Sand Valley

The course that started it all—Coore & Crenshaw spent three years routing Sand Valley through the region's prehistoric dune field before opening it in 2017, and it still plays like discovered ground rather than built ground. Massive, exposed dunes frame every hole; the fairways are firm, fast, and wide enough to offer a real choice on almost every tee shot.

It's built to flex—set the tees up short for a fun, sub-4-hour round with the group, or stretch it to its full 6,938 yards and let the wind and firm turf turn it into a serious test. Either way, play the ground game: low, running shots reward you here more than height ever will.

The bunker field

Glacial leftovers

Coore & Crenshaw peeled a pine plantation off ancient glacial dunes and let the sand do the talking—bunkers spill into natural blowouts and fairways ride the leftover ridges. At golden hour the whole valley goes copper.

• · One rate for lodging and day guests alike
• · the replay rate also applies to 9-hole rounds.
• · 2026 bands: Apr 24–May 20 and Oct 5–18 at $235 (replay $115) · May 21–Oct 4 at $325 (replay $165) — a month straddling two bands shows its opening rate here.
• · Season runs Apr 24–Oct 18
• · juniors 16 and under play free after 2 p.m. with a full-paying adult.