Detailed description of Prairie Links Golf Course
Prairie Links Golf Course, previously named Centennial Oaks Golf Club and private, is now a semi-private 18-hole golf course located in Waverly, Iowa. Public play is allowed on a limited number of times per year. Best to call them in advance.
The course, designed by Pat Weiss, first opened for play in 2000.
Prairie Links sits on what was rolling Iowa farmland. The course has wide open fairways and is a links-style format.
Par for the course is 72. From the back tees, the course plays to 6,614 yards. From the forward tees, the course plays to 4,728 yards. The longest hole on the course is # 14, a par-5 that plays to 529 yards. The shortest hole on the course is # 7, a par-3 that plays to 148 yards from the back tees.
Watch out for # 15, a 470 yard par-4 challenge and the #1 handicap hole on the course. The easiest hole at is # 7, the 148 yard par-3.
$46 (cart included), played on Saturday, September 2011 at 10am
Great links style course!
Do Not Recall (cart included), played on Thursday, June 2010 at 10am
Centennial Oaks is as close to links golf you can get in Iowa. Fairways and greens are well manicured. Staff is friendly and accomodating.
Hoping for lunch after our round. The clubhouse and restaurant/bar are absolutely gorgeous. Unfortuntely, they were closed. The best we could get was a bag of chips.
Houses on the course are a little close in some spots. In fact I hit someone's million dollar home with a screaming pulled bullet drive. Thank God no damage and even better, no one home. Still haven't gotten that shot out of my head.
All things considered, a beautiful course.
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$36 (cart not included), played on Sunday, August 2014 at 6am
Nice layout if you're into links golf in the midst of houses and corn fields. Excessive use of blind shots. Good green speed, somewhere between 10 & 12. Tee boxes were pristine. A little overpriced for the middle of Iowa!