Sand Hills Golf Club


Sand Hills Golf Club is a country club in Mullen, Nebraska. Notable for its remote location and minimalist design among the sandhills of Nebraska, it is consistently ranked among the top golf courses in the world and the best courses designed in the last 50 years.

Course history and design

Because of Nebraska's unique topography, course architects Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw moved only 4,000 cubic yards of earth when designing the course. Lincoln developer Dick Youngscap surveyed several thousand acres of land in 1990 and worked with Coore and Crenshaw to survey the land and find an ideal spot for the course. After two years of surveying the land, Coore, Crenshaw, and Youngscap built Sand Hills on 130 acres.
$1.2 million was spent building the course, far less than other highly rated modern golf courses.
Ranking among the most exclusive courses in the United States, the club reportedly has fewer than 200 members from across the country, almost none of whom reside in 500-person Mullen. Most members fly into Denver, Omaha, or nearby North Platte when playing at the course and stay in the on-site accommodations that can host about 55 people.

Course details