The Landmand golf course in jap Nebraska, USA has had the story of its gestation and creation recorded in print by golf journalist Adam Lawrence.
‘Up Prime: The Story of Landmand’, is printed right now (Might 13), to mark the beginning of the 2025 season on the acclaimed course, which was designed and constructed by King-Collins Design.
Lawrence, who has served as editor of the worldwide journal Golf Course Structure since its basis in 2005, has labored with the Landmand crew since earlier than the course opened in 2022, dealing with its public relations.
“After working with Landmand for a few years, and attending to know the Andersen household, who developed the golf course, I realised that their story, and that of the course itself, was too good to not be recorded for posterity,” says Lawrence, for whom it is a first printed guide. “So I proposed the guide to Will Andersen, and fortunately he thought it was a good suggestion. I’m actually happy with what we now have produced – it has a terrific story to inform, and it appears unbelievable.”
Up Prime’ tells how the younger Carl Andersen left his house in Denmark in 1913, and settled within the north-east of Nebraska, turning into a farmer, and the way his son Leo constructed the household farm as much as a big enterprise. Leo’s son Bryce and grandson Will continued the household farming custom, however diversified into golf, shopping for an area 9 gap course and renaming it Previous Dane to mark their heritage.
After many mishaps, they lastly determined to develop an 18-hole course, and by a exceptional sequence of coincidences, the design and construct crew of Rob Collins and Tad King have been employed for the challenge, King-Collins’s first 18-hole course.
Since its opening, Landmand has been extremely acclaimed, being awarded Golf Digest’s Greatest New Public Course in 2022, and rating the third finest course in Nebraska in 2034-24. Earlier this yr it bought out its complete tee time stock for the 2025 season in lower than an hour.
“My household could be very rooted in the local people, and we’re very joyful and grateful to have introduced consideration to it by constructing Landmand,” says Will Andersen. “Now, I hope Adam’s guide will appeal to much more discover!”
The guide prices $70, and might be bought from the Landmand professional store, and in addition by visiting the membership’s on-line retailer at landmandgc.sq..website/s/store and clicking the ‘Books’ hyperlink.
