THE TOUGHEST HOLE -

The toughest hole on Valley Course rated by lowest handicap index on scorecard is par 4, hole four. This hole is a slight dogleg left, bordered by a left side fairway bunker and a dry stream bed to right. The second shot to reach green in regulation is between two large heritage oak trees.

Jetsetters Magazine Golf MallThe strangest hole (nine) on Valley and maybe true signature hole, called "Saddleback" is a par 5 with one fairway to left and another fairway to right. A large heritage oak tree in middle separates two fairways and is very reachable with driver. If you hit left, it is a traditional three-shot hole, laying up short of lake that fronts moderately sloping putting surface with a waterfall backdrop. However, if golfer hits ball to right Saddleback fairway with a bit of zip on their driver, they stand chance to reach green in two! This golfer/reporter had fortune to hit a provisional (ball) after first gamble to go right posed a few doubts after watching it fall from elevated tee-off box some 90 feet above fairway. Therefore, I hit my second ball to left fairway. Luckily, I learned my lesson without taking my medicine, and shortly later I was able to find my daring first shot to par hole!

All greens rated 10 on this reporter's meter as being one of finest in entire West. One has to wonder if PGA tour golf professionals like Tiger Woods and Davis Love III gets these fine of greens to putt on "week-in-and-week-out?!"

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Holes #6, #7 and #8 all meet similar standards of its predecessor, utilizing natural surroundings to enhance game itself, and yes, they are unique in their own way. Although #6 gives golfer a quick breather for its shorter distance and lack of elevation change, it is well deserved. Of these four canyon holes, it is only one without a vista view but compensates for its lack of visage as you are embraced by its walls of tranquility, built by immense boulder formations while wandering through its fairway. Hole #7 is a par 3, 151-yarder over a 75-foot canyon, which funnels even slightest wind through venturi. This hole must be played wisely; as it can play anywhere from two to five clubs longer because of moment of flight time a ball takes to travel across mystical gorge. Hole #8 elevates golfer while driving up to it, some 100 feet above fairway floor. What a great view and what a way to make an average golfer feel like a Golf God! As if #5 was there to prepare you for this hole, #8 is a par 5, 519-yard test with just a petite target for your cliff drive. As golfer hits their ball, it seems like eternity while watching drive take off and waiting for it to land, that is, if you can follow it to terminus

Although back nine revisits man-made structures of communities and beautifully landscaped homes, it maintains many of cliff shots, rustic canyons and twisting fairways as front nine. In particular, hole numbers 11 and 16 are stationed as high as some of holes on front nine. Hole #11 can be driven rather safely, but do not pull it or water-saving sand traps comes into play. Also, golfer discovers on hole #16, a par 3, 166-yarder, that calculation for wind and loft before clubbing-down is a prerequisite. In other words, combination of high tee off elevation with its proximity to higher head winds aloft makes for extended flight time. The longer ball is head-on in jet stream, more it loses its forward distance. Hence, so even if you hit a low shot for wind, this hole will play up to three clubs longer, as it did for me.

Jetsetters Magazine Golf MallMy guide Wayne was so informative, allowing me to play my game and experience accolades and abasing encounters one has with this course. He pointed out facts and trivia of course, including day Big Cat Williams and two other of his long drive buddies teed-off and all drove green (and over) from high above on Hole #18, a par 4, 392 (from black). Today, I was playing from blue tee off boxes although there is white and gold too.

The elegant clubhouse at Oasis is attached to Pro Shop with locker rooms, restaurant and formal dining facilities, ornamented in a Nevada desert decor. Dining Room guests are able to view golfers starting out their humbling experience on Hole #1, preparing for ultimate Desert target golf experience.

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