8th one of my favourite holes here Clubhouse from the 9th teeWater features on the par 3 11th
As I stated earlier this course is only a 20-minute drive from Greenhorn Creek and what a stunning design this track is. It runs up to just over 6,800 yards and has five teeing options. The course opened for play in 1996 and has already racked up plenty of awards from Golf Week and Golf Digest magazines.
Designed by Carter Morrish and sitting in the Sierra foothills, Saddle Creek offers you everything. It has sensational views from some well-designed elevated tees, so you can see where you need to be and what the hole has to offer. It has plenty of wildlife, too, including wild turkey – which look pretty big to me as I approach the eighth tee! Add numerous lakes and creeks it becomes not only a great design but also a challenging golf course.
There are holes out here where you can grip-and-rip it, none more so than on the run home from the 15th to the 18th. If you like to let loose with the big stick, these are the holes for you. When you’re standing on the elevated 18th it just invites you to smash away. But don’t be mistaken – this is not a smash-it-anywhere course. There are some great holes out there and I really enjoy both nines – not a weak hole among them – and its one of those courses that you’d love to sample again. If I were to be pushed on standout holes then I would have to name the run from the sixth to the ninth, and the 12th.
And now I’m sitting in the home they’ve given me for the night named Cypress Point, which sits to the right of the ninth hole, and thinking to myself: I could just squeeze another 18 in if I hit the tee at sunrise and zip round by myself! It’s a feeling I am sure you will share once you have teed it up here.
