Bent Creek Golf Course & Estates

By far the best public course in the area. Multiple tees to chose from, whites for the average joes, blues for the more experienced, and blacks for the best. The course is typically very well maintained and staff always friendly. The front 9 plays tight with trees and water with the back 9 being a little more open to swing freely. Sometimes the rough does get a little thick and it is hard to find a ball that rolled 3 feet off the fairway, but overall, one of the best courses you can play in Southeast Missouri.

I was in the Cape Girardeau/​Jackson area for a few days and wanted to play a round of golf. I went online and found Bent Creek in Jackson and am glad I did. This is one of the most beautiful public courses I’ve ever played. Perfectly maintained, with flowers on every tee box. Not that flowers makes the golf better but it really shows the attention to detail the course puts into keeping the place up and making it look good.
There are 5 sets of tees. The course plays just over 6,000 yards from the middle (white) tees, which is where I played from. I showed up by myself and asked the pro shop to add me to a group so I wouldn’t have to play alone. I was lucky enough to be put with a course marshall and his son, so they knew the course very well.
The course is challenging but not overly so. There are no unfair holes. Most of the par 3 holes play fairly long … 160 to 180+ yards, so no short 100 yard par 3s. Lots of rolling hills, but no big doglegs. Wide open layout so swing away!
I absolutely loved it and hope to play it again next time I’m back in the area.