Prairie Dunes Country Club

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Prairie Dunes Country Club is a golf course in Hutchinson, Kansas. It is frequently ranked among the best golf courses in the United States, and has hosted several United States Golf Association national championship tournaments.

The club was founded by Emerson Carey and his four sons in the mid 1930s. The course was designed by Perry Maxwell, and the first nine holes opened on September 13, 1937. Twenty years later in 1957, a second 9 holes were opened, designed by Press Maxwell (Perry's son).

[edit] Events

Trans-Miss Men's Amateur: 1958, 1973, 1987, 1996, 2005
U.S. Women's Amateur: 1964, 1980, 1991
Curtis Cup Match: 1986
U.S. Mid-Amateur: 1988
U.S. Men's Senior Amateur: 1995
U.S. Women's Open: 2002
U.S. Senior Open: 2006

[edit] Honors

Golf Week 2008 - #9 of America's Best Classical Golf Courses
Golf Digest 2007/08 - #30 of America's Greatest Golf Courses
Golf Magazine 2007 - #16 in the United States & #25 in the World
Golf Digest 2001 - #2, #8 & #10 among the Best 99 Holes in the U.S.
Audubon International - Obtained certification in the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses program