Ozarks Nationwide at Large Cedar Lodge in Missouri (Courtesy of Large Cedar Lodge)
Locale: Hollister, Missouri
Noteworthy: Developed in the Ozark Mountains, Large Cedar options three classes by top rated designers: the team of Coore and Crenshaw, Tom Fazio and Woods. Coore and Crenshaw’s Ozarks Countrywide ranks the greatest, carved atop the maximum elevation with holes hugging the mountain ridges. Payne’s Valley, which opened in 2020 and was Woods’ very first vacation resort format in the U.S., did not make it into the 2021 Golfweek’s Greatest rankings because it was also new and hadn’t received plenty of votes, is a lock to make the 2022 rankings. The vacation resort is also property to two unbelievably scenic par-3 course, Major of the Rock and Mountain Major. The vacation resort was designed by Bass Professional Retailers founder Johnny Morris, and a lot of of the sizeable giving of features and lodgings attribute rustic flares on the shores of Table Rock Lake. And there is just one cannot-overlook at the resort: Morris created a bonus 19th hole at Payne’s Valley, a shorter par 3 at the base of unbelievable cliffs that has come to be a social media darling.
Payne’s Valley at Massive Cedar Lodge in Missouri (Courtesy of Evan Schiller)
The courses:
- No. 33 Ozarks National, 6.94
- T63 Buffalo Ridge, 6.58
- *Payne’s Valley (not ranked nonetheless)
Rated system common: 6.76
