This is golf s answer to Field of Dreams a sporting oasis in the middle of an Iowa cornfield Blue Top Ridge is a brawny Rees Jones design that boasts remarkable variety with three different landforms The front nine begins in a prairie before descending at the 4th to a river plain a trio of holes are set on the Iowa River The back nine is carved into a hillside that boosts the drama quotient There is a wonderful ebb and flow to the course but the finishing stretch will resonate especially the gargantuan 665 yard 16th hole where a creek splits the landing areas