Press Maxwell

Colorado

U.S. Girls’ Junior

Set out at an altitude of 7,600 feet above sea level in the mountains to the west of Denver, the course at Hiwan Golf Club is a Press Maxwell design from the early 1960s which is well-known locally for its challenging greens.

, author Daniel Wexler writes: “It is typical of its design period by offering little strategic hazarding from tee to green (unless one counts the general pitch and roll of the landscape) – though this is largely compensated by its large, seriously contoured putting surfaces.

Hiwan’s backbone lies in its longer holes, including both par fives (the 594-yard 2nd and 571-yard 16th) and several big par fours, among them the 466-yard 7th, a gentle dogleg right requiring a long second over a lake. Most charming, on the other hand, is the 178-yard 12th, a short one-shotter played across a lake and fronting bunkers.”