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Golf Courses of Montana

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ANACONDA
Old Works
Address: 1205 Pizzini Way, Anaconda, Montana
Holes: 18
Yardage: 7705/6776/5348
Par: 72
Rating: 75.7/70.7/69.4
Slope: 131/121/112
Telephone: 406-563-5989

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort
Holes: 18
Yardage: 6741
Par: 72
Rating: 68.8
Slope: 107
Telephone: (406) 797-3241 or 800- 332-3272
Super vistas. Features a very long par 5, (640 yards).

BIG FORK
Northern Pines Golf Club
Address: 3230 Hwy 93 N., Kalispel, 59901
PO Box 1257, Bigfork, 59901
Holes: 18
Yardage: 7015/5421
Par: 72/72
Rating: 72.5/69.9
Slope: 121/118
Telephone: (406) 751-1950, 1-800-255-5641
E Mail: golfmt@digisys.net
Web Site: www.golfmt.com
A combination of traditional golf and Scottish links-style layout situated around the Stillwater River. An Andy North design. Non-metal spikes.

Eagle Bend Golf Club
Address: 279 Eagle Bend Drive, PO Box 1257, Bigfork, Montana 59911
Nicklaus/Ridge Course
Holes: 18
Yardage: 6724/6189/5429
Par: 72/72/72
Rating: 71.2/69.1/70.1
Slope: 121/117/119
Lake Nine
Yardage: 3497
Par: 36
Telephone: (406) 837-7310, 1-800-255-5641
E Mail: golfmt@digisys.net
Web Site: www.golfmt.com
At the N.E. end of Flathead Lake lies a country course abounding with wildlife and waterfowl. Traps are filled with bleached white Idaho sand and scenic bridges span the waterways.Beatifully landscaped terrain sports bluegrass fairways and bentgrass green s. The 16th (412 yd. par 4) is bordered on the left by a lake, has a dogleg left and large bunkers outside the turn and then more traps. Spectacular, scenic course that was the runner-up for the Best New Public course in 1989. Non-metal spikes only. Semi-private.

BIG TIMBER
Overland Golf Course
Holes: 9
Yardage: 6776(18)
Par: 36
Rating: 69.9
Telephone: 406 932-4297
Enjoy the views of Yellowstone Valley and the Crazy Mtns. as well as the occassional wildlife. The course wanders around small brooks and ponds.

BIG SKY
Big Sky Golf Club
Holes: 18
Yardage: 6748/5374
Par: 72
Rating: 69.0
Slope: 111/104
Telephone: (406) 995-4706
An Arnold Palmer design featuring a scenic day of golf.

BILLINGS
The Briarwood
Address: 3627 O'Shea, Billings, MT
Holes: 18
Yardage: 7010/6690/5436
Par: 72/72/74
Rating: 73.0/71.6/70.1
Slope: 132/128/120
Telephone: 406-248-1215
Private.

Lake Hills Golf Course
Holes: 18
Yardage: 6802
Par: 72
Rating: 70.1
Slope: 112
Telephone: (406) 252-9244
This year-round course was built in 1956. It offers a rolling terrain and a minimum of bunkers. Family type atmosphere.

Peter Yegen Jr. Golf Club
Holes: 18
Yardage: 6617
Par: 71
Rating: 69.7
Slope: 112
Telephone: (406) 656-8099
Built in 1993 on an old cornfield, this course remains flat, is well-maintained, and has an open layout.

BOZEMAN
Vista del Oso Golf Club
Address: 14176 Kelly Canyon Road, Bozeman, MT USA
Holes: 9
Yardage: 3468
Par: 36
Telephone: (406) 586-9763
Private

COLUMBIA FALLS
Meadow Lake Golf Resort
Address: 490 St. Andrews Drive, Columbia falls 59912
Holes: 18
Yardage: 6694/5303
Par: 72/72
Rating: 71.3/69.7
Slope: 118/117
Telephone: (406) 892 2111 or 800-321-4653
Web Site: www.meadowlake.com
N.E. side of Columbia Falls you will find lush terrain, great scenery (wildlife abound). At over 3100' above sea level this woodland course has dense rough borders, tree-lined fairways and silicon and sand bunkers. The Rockies Glacier National Park provide the background.

COLUMBUS
Stillwater Golf And Recreation
Holes: 9
Yardage: 6295(18)/5295(18)
Par: 72(18)/72(18)
Slope: 108/105
Rating: 67.9/67.1
Telephone:(406) 322-4298

FORSYTH
Forsyth Country Club Inc.
Holes: 18
Yardage: 6140
Par: 71
Rating: 67.9
Telephone: (406) 356-7710
Tee #1 is elevated and trapped raising more than 40 feet from the tee. At the 18 you will find yourself high above the clubhouse on a par 5 (165 yarder) over the water.

