Course History

The Great Golf Courses of the World share a common ingredient with the great symphonies, the great ballets and the great Broadway plays. They are technically correct; but more than that, they come alive. They have feeling.

"You feel a truly great golf course. It moves you to alternating heights and depressions. Excites you. Thrills you. Even, sometimes, frightens you. And in the end, Heartland Crossing Golf Links will have challenged the best in you."

These words describe the philosophy of golf course architect Steve Smyers who, along with professional golfer Nick Price, designed Heartland Crossing Golf Links. The collaboration of Price and Smyers produced a masterpiece of winding fairways, rolling terrain and picturesque ponds and lakes. Yet the single feature to stand out in most golfers' minds will be the bunkers. Large, dramatically shaped bunkers. Helping define fairways and helping protect the greens. Almost entirely unencumbered by houses along fairways. Golfers will know this course exists for golfers.


Price - Smyers Design Heartland Crossing Golf Links presents unique challenges to golfers of all skill levels. Low-handicap golfers will find ways to work the ball around the course. Shaving precious strokes by hitting punch shots to tight pins. Or knockdown irons to decrease the effects of prevailing winds. The higher handicap player will enjoy being able to hit spacious fairways and rolling the ball onto greens (one could almost play the entire course using a putter!). Steve Smyers and Nick Price have captured the variety and challenge essential to creating a truly great golf course.