I have played this course numerous times and with each round, I question why they laid the course out the way they did. If you like hitting out of arroyos (wash areas) and brutally placed bunkering then this is your course. Add those features in with some extraordinary pin placements on severely sloped greens and the design makes your day nothing short of monotonous.

I want to be clear that this course is very playable, as I have logged a few rounds in the low 70’s, but the placement of certain hazards through the fairway really boggles the mind. If you chose to layup, anticipate a long approach shot, in turn, if you are an aggressive sort, expect to be either in a bunker or in a rocky arroyo that you did not see off the tee box. Clever design it is not, more like juvenile, with a steady dose of “Ha-ha we got you!”

One tip, look for physical targets beyond the course to set up your tee shots.