Golf in McCook

McCook in Red Willow County is the dominant commercial center of southwestern Nebraska, a city of roughly 7,500 along the Republican River that has maintained its services despite the rural population decline that has affected most of this part of the state. McCook is the birthplace of U.S. Senator George Norris, the progressive Republican who championed rural electrification and the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s. Heritage Hills Golf Course serves a city substantial enough to support an eighteen-hole layout, providing the golf infrastructure expected of a genuine regional hub. Senator George Norris's legacy — rural electrification, the TVA, the Norris-LaGuardia Act — gives McCook a political history of national significance. Heritage Hills Golf Course serves a regional hub that has maintained quality services and infrastructure despite the rural population decline affecting most of southwestern Nebraska.