FORTUNE
Crystal Lakes Golf Course
Holes: 18
Yardage: 6500
Par: 71
Rating: 72.3
Slope: 126
Telephone: (406) 882-4455
This course, at 3100' above sea level, is bordered on 3 sides by the Kootenai, Stillwater, and Flathead forests. The vistas are filled with waterfowl and other wildlife. Private.

GREAT FALLS
R.O. Speck Municipal Golf Course
Holes: 18
Yardage: 6830
Par: 72
Rating: 69.6
Slope: 111
Telephone: (406) 761-1078
Fairly easy to play and well used. Open March to October.

Emerald Greens Golf Club
Address: 1100 American Avenue, Great Falls, Montana, 59404
Holes: 18
Yardage: 3731/3709/3338
Par: 60/60/61
Telephone: (406) 453-4844

HAMILTON
Hamilton Golf Club
Holes: 18
Yardage: 6750
Par: 72
Rating: 69.9
Slope: 115
Telephone: (406) 363-4251
Offers 2 levels of golfing enjoyment on each set of nine. The front 9, built in the 1930's, has tricky contours, a number of water hazards, greens play faster than expected. Gird Creek runs through and is stocked with trout. You may bring your fishing pol e along.

HELENA
Bill Roberts Municipal Golf Course
Holes: 18
Yardage: 6782
Par: 72
Rating: 70.5
Slope: 117
Telephone: (406) 442-2191
Open from March to November this course, first opened in 1950, has been renovated, offering a good number of water and sand traps and improved greens.

KALISPELL
Village Greens Golf Club
Address: 500 Palmer Dr., Kalispell 59901
Holes: 18
Yardage: 6401/5208
Par: 72/72
Rating: 69.8/68.3
Slope: 114/114
Telephone: (406) 752-4666
E Mail: tee@montanagolf.com
Web Site: www.montanagolf.com
Flathead Valley golf featuring mounding, lakes and white sand bunkers. Scenic layout. Non-metal spikes only.

Buffalo Hill Golf Club
Address: 1176 North Main St., PO Box 1116, 59901
Holes: 27
Cameron Nine
Yardage: 3001/2950
Par: 35
Rating: 68.0/73.7
Slope: 122/132
Championship Course
Yardage: 6584/5323
Par: 72/72
Rating: 71.4/70.3
Slope: 131/125
Telephone: (406) 756-4530, 800-392-9795
E Mail: sdunfee@digisys.net
One of the top courses overlooking the west side of Glacier National Park. Golf Digest has often mentioned it as top two in Montana. The fairways and lined with a great variety of trees and wildlife is everywhere. The Cameron has mature trees along the fa irways and a few bunkers. A Championship course with large greens guarded by grassy mounds, traps and water hazards. Golfers use an elevator on the last 2 holes as the climb is too steep.

LEWISTOWN
Pine Meadows Golf Course
Address: Country Club Drive, Lewistown, MT
Yardage: 6602/5853
Par: 72/74
Telephone: (406) 538-7075
Web Site: www.lewistown.net/~kreno/pinemeadows

LIBBY
Cabinet View Country Club
Holes: 9
Yardage: 3193
Par: 36
Rating: 68.7
Telephone: (406) 293-7332
Vistas of Cabinet Mountains. Open 6 months of the year. An old-style course with dual tees. Back is 3165 yards with some root bound fairways. The 5th, (409 yd. par 4) has a dogleg right fairway that is tightly edged by pines. Semi-private.

MISSOULA
The Highlands Golf Club
Holes: 9
Yardage: 3200
Par: 35
Telephone: (406) 728-7360
Situated on the S.E. flank of Far View Hill and high above the Missoula townsite at 3600' this course built in 1954 adjoins a number of homes. Wind is a factor if the play.

Larchmont Golf Course
Address: 3200 Old fort Road, Missoula, Montana Holes: 18
Yardage: 7093/6688/5580
Par: 72
Rating: 71.9/69.9/69.4
Slope: 117/114/110
Telephone: (406) 721-4416
Opened in 1982, this course offers Scottish-style pot bunkers. It is fairly open with the holes defined by perimeter fences. There are water hazards, (small lakes and ponds), tall grass roughs and views of the The Bitterroots and the Rockies. Since 1984 i t has been the site of the Montana Open.

