The Meadows Golf Club

The Meadows Golf Club in Dubuque, Iowa, is a Bob Lohmann design that serves the greater Dubuque area along the Mississippi River corridor. Lohmann, a regional architect active primarily in the Midwest during the latter decades of the twentieth century, designed courses throughout Iowa and neighboring states, typically working with the rolling agricultural and river valley terrain characteristic of the region. His designs generally emphasize playability for a range of skill levels while incorporating the natural land movement available on each site. The course occupies terrain typical of eastern Iowa, where the landscape transitions between river bluffs and interior farmland. Dubuque itself sits in a particularly scenic section of the upper Mississippi valley, where pronounced topography creates elevation changes and views uncommon in much of Iowa. Courses in this area often feature a mix of open, meadow-like holes and others that move through more varied terrain with mature tree corridors and natural drainage patterns. The Meadows serves as a daily-fee or semi-private facility—common for Lohmann designs—providing accessible golf to the local community. Dubuque's golf season runs from spring through fall, with the course reflecting the traditional Midwest layout priorities of straightforward routing, manageable length for recreational players, and maintenance practices suited to the climate. The club functions as a neighborhood amenity rather than a destination course, typical of many regional designs from this era and architect.