Lakota Links Golf Club

Elevated tee boxes make you feel like you can hit it a mile. Banked fairways that guide the ball to the middle. Greens that feed the ball towards the hole. What more do u want? How bout a club house instead of a double wide!

Lots of elevated tee shots, very challenging "Fun Fun Fun". Ladies could have a tough time making it over crud on the tee shots.

This is on the top of my favorite list! I played last year a few times and was able to better my score by 10 this year!

At times like playing a video game. Great layout with a lot of forgiveness and challenging shots.

Course very well maintained. Narrow fairways take the driver out of play on many holes. Mounding along fairways and greens give a bailout on at least one side on every hole. Very enjoyable course to play, and very well maintained. Greens were very quick.

challenging golf course with large rolling fairways and large greens

This is a great and fun mountain course to play. It has lot's of elevation changes and challenging holes. The scenery is spectacular.

Amazing views, incredible elevation changes. Do yourself a favor and make a day of it with your buddies. This course can't be beat! Took my nephew from San Diego and we were both blown away with Lakota Canyon.

Course has challenging golf shots with lots of elevation changes. requires accurate shots but does have ample landing areas. Scenery of mountains and course are beautiful. Many holes are in canyon like settings.

This is a fun course for experienced players. Almost every hole has an elevated tee and a large bowl-shaped green. There are lots of deep bunkers and water hazards. If you're hitting good drives and avoiding the hazards, you'll really enjoy your round.

If you like being in a quite setting that is not bordered on every hole with housing you may like this lush track. I only played from the whites (over 60 now) so it was fairly short so it is not a full test of this course.

There are many very elevated Tees that always add a fun factor. The fairways and greens were very well maintained. This is really a target style course. You have to know the proper ball positioning to score well. The front nine pretty much funnels drives into the center, whereas the back is more open but more difficult.

Warning: if you miss a fairway, even by a foot or two, forget finding your ball. That was really my only complaint.

It was torrentially raining when I played, but I kept playing as there was no lightning.

I liked the greens as there were many holes that you could use the hill as a backstop. Of course, that changes based on pin placement. For a good player, that knows the course, this would certainly make the undulating greens challenging, yet very playable.

Got a perfect tee time at a nice Golf Now discount. Staff was very helpful/friendly. Course was not busy. This is a really well-designed course. The front is challenging with narrow fairways and some blind shots. Canyons and vertical relief are stunning on this nine. Back nine was similar with less mountain effect. Suggest you play blue or gold tees unless you're a real notice (try white) or expert (you deserve black tees). Fairways is wonderful condition. Greens rolled true but rather fast

Course has an excellent layout & has incredible scenery. General course conditions is adequate however the 2 days we played the course was extremely wet & over watered. Despite no rain balls that landed in the fairway got no roll & were constantly muddy. There were multiple cart ruts in the fairways. Overall condition would of been excellent except for the over watering of the fairways. For the difficulty of the course pace of play was excellent. Overall the experience was above average.

Staff is very friendly, greens were in great shape.

I would play here again. The course was a fabulous mountain course.

Empty course on a Saturday, pro shop very welcoming. Mary at snack bar friendly and helpful.

Course in good condition. GPS available on carts, but only text, no picture or diagram. Most of the holes are blind shots, dog legs or over trash so a layout would help.

Lakota Canyon was in excellent condition. The tees, fairways, traps, and greens were in fantastic condition. I have played this course many times and it is in the best condition since I've been playing it. The exterior esthetics of the golf shop and grill are not the most appealing, but then we were more interested in playing golf than spending time in the club house.

The scenery was beautiful, not a lot of people playing the day I played which made play steady. I like this course.

Beautiful views and immaculate conditions with a very friendly staff. No 2 holes look the same. Course winds through small canyons, especially on the front 9. Lots of elevation changes. The valley has a definite pull on the putts, so factor it in.

Here's Jim Engh designed roller coaster course you need to try. I rank Lakota Canyon Ranch super high on the "fun factor". Some golf purest would criticize the valley fairways and bowl shaped greens as being too forgiving but for the recreational golfer looking for an exciting round with fantastic vistas and lots of elevated tee shots this course is definitely a "must play" for you.
I've been hosting a group to play LCR almost every year for 7 years. This is their favorite mountain course. We'll play it again Aug 20, 2013.
The front nine is a beautiful and exciting climb up into the mountains just south of the Flat Tops Wilderness Area. This nine includes three classic par 5s with seriously elevated tee shots, valley fairways and stadium-style partial bowl greens. Pay close attention to the pin positions and the opportunity to use back stops and side wall bounces when hitting your approach shots to all the Lakota Canyon Ranch greens. The three par 3s on the front nine border on being too tricked up with severe slopes #especially the 9th hole# that you may love or hate depending on the kick and roll you receive on your tee shot.
The back nine is a little more traditional while still showing many signs of Jim Engh's design style. The par 5 18th is Lakota Canyon Ranch's signature hole and it's a classic risk/reward beauty. If you hit a big drive near the end of the first fairway go for the green in two but don't let that shot stray to the right or you're dead. The safer shot is to lay up to the second fairway to your right then hit the shallow green with a good backstop with a lofted iron and one putt for a memorable finishing birdie.
Enjoy food and drink out on the sunny deck of the modest clubhouse while you watch other golfers struggle with their decision making and shot execution well below you on that 18th hole.