Canyon Springs

Canyon Springs Golf Course began as a 9-hole affair in 1972, with fairways set out by Max Mueller within a former fruit orchard. Fifteen years later, Bob Baldock added another nine to complete the present 18-hole layout.

Nestled in the spectacular Snake River Canyon, the course was originally part of the estate of Ira Buron Perrine (the man credited with founding the town of Twin Falls) who has the nearby 500-foot high bridge carrying US Highway 93 across the river named after him.

Because of its location inside the canyon, this popular 18-hole pay-and-play facility enjoys its own micro-climate, allowing golfers in the Magic Valley region to play here earlier in the season – it’s not unusual for it to be open for walking-only golf as early as February.

Holes of note include the 155-yard 5th (played over water to the green), the doglegging 457-yard 7th (rated stroke index 1), the 439-yard 13th (back dropped by a waterfall), and the 467-yard 18th, where a creek crosses the fairway as it narrows towards the home green.