Sand Creek Station Golf Course

Club information
Coordinates	38°01′11″N 97°21′49″W / 38.0196°N 97.3635°W / 38.0196; -97.3635
Location	Newton Township, Harvey County, near Newton, Kansas
Established	2006
Type	Public
Total holes	18
Events hosted	PGA Nationwide Tour Pro/Am Tournament[dead link‍]
Designed by	Jeff Brauer
Par	72
Length	7200 yards Longest hole is #10 - 648 yards
Course rating	76.3

Sand Creek Station Golf Course just outside Newton, Kansas, is a links-style 18-hole public golf course with a bent grass playing surface designed by architect Jeff Brauer.

Unique features include an active railway running through the course, Sand Creek bordering four holes, and eleven custom ponds. A wooden cart bridge spans Sand Creek, and a concrete underpass allows carts to travel under the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad tracks. A biking/walking path runs along the tracks from the course to Southwest 14th Street.

The par-72 course spans 7,200 yards which sits on the native grass.

The course is one of the most highly acclaimed in Kansas; in 2007 Golfweek Magazine ranked Sand Creek Station as the second-best public course in the state, behind only Colbert Hills in Manhattan, Kansas.^[1]

• Golf Digest ranked Sand Creek Station among 2006's best new public courses in America in its January 2008 issue.^[2]
• Golfweek Magazine named Sand Creek Station the No. 2 public course in the state of Kansas in March 2007.^[1]
• The Kansas chapter of the American Public Works Association named Sand Creek Station a Public Works Project of the Year in 2007.
• The National Golf Foundation honored Sand Creek Station with a Customer Loyalty Award in January 2007.^[3]
• GOLF Magazine recognized Sand Creek Station as a Top Ten New Course You Can Play in December 2006.^[4]
• Industry magazine Golf Inc. named Sand Creek Station as a finalist for top new public course in the country in November 2006.
• The American Council of Engineering Companies of Kansas awarded Sand Creek Station a City Public Improvement Award in November 2006.^[5]

• Official site
• Kemper Sports Management
• City of Newton Archived 2007-04-26 at the Wayback Machine