Forest Highlands

The ponderosa pines tower over fairways carved from Arizona high country at 7,000 feet, where thin air sends drives soaring but approach shots demand precise yardage calculations. Tom Weiskopf's routing through the forest creates dramatic elevation changes and natural doglegs that reward strategic thinking over brute force, particularly on the stunning downhill par-3 17th that drops 75 feet to a green guarded by towering timber. This mountain gem proves that desert golf doesn't always mean cactus and sand—sometimes it means crystalline air and the satisfying crack of a well-struck iron echoing through the trees.