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Prairie Knolls Country Club sits in New Sharon, a small agricultural town in Mahaska County in south-central Iowa, where the gently rolling terrain of the Des Moines Lobe gives way to the broader prairie landscape that has defined this part of the state for generations. Golf courses in this corner of Iowa tend to reflect their surroundings honestly — open skies, seasonal winds, and fairways that move with the natural lay of the land rather than against it.
As a country club serving a rural community, Prairie Knolls occupies a particular place in the local fabric. These kinds of member-supported clubs are the backbone of golf in small-town Iowa, offering residents a social and recreational anchor that a town of New Sharon's size might not otherwise sustain. The course experience here is almost certainly unhurried, familiar, and community-driven in a way that larger metropolitan clubs rarely manage.
The par-70 layout signals a course that rewards shot-making and course management over pure distance. Two fewer par-5s than a standard par-72 means scoring relies on precision and smart approaches rather than the ability to simply overpower the property.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White · men | 5,548 | 66.2 | 111 | 70 |
| Red · women | 4,838 | 67.2 | 113 | 72 |
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