LEGACY GOLF COURSE AT THE 19

The rolling prairie of north-central Iowa creates dramatic elevation changes that architect Greg Martin exploited brilliantly, with several holes playing 30-40 feet uphill or downhill through native fescue corridors. Water comes into play on half the holes, but it's the windswept 16th—a 200-yard par-3 over a kettle pond to an elevated green—that separates the pretenders from the players. This daily-fee gem proves that great golf architecture doesn't require a country club pedigree.