In northeast Nebraska, Will Andersen and his crew are moving forward with unfinished business next to the project that first brought them to industry attention.
Andersen, a fourth-generation member of a Nebraska farming family of Danish extraction, is best known in the golf world as the owner and developer of Landmand, a maximalist course in a minimalist age, designed by Rob Collins and Tad King on a sprawling property that required Herculean earth moving. Landmand’s fairways are expansive, its hazards are outsize, and demand for access to it matches the scale of the layout. When tee times opened earlier this year, they disappeared almost instantly for the season.
Old Dane sits about five miles aways as the crow flies and Andersen says it’s not so much a sequel as a release valve — a place to welcome golfers who haven’t been able to get on Landmand, or who simply haven’t gotten their fill.
“We get a lot of people who want to play 36 and that’s not always possible,” Andersen told GOLF.com. “We’re hoping this will give them another option. Maybe you sneak over to Old Dane before or after your round at Landmand, even if it’s just for a few holes.”
The Andersens have owned the property for nearly two decades, rebuilding it once already as a nine-hole layout. After Landmand’s breakout success, Andersen enlisted architect Trevor Dormer, now part of the King-Collins team, to rethink the site from the ground up.
Commandeering acreage from what was the practice range, Dormer expanded the routing to 12 holes and introduced movement where almost none existed before, adding roughly 30 feet of elevation change to what had been a nearly flat property. The 11th, a volcano hole, ranks among the standouts in a set of freshly reshaped greens.
“Fun” might be the industry’s favorite buzzword. But “flexibility” is up there, too. Old Dane is conceived with both in mind. Its routing is configured to allow for three, six, nine or 12-hole loops, each returning to a soon-to-be-renovated clubhouse. Access will likely be first-come, first-served, and there will be distractions if there’s a wait list, including a large putting course, and bocce and croquet courts. Preview play could begin late in 2026, depending on the growing season, with a full opening expected in 2027.
Andersen said he’s not expecting Old Dane to gain the same national profile as Landmand. But that’s not what he’s after, anyway.
“However things go,” he said, “I’m hoping that this will a great place for the community.”
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