Omaha Country Club

Omaha Country Club has operated on a piece of Carter Lake, Iowa just across the Missouri River from Omaha, Nebraska since 1899 — making it one of the oldest country clubs in the Plains States. The course has been redesigned multiple times since the late-1800s opening, with significant work through subsequent decades and continuing agronomic-and-architectural updates. The unusual cross-state setting — the club operates in Iowa but serves Omaha, Nebraska — gives the property a distinct institutional context within the broader Plains States country-club landscape.

The course plays around 6,800 yards par 71 from the back markers, with bent fairways and a slope in the upper 130s. The yardage is short by modern championship standards, but the routing's age and the natural Missouri River valley terrain — the property has been a golf course continuously since 1899 — give the course defense that modern equipment doesn't overcome through length alone. The fairways play firm given the Missouri River valley subsoil. The mature deciduous canopy through the property has grown to championship-narrowing dimensions over the club's 125-plus year history.

Omaha Country Club is private and access is members and accompanied guests only. The membership is regional Omaha business and professional families with multi-generation ties through the club's late-1800s founding. The institutional history as one of the oldest Plains States country clubs is the primary identity, and the hospitality model is traditional country club. The course hosted the 2013 U.S. Senior Open (Kenny Perry won).

Plains States climate gives Omaha Country Club a playing season of April through October, with the firmest conditions in late August and September. The course closes through Plains States winter and reopens when the soil thaws. The Missouri River corridor gives the property reliable groundwater.