“The farmer’s golf club.”

Location: Homer, Nebraska

Architect: Rob Collins and Tad King

Year Opened: 2022

There’s a public golf course built on a farmer’s land in northeast Nebraska called Landmand Golf Club. The word “Landmand” is Danish for farmer. This isolated piece of property is not just any golf course built on farmland; it’s a world-class, public golf course.

As you drive up to the entrance, you might miss it if you’re not looking close enough. The sign below is at the entrance. If I had to guess, that little wooden sign is a little bigger than the size of a typical golf scorecard. It’s subtle and unassuming, which sets the stage for what you’re about to experience. While most everything about this place is laid-back, the golf course is elite.

I was able to play it in September of 2022, when it opened for play for one month only before opening full-time in 2023. In this post, I’ll take you hole-by-hole around the golf course, explaining each hole, shot, and feature.

Hole 1: par 5, 575 yards ⛳️

The opening hole is a long par 5 that shares its fairway with the 18th on the left. A good tee ball can carry the bunkers short right of the fairway, which will set up a nice angle on the approach.

Side note: I’m not sure if this will continue, but when I played they had 15 minute tee time intervals, which meant no one was pushed and you don’t tee off until the group ahead of you is on the green. More golf courses should adopt this, but they won’t because it means fewer paying customers.

Hole 2: par 4, 365 yards ⛳️

The second fairway is split in the middle by some bunkers. Going at, or just left of the bunkers will hit the fairway and feed down nicely to the green. Going right risks missing in the long stuff, but there is some room if you get lucky.

The view above is from the crest of the hill near the center fairway bunkers. As you can see, the fairway feeds down to the green from here. The hole isn’t long, so a well-struck drive (depending on the wind) could reach the green. You can see my tee shot just off the green in the image below.

Hole 3: par 4, 445 yards ⛳️

The view from the third hole might be my favorite on the golf course, though there are more good ones still to come. It’s perfectly cut through two hills on either side with a grass gully down the middle of the fairway.

Hole 4: par 4, 330 yards ⛳️

The next hole is a short par 4 that angles off to the right. A tee ball down finishing down the right center will face a steep uphill approach into the green.

The green on this hole is shallow and features a steep backstop long and right. There’s also a valley short right that gathers balls missed short. It’s possible to hit a shot into the backstop and end up in the front right valley, trust me.

Hole 5: par 3, 245 yards ⛳️

The fifth is a long par 3 with a massive green. Not only is the green huge, but it also has a large mound in the middle. If your ball isn’t in the same section as the pin, you’ll be lucky to three putt.

Hole 6: par 5, 565 yards ⛳️

The sixth is another long par 5 that plays long because it’s uphill at the end. It features some well-placed bunkers that make navigating the entire hole tricky as well.

On both the drive and both approach shots, you’ll have to avoid a series of bunkers that are placed right in the middle of your landing area. Hit the fairway and you’ll be fine. Find the sand and you’ll struggle to move the ball forward.

Hole 7: par 4, 325 yards ⛳️

The seventh is another short par 3, but the length doesn’t make it easy. There’s a little bit of a valley in the middle-right of the fairway that collects tee shots. You can take you tee shot down the left over the bunker, but don’t miss left of the bunkers.

The view above is from the left side of the fairway just over the bunkers.

The green on this hole might be my favorite on the golf course. At first I thought it was two-tiered, but there’s actually three. The middle one, where the pin is located in the image above, is smaller and slightly to the left side. If the pin is on that tier, you’ll have trouble getting it close from anywhere.

Hole 8: par 3, 105 yards ⛳️

This might be the shortest par 3 I’ve ever played in my life on a regulation sized golf course, but that doesn’t make it easy. The green is fairly narrow and this is where I really started to notice the wind picking up. You’ll have to be careful about what club you hit and be accurate. Anything short and long is no good.

