Sage Lakes Municipal Golf Course

About the club

In the beginning, the site for Sage Lakes was very flat; 1/2 to 1 % grade with the Progressive Canal bisecting the property. Other irrigation ditches were also a factor in the design solution. With various water sources available to the site, it was vital to utilize each source and direct them to a central pumping lake. The land was owned by Dale Mickelsen & Tim Jenkins who donated the entire parcel of land (128 acres) to the City of Idaho Falls. There were several design goals. First, to design an eighteen hole golf course which would be a fair test for the good player yet forgiving for the less gifted player. Secondly, the course must serve the City’s needs as well as the developer’s needs since the developer contributed a large portion of the land for the golf course. Finally, the design must start and finish at a Tower Road location.