Soldier Hollow

The Wasatch Mountains frame every shot at this public mountain course that hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics cross-country skiing and biathlon events. Pete Dye's routing through native scrub oak and dramatic elevation changes demands precise club selection, with several holes playing 1,000 feet above sea level where the thin air turns a 7-iron into a 6-iron. The par-3 17th, with its island green surrounded by wetlands, separates the contenders from the pretenders in Utah's high country.