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Morgan Clawson

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King-Collins new build in Eastern Nebraska: Landmand Golf Club
« on: August 20, 2019, 03:31:22 PM »
Per @KingCollinsGolf on Twitter:

"Very excited to announce that we will be starting a new 18 on an incredible piece of land in eastern Nebraska in early September. More details to come..."

Attn:  Midwest Mashie 2021 committee...
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David Restrepo

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Re: King-Collins new build in Eastern Nebraska
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2019, 08:13:14 PM »
Rumour mill/speculation is that it might be start to The Buck Club. Not in Utah though, but close enough.
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Kalen Braley

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Re: King-Collins new build in Eastern Nebraska
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2019, 08:43:04 PM »
Quote from: David Restrepo on August 20, 2019, 08:13:14 PM
Rumour mill/speculation is that it might be start to The Buck Club. Not in Utah though, but close enough.


Yea that part of Nebrasksa is only a 12+ hour drive (and nearly 1000 miles) from here....but close enough,,,  ::) ;D
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Wayne Wiggins, Jr.

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Re: King-Collins new build in Eastern Nebraska
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2019, 10:07:52 PM »
Paging Tom Doak...


what ever happened to that project near Omaha airport?


That's Eastern Nebraska!
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Blake Conant

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Re: King-Collins new build in Eastern Nebraska
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2019, 11:02:37 PM »
Lots of land near the airport has been under water since March. Doubt it’s anywhere near there. Although i think the land Tom’s course was on is dry. Judging by the photos posted it’s gotta be in the big heaving hills between souix city and omaha. Easier to access than Tatanka.
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Howard Riefs

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Re: King-Collins new build in Eastern Nebraska
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2019, 05:34:30 PM »
More details via https://twitter.com/tonyjdear/status/1164645680087879680

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King Collins Golf's new course outside Homer, NE will be called Landmand GC - Danish for 'farmer'. Part of 20,000-acre corn farm owned by Andersen Family, the course will cover 580 acres with about 120ft of elevation change. Collins says routing was much easier than expected.

 "The 1st will be about 590 yds. It just presented itself. The 2nd will have a cool reverse Redan. The 3rd traverses a crazy valley...the 7th is a 310-yd four, the 8th a Postage Stamp 3. They just all followed each other perfectly. Took us a day and a half to route all 18."

 Public with maybe 100 or so memberships.



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Tony_Chapman

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Re: King-Collins new build in Eastern Nebraska
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2019, 05:41:47 PM »
Pretty excited about this project as a forever Nebraska. Family is well involved in golf here. Son Will in on the Nebraska Golf Association board and, I believe, the current club champion at Prairie Dunes as well. A good Mid-Am player. Will be great for our state and the land look amazing.
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jeffwarne

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Re: King-Collins new build in Eastern Nebraska
« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2019, 07:07:09 PM »
Course will cover 580 acres....
surely there's an explanation there...or a misquote...
heavy sigh
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Kalen Braley

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Re: King-Collins new build in Eastern Nebraska
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2019, 07:31:44 PM »
Quote from: jeffwarne on August 22, 2019, 07:07:09 PM
Course will cover 580 acres....
surely there's an explanation there...or a misquote...
heavy sigh

I was wondering same Jeff.

Didn't think they'd build an extreme cart ball course in Nebraska, but maybe you just gotta go with the best 18 you find...even if they're a bit far apart...
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Rob Collins

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Re: King-Collins new build in Eastern Nebraska
« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2019, 10:08:09 PM »

The site is 580 acres, but the course occupies around 200. The green to tee connections are very close, and it will be easily walkable.

Quote from: jeffwarne on August 22, 2019, 07:07:09 PM
Course will cover 580 acres....
surely there's an explanation there...or a misquote...
heavy sigh
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jeffwarne

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Re: King-Collins new build in Eastern Nebraska
« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2019, 11:07:51 PM »
Quote from: Rob Collins on August 22, 2019, 10:08:09 PM

The site is 580 acres, but the course occupies around 200. The green to tee connections are very close, and it will be easily walkable.

Quote from: jeffwarne on August 22, 2019, 07:07:09 PM
Course will cover 580 acres....
surely there's an explanation there...or a misquote...
heavy sigh


Exactly as I figured-poor phrasing by the author of the tweet
exhale
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PCCraig

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Re: King-Collins new build in Eastern Nebraska
« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2019, 10:52:37 AM »
Is the soil sandy at all? Maybe not so much in that part of the state?
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Jason Topp

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Re: King-Collins new build in Eastern Nebraska
« Reply #12 on: August 23, 2019, 10:57:58 AM »
This isn't in the Loess Hills is it?  I have to think there will be stability issues if it is.
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ward peyronnin

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Re: King-Collins new build in Eastern Nebraska
« Reply #13 on: August 31, 2019, 04:53:15 PM »
Kudos Rob
Can you post any pics
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Jason Hines

