No. 1 - Outward

The tee shot must reach the plateau to have a view of the green on this long par 4. There is plenty of room to the left off the tee. However, the green is angled to best receive an approach from the right. The right fairway bunker fringed with tall fescue grass guides the tee shot. Play just left of the bunker for the optimum position for your approach. A bailout area lies right of the green.

No. 2 - Blind Drive

The long hitter's landing area is not visible from the tee of this mid-length par 4. Famed golf architect Alister MacKenzie wrote that a blind drive was an important element of a great course. Play down the middle. Be careful of the back left pin position. Only the properly struck spinning shot will hold the green. Over the back is a tightly mown chipping area to serve as a bailout for those that overplay.

No. 3 - Lone Juniper

The lone Juniper tree frames the left side of this mid-length par 3 hole. The long green may have as many as three clubs difference from front to back. The green angles left to right to give advantage to a shot on the same line. Deep bunkers guard the right and the bailout is left. Take note that the green runs away from the bailout area.

No. 4 - Desert Plateau

Play your tee shot near the right fairway bunker on this short par 4 hole. The plateau green is angled to receive a shot from this position. Your approach to the green must carry the natural desert ridge. The bailout is right.

No. 5 - Cascades

This lengthy, dogleg left par 4 hole requires a drive down the left side to gain a view to the green. A long rock ridge bisects the fairway and creates a blind approach from the right. The deep green is contoured to hold a long shot and accept a running approach. The bailout is right.

No. 6 - Long Walk

This is the first of back-to-back par 5 holes. Its name says it all. The hole surely is one of the longest in the state; a true three shots will be needed to reach its green. The wide fairway awaits your best Sunday punch. Your approach to the second shot landing area is tight. It is bordered by desert and a large fairway mound obscures the view. Under this mound is solid rock, which was too costly to be blasted out during construction. Find the fairway center for a clear play to the green on this bunkerless hole. A rock ridge on the left and grassy hollow to the right pose the main hazards for the green.

No. 7 - Canyon Cut

Canyon cut is a classic three-shot hole where the tee shot is played across the desert surrounds. Just hit it down the middle. The second shot landing area is wide, although hidden. There is more room to the right than it appears. To reach the green approach area, you play up through a small canyon. There is more turf to the right than meets the eye. The green sits wide to the line of flight, with bunkers front and back. Although this gives a player margin for error, the distance best be exact. The greens left side slopes away from play, so only a well-spun shot will hold. The bailout is long right.

No. 8 - Reverse Redan

The original Redan is the 15th at North Berwick West Links in Scotland. The reverse Redan here at Juniper is a long, one-shot hole whose green angles left to right. Green contours slope from middle to back, so the approach must be played to land and roll the ball toward the back pin locations. A lone bunker front right guards the green. The ground slopes away on the left and behind.

No. 9 - Good Whack

There is no hiding from this long par 4. The tee shot is flanked by water to the left, with desert and bunkers to the right. A long hitter will find the fairway narrows about 275 yards from the tee. There is a lot of room for the shorter hitter, but the second shot toward the green will be long. The green sits up with a large bunker defending the left side. The bailout is short right.

No. 10 - Dungeon

The smart play is to place your tee shot on the landing area plateau on the short par 5. Its fairway is tight. Too far right is desert. To the left is a bunker, and anything hit too long will roll into a dungeon of a swale. The second shot landing area is bunkered on the right. The green sits wide and is closely protected by bunkers front left, right and behind.

No. 11 - Railroad

Paralleling the railroad tracks. this mid-length, dogleg right par 4 plays from elevated tees near a giant rock outcropping. The tee shot must carry the desert-covered rock, which forms a gun-sight view to the fairway. This fairway is wide, but undulating. A long, narrow green sets softly right to left and will open to fairway's left side. The back of this green slopes away from play.

No. 12 - Drive It

This is the shortest hole on the course, and one of the shortest, dogleg left par 4 holes in the state. It has been designed to be reachable from the tee by long hitters, and a short drive mid pitch hole for the average player. The lay-up area is tight, guarded by a rock ridge to the right and falling into the desert on the left. A long shot can reach the green, or leave the player with a short pitch to the green, which angles right to left. The shorter tee shot will require a blind pitch over a desert ridge.

No. 13 - Short and Wide

This is the shortest par 3 on the course. The green sits wide to the line of flight, requiring good distance control. This green may be difficult to read with subtle breaks in multiple directions.

No. 14 - March Begins

This is the first of the five finishing holes, which have been designed to allow even a large lead to change hands again and again. It is a mid-length, dogleg right par 4. The tee shot angling across the right fairway bunkers will be left with the shortest route to the green. However. angling left to right, this green best receives a running approach from the left.

No. 15 - Rock Ridge

The tee shot must carry the dramatic rock outcroppings to find a wide fairway. A long rock ridge on the left guards this fairway. The ridge runs the entire length of the hole. The green sits right on a pond to the right. The bailout is left, but will leave an awkward chip to portions of the green that run away from you and toward the water.

No. 16 - Dynamite

This hole takes its name from the explosives used to open a view from tee to green. The long par 3 has a lengthy, but narrow green. Although the rock ridge runs down the left, there is a bit more room for a missed shot to this side. A bunker and native grasses guard the right.

No. 17 - Don't Falter

This long, right-to-left, dogleg par 4 will take a strong tee shot and second. The long hitter's landing area is dimpled with rolls to create a side hill stance. The second shot is played to an elevated green, which is bunkered short left and middle right. The steeply pitched green will offer ample hazard for putting. Plays are best kept short of the pin. The bailout is right.

No. 18 - Home

The final hole wraps around the native desert and large lake to the right, with fingers of desert pinching in fairway sections on the left. The green sits up on a ridge, creating a cape feel. It is protected on the right by a large bunker and desert surrounds. To the left lies a large bailout area. However, a delicate touch will be needed to stop shots near the pin from the left side, as pitch shots must play over a steep ridge.