I spent years becoming intimate with a 220 acre wooded property owned by Madden’s: designing golf holes while cross country skiing or hiking the land and studying the topography map. The time finally came for Madden’s to build a championship golf course. When Brian Thuringer offered me the rare opportunity to not only design but to manage the construction of The Classic, I was ready with a plan. I just needed to find a good consultant. Three came to mind. Geoffrey Cornish, Warren Rebholz, and John Harris came on to fill that role beautifully. The Classic opened in 1997 as a Golf Digest Public top 100 and has remained there to this day.
The Gravel Pit
3 separate short courses designed out of an old gravel pit
13 hole par 3 (pictures here)
10.5 hole par 3
13 hole putting cours
Valkyrie
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Alec’s 9 The Original
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Lakes Area Recreation Putting Course
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