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Our annual golf trip made a, return for some and first time for others, trip to Valentine to experience what is The Prairie Club (A 36 hole + horse course paradise). On a three day, all you can play, bender we started day one on The Dunes and finished day 3 back on the Dunes. For those that have not been out here it is a golfers paradise. Secluded from basically everything you golf, eat, drink and enjoy the ambiance. Lodging is awesome, food is great and the golf is spectacular.

The Dunes course is a championship level golf course that offers great options on different tees for all players. It is made up of wide fairways, strategic bunkering and surrounded by prairie/fescue grass. The Dunes rewards good shots and punishes poor ones. Most of these shots can depend on the wind speeds for that day. You catch a 20-30 mph day out of the south, good luck!

My favorite part of this golf course is the bunkering. Some huge bunkers with faces so large you can't see the green. They are very strategic and tricky the first time around as some look closer than they appear and some much farther away. Take note and remember them for the replay round!

The green sizes are huge out there so you will want to spend some time getting the green speeds down as you are likely to have plenty of 40+ foot putts.

This course provides an excellent mix of challenging par 4's, playable par 5's and a host of different looking par 3's. Each 9 has a driveable par 4 which are always fun for the male ego. My favorite hole was the driveable par 4 5th. An inviting yardage coupled with a tiny window in the front of the green with a false front leads to many bogeys or worse.

Overall The Dunes was an awesome experience that provides an opportunity to shoot around par (par 73) or better if you are striking it well that day but can turn to a trip on the struggle bus if you don't have it that day. Strongly suggest making the trip out there. Check out my review of their other course (The Pines) and the Horse Course.