DESTINATIONS
SAND
VALLEY
THE SEEDS HAVE BEEN PLANTED FOR
GREAT GOLF IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
W
hile it doesn't have the track record
of the other destinations on this list,
Sand Valley is the first course in an
area in central Wisconsin that will eventually fea-
ture multiple golf courses. Developed by Mike
Keiser, who also built Bandon Dunes and a
knockout facility in Nova Scotia, Sand Valley is
designed for walkers and the course blends
seamlessly into its natural surroundings. Once
the site of planted trees in rows used in the
paper mill industry, the land is reverting back to
its original ecosystem, which the ecologist hired
to oversee its restoration calls a "kind of sand
barrens-oak-savanna-sand prairie continuum."
The Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore-designed
course opened in 2017 and immediately vaulted
to the top of best new courses in several na-
tional golf publications.
> CLICK HERE to visit Sand Valley.
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