Story of Nebraska course is author Lawrence’s first golf book
HOMER, Nebraska – The Landmand golf course in eastern Nebraska has had the story of its gestation and creation recorded in print by golf journalist and writer Adam Lawrence, his first published golf book.
‘Up Top: The Story of Landmand’ publishes today, to mark the start of the 2025 season at the acclaimed course, which was designed and constructed by King-Collins Design.
Lawrence, who has served as editor of the global magazine ‘Golf Course Architecture’ since its foundation in 2005, has worked with the Landmand team since before the golf course opened in 2022, handling its public relations.
“After working with Landmand for a couple of years and getting to know the Andersen family, who developed the golf course, I realised that their story, and that of the course itself, was too good not to be recorded for posterity,” says Lawrence. “So I proposed the book to Will Andersen, and thankfully he thought it was a good idea.
“I’m really proud of what we have produced – it has a great story to tell, and it looks fantastic.”
‘Up Top’ tells how the young Carl Andersen left his home in Denmark in 1913, and settled in the north-east of Nebraska, becoming a farmer, and how his son Leo built the family farm up to a large enterprise. Leo’s son Bryce and grandson Will continued the family farming tradition, but diversified into golf, buying a local nine hole course and renaming it Old Dane to mark their heritage.
After many mishaps, they finally decided to develop an eighteen hole course, and by a remarkable series of coincidences, the design and build team of Rob Collins and Tad King were hired for the project, King-Collins’s first eighteen hole course.
Since its opening, Landmand has been highly acclaimed, and become wildly popular, selling out its entire 2025 tee time inventory in less than an hour.
“My family is very rooted in the local community, and we are very happy and grateful to have brought attention to it by building Landmand,” says Will Andersen. “Now, I hope Adam’s book will attract even more notice.”
The book costs $70, and can be purchased from the Landmand pro shop, and also by visiting the club’s online store at https://landmandgc.square.site/s/shop and clicking the ‘Books’ link.
