Pine Creek Golf Club

The front nine dances through mature cottonwoods and rolling prairie terrain, but it's the back nine where this Colorado Springs track reveals its true character—tumbling down into arroyos and climbing back up through stands of ponderosa pine that frame the Rockies magnificently. The par-4 16th plays downhill through a narrow chute of trees to a green that sits like a postage stamp against the foothills, demanding both nerve and precision. At 6,000 feet of elevation, your distances will play differently than at sea level, but the real test comes from reading the subtle breaks on greens that slope more than they initially appear.