The Harvester GC
Rhodes, IA (40 mins NW of Des Moines)
Harvester GC #3
2000, Keith Foster
2010 Fees: $65-$110
#53 2010 Golf Magazine Top 100 You Can Play
Golf.com Review: The Harvester Golf Club is a high-end public, daily-fee facility featuring a championship 18-hole golf course designed by architect Keith Foster. The Tournament Course opened in 2003, stretches over 300 acres and boasts dramatic elevation changes throughout its design (up to 110-feet in some areas). The course plays around Lake Harvester and there are several small ponds and streams coming into play on the course. The rolling fairways play through natural wetlands and densely wooded areas. The greens are large (averaging 7,500 square feet) and a challenge to putt. Bunkering is at a minimum, but those that are present are generally large, flat and well placed to reinforce risk/reward play. The Harvester Tournament Course plays from 5,115 to a whopping 7,340-yards, and there are five sets of tees to challenge all skill levels.