Think sand-green golf is simply pasture golf? While occasionally true, sand-green courses — just like courses with grass greens — vary considerably in quality. Conditions also can vary widely due to time of year and regional site conditions. Some sand-green courses have rolling terrain in open environments with few trees and little separation between holes — sort of links style, if you will. Others have water features — e.g., creeks, ponds, and lakes — with plenty of trees. For example, at the nine-hole, sand-green Glasco Country Club in rural Kansas, there are a variety of par 3s, 4s, and 5s, a tree-lined creek that comes into play on eight of the nine holes, and two dogleg par 4s (one left and one right). Some sand greens are flush with the ground; others are slightly elevated above grade. Sand greens generally are flat, but some have a little slope, so players must still read the green and play some break, usually a few inches.

– Ty McClellan, Golf in its Most Economical Form, Green Section Record, USGA. (PDF)

A beautifully positioned nine hole sand green golf course located between Delphos and Glasco, Kansas

Via Glasco GC

The course was featured in A Slice of Paradise – a short film by Liam Tangum and No Laying Up