Golf in West Bend

West Bend is a Palo Alto County community in north Iowa. The Palo Alto County agricultural landscape near the Iowa Great Lakes region and the small community's farming heritage create the north Iowa setting. Golf serves the West Bend area's agricultural community. Iowa's position at the heart of the American agricultural economy — one of the world's most productive farming regions — creates communities shaped by land values, commodity markets, and the natural seasons, and local golf serves as a year-round social institution in this distinctively Midwestern setting. 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.