Shadow Valley Course
Rogers, AR, USA


Shadow Valley Country Club sits in Rogers, Arkansas, in the northwest corner of the state where the Ozark plateau provides rolling terrain and wooded corridors. The course was designed by Jerry Slack, an architect who worked primarily in the mid-South and Southwest during the latter decades of the twentieth century. Slack's designs typically emphasize playability across skill levels while incorporating the natural movement of the land, and Shadow Valley follows this approach with routing that moves through elevation changes and tree-lined fairways characteristic of the region. The layout takes advantage of the property's topography, with holes that play uphill and downhill through hardwood forests and across small valleys. Water features appear on several holes, and the greens present moderate undulation that rewards accurate approach play. The course serves as the centerpiece of a residential community and functions as a traditional country club with a membership that includes local families and business professionals from the Rogers-Bentonville area. Rogers has grown considerably in recent decades as part of the broader northwest Arkansas corridor, and Shadow Valley has served as an established golf venue in the community since its opening. The club offers a full range of amenities typical of regional country clubs, including dining facilities and social programming alongside its golf operations. The course provides a familiar parkland experience suited to the Ozark landscape, with tree management and conditioning that reflect the challenges of maintaining bentgrass or hybrid turf in this transitional climate zone.
Course with a tale of two nines, the front is tight and demanding off the tee and where you hit the ball on the fast undulating greens. The back is much more forgiving with simple greens, however it is much longer, generally leading to further approach shots. The sore spot for the course is the bunkers, while they looks good, there is far too much sand, leading to the improbability of hitting good golf shots. Greens are fast and true, fairways lush and in great shape, rough is penalizing and adds to the challenge of the course.
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FAQ
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Shadow Valley was designed by Jerry Slack.
Shadow Valley is listed as private on Course Vaults; guest access is typically restricted.
Par at Shadow Valley is 72.
Shadow Valley plays 7,101 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Shadow Valley is 147.
Shadow Valley is a 18-hole course.