CIMARRON VALLEY GOLF CLUB

All too often, golf courses are named using all kinds of hyperbole. It may be that they have "hills" in their name on a perfectly flat piece of land. Or they call themselves "links" with no ocean front property within several thousand miles of the first tee. That's mostly harmless and it probably goes unnoticed by most golfers who are more interested in hitting shots than the literal meaning behind the course's name. However, understanding the name of Cimarron Valley Golf Club tells you a lot about this special golf course tucked into the southwest corner of Haskell County, Kansas, a few miles west of Satanta on U.S. Highway 56. The nearby Cimarron River influenced the name of the golf course and was named by the Spanish speaking explorers centuries ago as they traveled this part of the state. The word they used to describe the river means "wild" and "untamed" and there is no hyperbole applying the same word to the golf course. Measuring 3,175 yards for nine holes from the back tees,..

Primary location: Satanta United States