Desert Mountain (Outlaw)

The Outlaw was the sixth and final course to open at Desert Mountain in 2003 and it’s a links-like layout from the burgeoning drawing board of Jack Nicklaus.

Set next to the Tonto National Forest, the Outlaw differs from the other layouts at Desert Mountain in that there is no real estate element here, and even the clubhouse looks the part, designed in the style of an old ranch house.

The course occupies a 176-acre site to the east of the main property, where the Golden Bear’s design philosophy of “take what nature gave and try to enhance it” underpinned bringing natural washes and dusty desert terrain into play.

The Outlaw extends to 7,107 yards from the back markers, with feature holes including short par fours at the 5th, 10th and 14th – and the Outlaw challenge continues right to the home green as the 18th is rated stroke index 2 on the scorecard.