Talons Golf

The prairie winds that sweep across this Des Moines suburb create a deceptive challenge where club selection becomes an exercise in meteorology as much as yardage. Dick Nugent's routing maximizes the natural elevation changes rare to central Iowa, with the signature par-3 17th playing from an elevated tee to a peninsula green that demands both precision and courage. What separates this daily-fee gem from the region's flat farmland tracks is its commitment to strategic bunkering and thoughtful green complexes that reward course management over raw power.