There is a golf course west of Omaha, NE. near Ashland Nebraska known as Quarry Oaks. This golf course is open to the public and it was voted best affordable public course by Golf Digest in 1997. When it was first opened I had heard that is was a tough, picturesque place to play golf. When you drive to Quarry Oaks you have to watch for the entrance road to the club house as it is poorly marked. The club house is very attractive and has a wonderful pro shop that has a lot of clothing, golf clubs, golf shoes, and golf balls on display. The pro shop has golf balls, shirts, and hats with the Quarry Oaks logo on them. The club house has a bar and snack bar, dining room, and meeting rooms for events held there by companies. Many golfing outings are held there throughout the summer and you can find golf balls around the golf course with companies logos on them. Golfers who get golfs balls for free are not as worried about losing them. The golf course has no homes built around the fairways and you are not distracted from the great scenery around Quarry Oaks. If you do not hit the ball very straight you will end up in the woods that surround the fairways. The greens are large and fast so it is easy to three putt them if you are not careful. There is a pioneer cemetary between the third and fourth holes that has six small grave stones that date back to the 1800’s. There are several holes on the front and back nine that you tee off up hill and some of your shots are to a blind green you can’t see when you hit your shot. When you finish the front nine you have a few minutes to order a sandwich before you head to the back nine. Hole number 15 plays 175 yards across an old rock quarry and is the hole that gave the course its name Quarry Oaks. The 14th and 15th holes play along the cliff overlooking the Platt River. On Hole 17 you drive off an elevated tee to the fairway below and if you hit it too far to the left you end up in a pond. Even if you end up in the center of the fairway you have to play to a small green with the pond on your left and a hill on the right with a lot of trees growing on it. The 18th hole is a long par five that you have to hit onto a narrow fairway with a babbling brook to the right. There is a big tree blocking the green if you end up too far left on your third shot. I was behind it once and I hit a six iron over the tree limb hanging out blocking the green onto the green and sunk a 15ft putt for a birdie which was the only one I remember having when playing Quarry Oaks. Quarry Oaks is a wonderful golf facility and I never get tired of playing this scenic golf course carved out of the eastern Nebraska landscape. We offer Free Shipping and low prices for Dansko shoes, Dansko women’s Professional, Ryka studio, Rockport Allander, Rockport Margin, Rockport World Tour Classic, Rockport Dressport 2, Birkenstock Tokyo, Super Birki clogs, Birkenstock chef shoes, Sandro Moscoloni, and Ultimate Protein at www.lionfootweardirect.com.

Dave Clark

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