City: Carter Lake, IA

Category: Parks & Recreation

Telephone: (712) 347-5173

Address: 210 Locust St.

Description: Shoreline might be the best value of any golf course in the Omaha metro area. The 18-hole public course is located in nearby Carter Lake, Iowa, which is just minutes from downtown Omaha. It’s actually on the way to Omaha’s airport, allowing you to sneak in a quick round right before or after a flight. Shoreline’s layout is full of the character and charm often missing from affordable public courses. Giant, ancient trees line the fairways. A lake comes into play on several holes, including one treacherous tee shot over water on each nine. And, from the back tees, Shoreline provides a difficult but fair test of golf that you rarely find for this price.