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distant views. The result is visually
pleasing, says Liddy, but also “plays
with your depth perception.” I can
attest to that!

HOLE 1 | 590 yards, par 5
Shepherd’s Rock opens with an eye-
catching but intimidating par 5. The
fairway rises and banks left around
a nest of pot bunkers bordered by
tall grasses. On the second shot the
landing area shrinks to a passage
between mounds and bunkers on the
right and a drop-off on the left. The
approach to the front-sloping green is
open, but deep bunkers defend each
side.

HOLE 4 | 619 yards, par 5
Did I mention the course is heavily
bunkered? The view from the tee is
a gaggle of grassy dunes with sand
traps at their feet set into the elbow
of a dogleg right. It’s an effective
deterrent to cutting the corner. The
mounding continues up the center of
the fairway. If you’ve played the left
side to avoid trouble, there’s a rude
awakening at the elevated green,
where a massive bunker lined with
railroad ties protects the approach from that side. PASTORAL PLAY:
Hole 18 (top), and
HOLE 5 | 214 yards, par 3 Hole 5 (bottom)
The first par 3 is a beautiful example of an infinity PHOTOS: © DONNELLE OXLEY
green. Jones told me it was originally in a low-lying
area, level with the lake. Raising the green blocked
the view of a small irrigation building and the tees
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Just when you’re getting used to open meadows and
grazing sheep, the course ducks into the forest and
changes character. A grassy pit lies in the middle of
this fairway, which pitches right toward woods and
deep rough. The depression seldom comes into play, HOLE 18 | 455 yards, par 4
but the incline of the fairway does. Even if your drive lands high Originally, Hole 9 was slated to be the finishing hole, and it
on the left side of the fairway it can bounce down to a nasty would have been a good one, rising as it does to a 50-mile view
patch of wetlands beneath a rock wall. Or it can trickle down to of the mountains. What is now 18 was a troublesome hole, ac-
the front of the green, avoiding the drop-offs on the right and cording to Liddy. When the designer asked for a dramatic (and
back sides of the putting surface. expensive) redo, Magerko and her father, Joe Hardy, agreed.
The result is a spectacular hole that runs alongside a lake and
ends at a green backed by a waterfall.

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