Pine Canyon

A Jay Morrish design from 2004, the course at Pine Canyon Club is routed around a number of ponds and lakes on a rolling landscape to the south of Flagstaff. Although the fairways are tree lined, the playing corridors are generally wide enough to allow the odd wayward shot to go unpunished.

Any look at the front nine must mention the par three holes at the 3rd (“Crosswind”) and the 5th (“Pine Meadow”), where the former measures all of 238 yards downhill from the back tees and the latter plays uphill to a very tricky two-tiered green.

The stronger back nine also features a couple of terrific par threes. The green of the 152-yard 11th (“Eagle’s Nest”) is protected by a small lake to the front and left whilst the putting surface of the 204-yard 17th (“Sweet Serenity”) is etched into the hillside on the other side of a deep gully.

For those golfers who like to indulge in a wager or two with their opponents during a round, tied matches can be resolved at the very short “Double or Nothing” 19th hole, where bets can be settled on its island green.