
Big Sugar Course
Big Sugar Golf Club
About this course
Big Sugar Golf Club sits in the northwest corner of Arkansas near Pea Ridge, a region known for its rolling Ozark terrain and Civil War history. The course was designed by Jerry Slack, a regional architect who has worked primarily in Arkansas and neighboring states. The layout takes advantage of the area's natural topography, with elevation changes and wooded corridors typical of courses built in this part of the Ozarks. The routing moves through a landscape of hardwood forests and open meadows, with fairways that follow the land's contours rather than impose dramatic earthwork. Slack's design approach here emphasizes playability for a range of skill levels while incorporating the natural features of the property. The course serves as the centerpiece of a residential development, a common model for daily-fee facilities in growing communities outside larger metropolitan areas. Big Sugar functions as a public-access facility in a region where golf options have expanded over the past two decades. The club provides a straightforward golf experience without the tournament pedigree or national recognition of courses in more densely populated parts of the state. For golfers traveling through northwest Arkansas or visiting nearby Bentonville and Rogers, it represents one of several modern layouts built to serve the area's increasing population and corporate presence.
Quick facts
- Location
- Pea Ridge, AR, USA
- Access
- Public
- Year built
- 2002
- Designer
- Jerry Slack
- Holes
- 18
- Par
- 72
- Length
- 7,201 yards
- Difficulty
- 76.9/150
Getting there
The journey to Big Sugar Golf Club begins at Northwest Arkansas National Airport in Bentonville, a swift twenty-minute drive north into the rolling Ozark foothills near Pea Ridge. The route traces quiet two-lane roads through northwest Arkansas farmland and forest, the landscape gradually revealing the elevated ridgelines that give this corner of the state its character. As you approach, the transition is subtle but unmistakable - civilization yields to seclusion, and the final turn delivers you to one of the region's most discreet and meticulously crafted golf sanctuaries, perched where the Ozarks begin their gentle rise.

FAQ
Common questions about Big Sugar
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Big Sugar was designed by Jerry Slack.
Yes. Big Sugar is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.
Par at Big Sugar is 72.
Big Sugar plays 7,201 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Big Sugar is 150.
Big Sugar is a 18-hole course.


