Glen Oaks Country Club

Glen Oaks Country Club sits in West Des Moines, Iowa, and features a Tom Fazio design that opened in the late 1990s. The course represents Fazio's approach to modern championship golf in the Midwest, with substantial earthmoving used to create elevation changes and strategic interest across relatively flat Iowa terrain. The routing takes advantage of mature hardwoods and incorporates water features throughout, characteristics typical of Fazio's work from this period. The layout emphasizes playability from multiple tee sets while maintaining challenge for accomplished players through green complexes, strategic bunkering, and water hazards that come into play on several holes. Fazio's signature attention to conditioning standards and visual presentation is evident in the manicured fairways and carefully framed sight lines. The course stretches over 7,000 yards from the championship tees and features bentgrass playing surfaces suited to the Iowa climate. Glen Oaks serves as a private club and has hosted regional amateur competitions, including USGA qualifiers and Iowa Golf Association championships. The club maintains a traditional country club atmosphere with facilities that include tennis and swimming alongside golf. The course reflects the era of upscale residential golf development in the Des Moines metropolitan area during the 1990s, when several communities built championship-caliber courses as centerpieces for residential neighborhoods.