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Re: King-Collins new build in Eastern Nebraska
« Reply #14 on: August 31, 2019, 05:57:48 PM »
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Jay Mickle

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Re: King-Collins new build in Eastern Nebraska
« Reply #15 on: September 01, 2019, 07:52:06 AM »
Great land movement with a very bold routing.
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John Kavanaugh

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Re: King-Collins new build in Eastern Nebraska
« Reply #16 on: September 01, 2019, 08:26:39 AM »
Looks like Dismal White. I hope they Jack that baby up and put it in the front yard for all to see.
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Ryan Taylor

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Re: King-Collins new build in Eastern Nebraska
« Reply #17 on: September 06, 2019, 10:18:05 AM »
Is Andy Johnson from the Fried Egg involved in the design of this project? Or, is he documenting the design and build for content purposes?
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V_Halyard

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Re: King-Collins new build in Eastern Nebraska
« Reply #18 on: September 07, 2019, 12:37:20 PM »
Here is some first hand observer information answering some previous questions:

1: The site is a porous sandy loam that drains well with surprisingly little erosion.
2: Bulldozers love it but it packs like damp sand.
3: Big sky long views and wide, Irish style valleys. Think Strandhill and Enniscrone. Elevation changes are dramatic.
4: No ocean view but there are endless horizon views that transit the Missouri River, miles of Corn, Soybeans, Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota.
5: Sun Up and Sun Down are epic.
4: You can assume there will be intermittent documentary photo and film work.
6: In the initial dozer time trials: Tad V. Rob : Tad is 1 Up
7: Re: Fried Egg, Only the architects are architecting. Storytellers are storytelling.
8: Damn, on my DVR, Kimi Raikkonen just went into the barrier on the Parabolica, Red Flagging the Q3 session so I need to pay attention.


Will update as available
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RJ_Daley

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Re: King-Collins new build in Eastern Nebraska
« Reply #19 on: September 07, 2019, 11:08:38 PM »
The article pics put me in mind of Erin Hills, preconstruction.🤔
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Adam Lawrence

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Re: King-Collins new build in Eastern Nebraska
« Reply #20 on: September 08, 2019, 07:01:26 AM »
Quote from: V_Halyard on September 07, 2019, 12:37:20 PM
Here is some first hand observer information answering some previous questions:

4: No ocean view


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V_Halyard

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Re: King-Collins new build in Eastern Nebraska
« Reply #21 on: September 08, 2019, 08:50:24 AM »
Quote from: Adam Lawrence on September 08, 2019, 07:01:26 AM
Quote from: V_Halyard on September 07, 2019, 12:37:20 PM
Here is some first hand observer information answering some previous questions:

4: No ocean view


SCOOP OF THE CENTURY!!!!
Thank you for noticing. I’ve been honing my observation skills. Lol.
(I happily welcome your crusty return)
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Ryan Taylor

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Re: King-Collins new build in Eastern Nebraska
« Reply #22 on: September 09, 2019, 08:33:34 PM »
Quote from: V_Halyard on September 07, 2019, 12:37:20 PM
Here is some first hand observer information answering some previous questions:

1: The site is a porous sandy loam that drains well with surprisingly little erosion.
2: Bulldozers love it but it packs like damp sand.
3: Big sky long views and wide, Irish style valleys. Think Strandhill and Enniscrone. Elevation changes are dramatic.
4: No ocean view but there are endless horizon views that transit the Missouri River, miles of Corn, Soybeans, Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota.
5: Sun Up and Sun Down are epic.
4: You can assume there will be intermittent documentary photo and film work.
6: In the initial dozer time trials: Tad V. Rob : Tad is 1 Up
7: Re: Fried Egg, Only the architects are architecting. Storytellers are storytelling.
8: Damn, on my DVR, Kimi Raikkonen just went into the barrier on the Parabolica, Red Flagging the Q3 session so I need to pay attention.


Will update as available

Thank you for update. This will be a cool project to follow. Can you expand on point 7? Will Andy be writing articles, YouTube episodes and/or Insta stories?? I think a YouTube series on the design, construction, grow and opening in the spirit of the NLU Tourist Sauce series would be wildly entertaining. King-Collins seems like the perfect fit for this type of storytelling.
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Morgan Clawson

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Re: King-Collins new build in Eastern Nebraska
« Reply #23 on: October 01, 2019, 02:34:13 PM »
Here's Rob Collins' drawing of the Landmand routing.  I added hole numbers by the greens.





Here's the land from outer space.  Lots of natural hills and valleys to work with.
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Morgan Clawson

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Re: King-Collins new build in Eastern Nebraska: Landmand Golf Club
« Reply #24 on: October 02, 2019, 12:05:04 PM »
Here's a terrific video from our own Vaughn Halyard that discusses the origins of Landmand and shows how terrific the land is:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beVRGSaECxg&feature=youtu.be
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