Redlands Mesa

The Golf Club at Redlands Mesa occupies a stunning Grand Valley location, where architect Jim Engh laid out the course around an attractive housing development in 2001. The property extends to over 500 acres, with more than one third of that area devoted to the 18-hole layout.

The verdant hues of the fairways contrast sharply against a “moonscape” of desert scrub and rocky outcrops that frame each and every hole and spectacular elevated tee positions offer golfers unparalleled vistas of the Grand Mesa and Colorado National Monument.

The 373-yard 4th (“The Cliff Hole”) is a dazzling par four that falls away severely on the right side of the hole. Slice the ball off the fairway here and forget about ever seeing it again.

The 164-yard par three 8th is another remarkable hole on the front nine, played from a rocky crag over a sizeable lake to a shallow green that’s bounded by huge boulders to the rear.

On the inward half, the short par four 14th is another memorable hole, its fairway narrowing towards a green than dips sharply down to the right, behind a large rock formation.