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Anaconda, Montana, United States · Golf with history

Old Works

Black bunkers, copper-country history

  • Black slag bunkers
  • Former copper smelter
Old Works golf course with the Anaconda Smelter Stack visible across the valley.
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Old Works golf course with the Anaconda Smelter Stack visible across the valley.
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Public tee times
The round
18 holes · Jack Nicklaus

Why go

Those black bunkers used to be part of a copper-smelting story.

A bunker is usually where the sand interrupts the grass. Here, it also explains where you are.

Old Works occupies a former copper-smelting site in Anaconda. The golf course emerged from a cleanup and redevelopment effort, with Jack Nicklaus incorporating reminders of the industrial landscape into the design.

The black sand has a past

The bunker material is slag from Anaconda’s copper-smelting history. It gives the course its unmistakable contrast and connects the golf to the site’s earlier life.

More of the story

The most striking detail is the black slag used in the bunkers. Nicklaus Design identifies it as material left by the copper-smelting process. Against the fairways, it makes a familiar golf-course feature look almost like a different substance altogether.

Look beyond the bunkers and the history continues. Remnants of the old works accompany the front nine, while the wider valley carries the landmarks of Anaconda’s smelting past. The round gives you a way to read a landscape that has already had another working life.

Make it happen

How to play Old Works

  1. Reserve directly with Old Works. Select visitor pricing unless you qualify for its local-resident rate.
  2. For a group traveling without clubs, compare its rental-inclusive offer with the standard green fee plus rental.

Before you go

Leave warm-up time for the range and, if you want more golf, ask about included Little Bear access.

A playing thought

The black bunkers draw the eye. Use the practice area to get comfortable with the surface before deciding how aggressively to challenge them.

Heckler’s take

Planning sources: Old Works: 2026 rates & inclusions ↗ · Direct tee times ↗ · Nicklaus Design: the site & slag ↗

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Sources & editorial notes

Researched September 12, 2026. This is an independent researched guide, not a report of a personal visit. No course affiliation or booking service. Playing thoughts are editorial suggestions.

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