Copper Creek Golf Club

The highest-elevation championship course in North America demands respect at 9,650 feet, where drives carry 15% farther but putting becomes an exercise in reading severe mountain breaks. Pete Dye's relentless design threads between towering pines and granite outcroppings, with the signature par-3 17th playing over a natural gorge that has claimed more Titleists than a water hazard. Thin air aside, this Rocky Mountain test rewards precision over power, especially on approach shots to postage-stamp greens protected by Dye's trademark railroad ties and strategic bunkering.