Golf in Lamoni

Lamoni is a Decatur County community in far south Iowa near the Missouri border, headquarters of the Community of Christ religious organization and home of Graceland University. The university's presence and the religious organization's headquarters create a distinctive south Iowa community identity. Golf serves the Lamoni area's community in the south Iowa landscape. The community's recreational golf culture reflects the Iowa values that have shaped the state's communities: civic participation, accessible outdoor recreation, and the seasonal pleasures of Iowa's four-season climate, where the warm summers and the brilliant autumn days create a golf season of genuine quality. Golf in this Iowa community provides the recreational and social infrastructure that sustains community life in the agricultural heartland, where the course serves farmers, small business owners, teachers, and county professionals in a setting shaped by the productive Iowa landscape.