The NebGolf Podcast | Scott Hoffman
Omaha Native Designs New Lost Rail Golf Club
OMAHA (March 10, 2022) –Omaha native Scott Hoffman joined the NebGolf Podcast to talk about his design of the new Lost Rail Golf Club, opening this year near Gretna.
Hoffman was an accomplished junior golfer out of Omaha Westside High School. He won the 1987 Nebraska Junior Amateur at Beatrice Country Club, and went on to play golf at the University of Nebraska and Creighton University.
The journey to becoming a golf course architect started in church around the age of 10 for Hoffman. He would pass the time by drawing golf holes in the church bulletin. That eventually became more than a pastime, as he went to work for Bill Kubly and Landscapes Unlimited after graduating from Creighton.
After learning the business of building golf courses for five years, Hoffman went on to work for the acclaimed golf course architect Tom Fazio. He worked on some major projects under Fazio, including Gozzer Ranch Golf and Lake Club in Idaho, currently the No. 31 course in the U.S., according to Golf Digest.
Hoffman has been heavily involved in several other high-profile projects, including Scottsdale National Golf Club and the Dunes Course at Monterey Peninsula Country Club.
It was a back-and-forth with his cousin, Dirk Chatelain of the Omaha World-Herald, though that sparked his latest project. The cousins started playing around with contour maps in Douglas and Sarpy Counties, and everything escalated when they found a property near Gretna in 2019. Pretty soon, they were working with Kubly and Landscapes Unlimited to purchase the land and start building a new private club with Hoffman's design.
Wrapping up a crazy, fun year at Lost Rail. The final 12 days of 2021 call for a holiday photo thread.
Through New Year’s, we’ll post some of our favorites from construction.
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— Lost Rail Golf Club (@LostRailGolf) December 21, 2021
Lost Rail Golf Club is nearly complete, and will open later this year. It features an 18-hole golf course, as well as a six-hole short course. The club is all about golf, no tennis courts or pool. Hoffman said the course sits on three distinctive land forms and the variety of the topography and holes will create a memorable experience.
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The Nebraska Golf Association, founded in 1966, is comprised of all members of public and private clubs and/or municipal or regional golf associations which utilize an approved handicap service recognized by the USGA and provided by the NGA. Our mission is to uphold and promote the game of golf and its values to all golfers in Nebraska. Among the duties of the Association include governance of member clubs and service as their handicapping and course rating authority, conduct of state golf championships, local USGA qualifying & other notable competitions, promotion of junior golf, presentation of worthwhile educational programs and support of allied golf organizations in Nebraska. The Nebraska Golf Association is an Allied Golf Association of the USGA and carries out core services including Handicap Administration and Oversight, Course Rating, Rules of Golf and Rules of Amateur Status, Tournaments and USGA Championship Qualifiers and USGA Initiatives and Community Programs.
