“Could we sell our rounds for $15 more?” Curt asks rhetorically. “But we really crush it in terms of value.” At a time when many of the most popular courses are jacking their rates up because they can (demand being so crazy high), it’s important to the City of Ankeny that their municipal course remain affordable and open to all. “We can compete with the top area courses in terms of design-quality and course conditioning,” Curt says. It is a popular draw to both metros not just for it’s food, playability and ease-of-access, but because it’s also so affordable. I can play (the course) in my free time, AND I get to eat here (at the Tin Cup Bar & Grille).”įor those who don’t know, Ankeny is on the northern outskirts of Des Moines and the southern outskirts of Ames. “I get to see the course, take the exit, drive up to the clubhouse and enjoy it as my office. “I get the best of all worlds, you could say.” And say it often he does. Head PGA Professional, Curt Ingham, admits he’s glad he doesn’t have to drive past Otter Creek every day. ![]() The links-style golf course with wide, open fairways lined by hills and fescue (and scattered ponds), rewards the visiting player with as much diverse playability as it does scoring opportunities. It’s why membership numbers continue to grow… why so many golf groups schedule Otter Creek into their itineraries and event calendars. And, once you do, you’re bound to keep stopping. (And I haven’t even mentioned the pull of their kitchen and pizzas yet!) Of course you’re going to stop there one of these days. Of course, the pull on your eyes, heart and steering-wheel-clenching hands could scarcely be more compelling. ![]() Of course, in driving past the golf course you’d have to see two of the most entertaining golf holes. I’m talking about driving down (or up) Interstate 35, passing Otter Creek Golf Course in Ankeny, Iowa. I only drive by there three or four times a year. Admittedly, it has to be so much harder for those daily passersby (mostly Iowans) than it is for me. They have to drive past with proverbial blinders on, all the while squirming like dogs kept from their pleasures by a work-and-duties cone of… well… shame. It has to just gnaw at them – the golf-loving commuters anything like me. ![]() The opportunity is too good to pass up, and yet hundreds to thousands of people literally do it each day.
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