COPPER CREEK GOLF CLUB AND EVENT CENTER

The rolling farmland east of Des Moines provides an ideal canvas for this Ron Forse design, where strategic bunkering and thoughtful water placement demand precision over power. Each nine offers distinctly different challenges—the front side weaving through mature oak groves while the back nine opens up across prairie-style terrain with wind becoming a constant factor. The par-4 14th epitomizes Forse's philosophy, requiring a perfectly placed drive to access a green protected by a pond that's closer than it appears from 150 yards out.