Golf Course Industry | South Dakota’s Lazy J Grand Lodge turns to LU, LGM

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The longtime pheasant hunting destination is adding an 18-hole Craig & Coyne course, a 12-hole short course and a short-game area.

 

Landscapes Unlimited and sister company Landscapes Golf Management have been selected to guide the transformation and addition of an 18-hole championship golf course at the Lazy J Grand Lodge in Ideal, South Dakota.

Under a new Lazy J Sporting Club brand, Lazy J will convert to a private destination club with the planned par-72, 7,216-yard layout designed by Craig & Coyne that is scheduled to start construction soon and open in summer 2027. The natural topography is rife with rolling hills, dramatic ravines, elevation changes and waterways. The course will feature creative greens, naturalized bunkers and short walks from greens to tees.

 

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Golf Course Architecture | Scott Hoffman design approaches completion

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Scott Hoffman design in South Dakota approaches completion

 

Seeding and sodding work on the Scott Hoffman-designed course for the new Mapleton Golf Club in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is almost complete. The course is expected to open by early autumn of 2025.

One of the primary characteristics of the course will be its wide bentgrass fairways, with expanded areas of fairway cut around many of the greens. “The fairways are wide so playability is great off the tee but angles and using the slopes, which are definitely prevalent on many holes, will dictate approaches,” said Hoffman. “The greens are slightly larger than average, with some great variety in shapes and slopes, making very interesting hole locations but also offering terrific diversity for day-to-day play. The tees are not formal boxes but more of a fairway look that continues into where the fairway would normally start.”

 

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Club & Resort Business | Elite Clubs Choose Landscapes

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Elite Clubs Choose Landscapes to Install State-of-the-Art Irrigation Systems

 

Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J. and Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kan. selected Landscapes Unlimited to complete major irrigation work on their championship golf courses. “These storied courses require the best irrigation infrastructure to support world-class conditioning and maintenance of playing surfaces,” says Jake Riekstins, Chief Development Officer of Landscapes Unlimited.

 

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