by Joe Buege
This article does not do Hawktree justice. I have been fortunate enough to golf some very dramatic courses, Whistling Straits, Wolf Creek, Royal County Down, Carne, Ballybunion. While I would not say Hawktree is world class, it's shot values and WOW factor are wwwwaaaaayyyyy up there.
The clubhouse is perched 150 feet above most of the course which explores the ravines and watershed of a sprawling North Dakota landscape. Each hole is unique, each Par 3 it's own Signature hole.
In spite of some grueling elevation changes, the course is walkable. My boys, 12 and 13, and I walked it in 4 hours. Recently ranked as 17th best Course you can play it could also qualify higher at fifty bucks or less. We paid less as part of the Lewis and Clark Trail promotion which included Links of North Dakota and Bully Pulpit.
If there was a reason to go to Bismarck, this is it!