Big Cedar Lodge: Ozarks National
Hollister, MO, United States • Public
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Evan Schiller
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Evan Schiller
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Evan Schiller
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Evan Schiller
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Evan Schiller
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Evan Schiller
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Evan Schiller
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Evan Schiller
Overview
The Ozarks of southern Missouri are not tall, but their ridge-and-valley topography provide a sense of heightened elevation. Ozarks National at Big Cedar Lodge takes advantage of the illusion with holes that run out along ridgetops and onto elongated fingers of land that fall off into wooded ravines. Formerly the site of a different, much narrower golf course, Coore & Crenshaw found ways to widen out many of the same spaces and added new holes on previously unused parts of the property. Though not as broad as is customary for the designers, the cant of the holes and the engaging fairway bunkering put a premium on shaping shots and hitting the correct line off the tee.
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Second 100 Greatest: Ranked 155th, 2021-'22.
100 Greatest Public: Ranked 33rd, 2023-'24. Previous ranking: 30th.
Best in State: Ranked second, 2021-'22.
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