun and enjoyable as well. Most notable on this course is hole #7. This 176 yard par 3 stands out with an elevated tee box, narrow boundaries on either side, and an 80+ foot tree right in the middle of the fairway. Everyone that plays it will remember the challenging fun they had. Above all, there are no tee-times required most days of the week, so it will fit right in to your flexible schedule. Once you play Big Creek Golf Course it will be a destination for years to come.
Hays
The Fort Hays Municipal Golf Course is a public course located on the southwest edge of Hays just off the Highway 183 Bypass. The course was originally developed as a nine-hole, sand greens golf course in 1929, but has since been transformed into a beautiful and challenging 18-hole course with irrigated bluegrass fairways and bent grass greens.
The course is on land that was once part of the historic Fort Hays military outpost, offering a unique mix of characteristics that are common with both a links-style golf course and a parkland-style of golf course. Golfers must not only account for the prevailing southwest winds, deceiving elevation changes, and fast greens, but they must also navigate a variety of water hazards. Nine of the course’s 18 holes pose potential water hazards.
Both indoor and outdoor fun await you at Precision Valley Golf and Bike Center. Brand new TruGolf simulators are available indoors, along with billiards and shuffleboard. Indoor spaces may be rented for private parties or corporate events. Outdoor activities include mini golf, with specials on Wednesdays and Fridays, and a driving range. The Pro Shop carries clubs, apparel, and accessories for both golf and disc golf. The Bike Shop offers a variety of bikes and cycling accessories, with repair and maintenance services on site. Food and beverages are available for purchase.
Russell
Looking for your next golfing trip? Visit Russell County where you can check out TWO golf courses!
The City of Russell Municipal Golf Course is located in Memorial Park. It is a nine hole, bluegrass fairway course with bent grass greens. Several holes have an additional tee box, changing the course for eighteen hole play. The Golf Course also features a pro shop, putting green and driving range. Golf cart rental is also available from the course golf clubhouse.
You can also visit Luray Golf Course an 18 hole sand green course in Wolf Creek Valley. It’s location makes it a challenge for any golfer. Luray Golf Course is found along the Post Rock Scenic Byway. Over the Smoky Hills of weathered bedrock, the Post Rock Scenic Byway winds through fields, pastures, and prairie. The landscape’s unique beauty and challenges required pioneers to earn their space here.
Salina
“I can’t believe that this is a municipal golf course,” is a comment heard frequently around the pro shop at the Salina Municipal Golf Course. The first 24-hole golf facility in the state of Kansas features an 18-hole regulation golf course and a unique 6-hole short course. A spacious driving range, putting green, and state of the art short game area enhance the courses. With green fees consistently ranking among the lowest in the state, and turf manicured to country club quality, golfers can expect a very enjoyable day.
“The Muni,” as it’s called by many, is home to many group outings, leagues, tournaments and other special events. A multipurpose room is available for meetings and functions after play. Tee times are taken seven days a week on the 18-hole course. Playing time typically averages around 4 hours for 18-hole play during the season.
Abilene
“I’m going to pass a law that no one can ask me my golf score.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ike liked golf and travelers along Kansas I-70 (Eisenhower Interstate System) have plenty of opportunities to play a round.
Abilene’s GreatLife Golf Course consists of two Par 3’s, five Par 4’s and two Par 5’s.The practice area at the facility includes a separate putting green and is open to the public.
Junction City
Rolling Meadows Golf Course, rated 4 1 per 2 Stars by Golf Digest as one of the top places to play golf in Kansas, stretches over 160 acres of north central Kansas.
Designed by nationally recognized architect Richard Watson, the course opened to the public in April,1981, after three years of construction.
Tree-lined, zoysia-grass fairways, twenty-nine sand bunkers and six lakes combine to challenge golfers of all levels. True to its name, the rolling hills of the Flint Hills and open prairie vistas make this a course to visit again and again.
Manhattan
Manhattan’s Flint Hills landscape offers a unique terrain of local golf courses. Manhattan features courses with beautiful views of the Flint Hills that can accommodate both the occasional and hard-core golfer. Enjoy 18 hole, PGA-licensed collegiate facility, Colbert Hills Golf Course. Venture to the municipal course, Stagg Hill Golf Course to play this tree-lined course. If your time is limited to golf a full 18 holes, check out the executive course at Wildcat Fitness & Fun. Whether you’re just getting into the swing of things or you regularly hit a birdie Manhattan has a course for you.
Lawrence
Eagle Bend Golf Course is the first golf course owned and operated by the City of Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department.
The course was voted as one of the top three golf courses in Kansas by the Kansas City Star, and has been named as a “Places to Play” by Golf Digest.
The start of the course features holes heavily wooded and sit in the shadow of the Wakarusa River, while the last six holes on the course are open with no trees.
Eagle Bend is dedicated to continuing the preservation of the environment and habitat of wildlife. Much wildlife inhabits the course’s surrounding areas, including the bald eagle, which played a major role in the naming of the course. During its construction, bald eagle sightings were plentiful and can still be seen in the fall and early spring.
Eagle Bend’s amenities include 18 holes of championship golf, a full-service pro shop, snack bar, driving range, a short iron range, practice putting and chipping greens, club repair and custom club fitting and golf instruction by PGA professionals.
Leavenworth
The Leavenworth Golf Club is a fun and challenging 18 hole course. There are two water hazards on the gently sloping rolling tree-lined course. There are also three tee decks on every hole and the par-70 course ranges in distance from 4,916 to 5,925 yards. Memberships, as well as public tee times, are available.
Bonner Springs
Sunflower Hills Golf Course is an 18-hole championship golf course that is one of the most challenging and yet affordable courses in the Kansas City area. A junior golf course features six holes with three sets of tees, driving range, putting green and practice bunker. Open year round.
Shawnee
Come play Tomahawk Hills! Our course is ranked as one of the area’s most challenging public courses. It offers patrons an exciting 18-hole championship course of over 6,000 yards which plays to a par-70. With beautiful Zoysia grass fairways and driving range, and Bentgrass greens, this historic and challenging course is ready for the modern golfer. Set your tee time today online, or call our clubhouse!
Kansas City
Painted Hills is an 18-hole public golf club featuring gently rolling, tree-lined fairways and beautifully contoured bentgrass greens. Painted Hills’ bentgrass greens meet USGA specs and range from 5,000 to 6,500 square feet each with soft undulation to provide many pin locations. The fairways provide a dense stand of turf and the ability to accommodate carts when other courses with zoysia are restricted to the path. More than 7,000 linear feet of cart path has been replaced and re-routed. Twenty-four fairway and greenside bunkers add appeal as well as the risk/reward in shot making.