Hole 9: par 4, 455 yards ⛳️

The next par 4 shares it fairway with the tenth similar to the first and 18th. Keep your tee shot down the right to avoid the bunkers that divide these next two holes.

Hole 10: par 4, 405 yards ⛳️

Unfortunately, I didn’t get a shot of the tee on this hole, but in the video at the bottom of this post you can see a drone fly-over of the hole. Your line off the tee. is over the hill on the right. You don’t want to be any left of the bunker in the distance that’s on the left side of the image below.

The green on the tenth is fun because it’s set into an amphitheater of hills that surround it. If you’re taking carts, you’ll walk down to it from where you park. The bowl-like green slopes to the back of the green.

Hole 11: par 5, 560 yards ⛳️

The yardage book for the eleventh said to aim at the one tree on the property, but I’m not sure that’s the best advice. The largest clump of trees in the distance is about as far right as you want to go. I’d keep your tee ball towards the cell tower in the distance. That tower is right in line with the green.

There’s a little valley of wild grass on the right around you second approach shot just short of the green. Be sure to avoid that and take your second shot down the left side of the fairway.

Hole 12: par 3, 160 yards ⛳️

The twelfth features a large bunker in front of the green. If your ball finds any of the three in that area, you’ll be facing a steep bunker shot up to the green. Hitting the green here is helpful (duh).

Hole 13: par 4, 435 yards ⛳️

This par 4 is all in front of you since it plays downhill. Make sure you miss the junk on the right. Some longer hitters may be able to cut the corner a bit by playing towards the center two bunkers, but most can go straight out and not worry about going through the fairway.

Hole 14: par 3, 240 yards ⛳️

This longer par 3 can play quite a few different distances depending on where the pin is located. When I played it, the pin was up front right, but a back left pin could add quite a bit of yardage. The green is slanted to the side, so it gradually gets longer as you go left.

Hole 15: par 5, 640 yards ⛳️

The fifteenth was one of my favorite holes. I was lucky enough to get a tailwind, which helped make it play shorter, but it still has some fun features. The bunker down the left center could be carried when I played it, but again, that was aided by the wind. A safer play is staying right of that line.

This is the view from just over the bunkers in the middle of the fairway. If you can get the right breeze, reaching it in two is possible.

Hole 16: par 4, 470 yards ⛳️

The tee shot on the sixteenth is a little tricky because the fairway runs diagonally from left to right. It can be hard to pick a line where you won’t be short or go through the fairway. The line when I played was right in between the fairway bunkers and the green side bunkers.

The approach on this hole is a little deceptive because it’s hard to see the whole green and feel confident of where it falls off. A safe play is going right at the large flags in the distance. Don’t forget about the bunkers on the right side of the green that can snatch up any weak right ball.

Hole 17: par 4, 315 yards ⛳️

The seventeenth hole is known for its green size; it’s huge. Someone told us it was a full acre. The hole isn’t long, but similar to the 5th and 7th, the green size makes it tricky. If you get a good wind, you can easily knock it on the green, but if it’s not close to the hole, a three putt is not far away.

The view above is from the bottom of the fairway if you choose to lay up or can’t make it to the green in one. As you can see, anything short might roll right back to your feet. It’s pretty tough to see where the pin is and judge the tiers from this angle.

Hole 18: par 5, 565 yards ⛳️

The tee shot on the closing hole is one of the more nerve-wracking because you can’t see much over the massive front right bunker. If you remember, the fairway is shared a bit with the first, so missing a bit left of the large flags in the distance is a decent play.

As you can see in the image above and below, there’s another large bunker front left of the green. At Landmand, this one is known as the milk carton because if you go in there, you might end up lost. I’d recommend not hitting it there.

There you have it, a complete hole-by-hole description of Landmand Golf Club in Homer, Nebraska. After playing this course once, it quickly shot up close to the top of my favorite courses list. I love that it’s public. The atmosphere is laid-back, but the golf is top-notch.

If you want to see more, including some cool drone shots, check out the video overview I made of the course below.

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