Illustrative imageMullen, Nebraska
Dismal River Club (White Course)
About the club
Dismal River, named for the eponymous body of water that flows through the rural Nebraska site, was created in the early 2000s as a slightly more upscale alternative to Sand Hills, at least amenity-wise. Located just a few miles from its inspiration, a course perennially ranked among the top 10 on America's 100 Greatest Courses, Dismal River struggled to live up to its lofty goals and has changed ownership and operators several times. The White Course (a second course, the Red, was added in 2013) rolls across landforms similar to Sand Hills but are often more extreme and abrupt. When Jack Nicklaus was guiding his team through construction, he never went to examine what made the neighbor course so admired, and parts of the White lack the grace and naturalness of Sand Hills. The ground could have benefited from a little more cutting and shaping, and in fact work was later done to soften and modify several holes. That's not to say there aren't stretches of great golf and powerfully emotional moments looking across the endless horizons of heaving grass dunes. The par-5 fourth plowing through a low valley adjacent to a broad sand blowout stands apart, as does the dogleg left seventh that climbs toward a natural greensite. Big hitters can try to drive the blind green over the top of a dune at the par-4 eighth, and the 11th, 14th and 15th all have turbulent greens partially hidden by bunkers and sand hill brows.
Amenities
Business Centre
Casual Dining
Club House
Concierge
Dining
Event Spaces
Fine Dining
Fishing
Courses (3)
Membership
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Dismal River Club (White Course)
Membership
2026/27
Monthly Equivalent
On request
over 10 yrs
Year 1 Total
On request
Lifetime Total
On request
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Assistant Golf Course Superintendent
Burke Schneider
Location
83040 Dismal River Trail, Mullen, Nebraska 69152, United States
Reviews
4.7
98 reviews
I'm only reviewing the sporting clays and the dinner.... The clay throwers broke a lot of clays, they didn't charge me for it, but it was pretty sad. They did come and fix several throwers that wouldn't operate at all, but for the price, I'm sorry, I feel like that's something you shouldn't have to deal with. The bar food.... Well a medium rare burger wasn't anywhere near medium or rare. Like it was cardboard. They opened a bottle of tea, the kind you buy at Walmart, and poured it in our glasses. And then charged us $3 for each glass. I'm not trying to bash the place, everyone was helpful. But for a $350 afternoon I felt like it wasn't 5 stars.
Bill
I was lucky enough to have a buddy whose Dad was a member at Dismal River and went back in 2023. The staff was incredible and accommodating to all of our needs. The lodging set up is awesome. We stayed in a 4 bedroom lodge each with individual rooms and bathrooms. The golf was incredible one day fee to play as much as you want was incredible for that condition of courses. I prefer the Red Course, probably because I played better on that course but the White course is great as well. The only negatives I have is could use one more restaurant on property and the pool could be better. But you are there to golf and that is what Dismal River is all about. I cannot wait to go back again to play. Truly an incredible place.
DallasReb #1
Unbelievable place , great golf , food and people. The houses were really nice and don't miss the shooting ranges
Jayce Witmer