University of Montana Golf Course
Holes: 9
Yardage: 3086
Par: 35
Rating: 69.6
Slope: 110
Telephone: (406) 728-8629
On the University of Montana campus at the base of Mt. Sentinel, a rugged treeless slope. It is Montana's oldest course, 1916. Dual tee 9 crosses flat ground with mature trees. A par 35 on the front amd a par 36 in the back. The fairways are narrow, the g reens small and contoured.

Missoula Country Club
Holes: 18
Yardage: 6410
Par: 71
Rating: 69.6
Slope: 117
Telephone: (406) 251-2751
Tight fairways lined with a great variety of sturdy evergreens. Greens guarded by sand and water hazards. Private.

PLAINS
Plains Golf Course
Holes: 9
Yardage: 2900
Par: 36
Rating: 66
Slope: 101
Telephone: (406) 826-3106
Wildlife abounds in this quiet surroundings. Seven holes go n and down a plateau-like slope with a panorama of the Plains Valley. Scrub growth between the fairways.

POLSON
Polson Country Club
Address: 111 Bayview Dr., Polson, 59860
Holes: 18
Yardage: 6756/5215
Par: 72/72
Rating: 70.9/64.0
Slope: 119/107
Telephone: (406) 883-8230
The course is on the waterfront of Flathead Lake. There are 8 green-side bunkers, a pond on 3rd and 5th holes. The 15th is a 182 yards par 3 that descends to on oval, trapped-rear green backed by the Lake. The front nine was opened in 1989. The back nine was built in 1936. Non-metal spikes only.

RONAN
Mission Mountain Country Club
Address: 640 Stagecoach Trail, Ronan, Montana 59864
Holes: 18
Yardage: 6479/5125
Par: 72/72
Rating: 70.1/69.1
Slope: 115/115
Telephone: (406) 676-4653
A course in a gently rolling meadow with 3 tees per hole. It has bentgrass greens. The feature hole is the first. A 520 yard, par 5 that follows a right turn path to a front sloping tri-trapped green. Wide fairways and interesting holes. Non-metal spikes only. Semi-private.

RED LODGE
Red Lodge Mountain Golf Course
Holes: 18
Yardage: 6779/6445
Par: 72
Rating: 69.3
Slope: 115/115
Telephone: (406) 446-3344
Featuring views of Beartooth Mountains this course requires ball placement or the various streams crossing the course will eat your ball.

THOMPSON FALLS
Thompson Falls Golf Club
Holes: 9
Yardage: 3022
Par: 36
Rating: 67.2
Slope: 109
Telephone:(406) 872-3438
Situated on the north bank of Clark Fork River, this secluded course is carved out of pine and fir groves. It therefore also sports alot of wildlife. This dual tee setup includes the 2nd (480 yd, par 5) a sharp dogleg left bordered by the river on the left and ascends over its 150 yard to a domed, tre-ringed green.

THREE FORKS
Headwaters Golf Course
Holes: 9
Yardage: 3158
Par: 36
Rating: 67.1
Telephone: (406) 285-3700
There are water hazards on 6 of the 9 holes. The course is situated at the headwaters of the Missouri River.

WEST GLACIER
Glacier View Golf Club
Address: Box 185, West Glacier, 59936
Holes: 18
Yardage: 5161/4756
Par: 69/69
Rating: 61.4/64.6
Slope: 88/90
Telephone: (406) 888-5471, 1-800-843-5777
Opened in 1969 in a meadow between th Middle Fork of the Flathead River and Glacier National Park. This flat setting is ideal for Seniors, offering lots of wildlife, water in play on 8 holes, small greens, short dogleg fairways.

WHITEFISH
The Par-3 on 93 Golf Course
Holes: 9
Yardage: 1160
Par: 27
Telephone:(406) 862-7273
Magnificent Views of Flathead Valley. Seven sand traps, a pond, bent grass greens and large ryegrass tees. Resort.

Whitefish Lake Golf Club
Address: Hwy. 93 North, Whitefish 59937
Holes: 2-18s
North 18
Yardage: 6605/5556
Par: 72
Rating: 69.8/70.1
Slope: 118/115
South 18
Yardage: 6561/5338
Par: 72/72
Rating: 70.5/70.3
Slope: 122/120
Telephone: (406) 862-4000
A tunnel under Highway 93 connects the newer Mountain Nine. All courses use the natural hilly contours of the land well. Pine trees line the fairways which slope left while winding uphill to the right toward a tri-trapped gree partly hidden by trees. New 9 recently opened. The Woods/Lake course combination is ranked 4th Best in Montana by Golf Digest.

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