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This course holds up to its reputation as the best golf course in the DoD. With larger than average fairways and approachable greens, it is easy for golfers of all skills to make greens in regulation. The greens on this course are what make it so difficult. With hard mountain dirt and the lack of bent grass, the greens kill any spin you might have on your approach shots, making you have to hit short of the pin if you want any chance of birdie. Once on the greens, it only gets harder. With deceptive breaks and green speeds varying on each hole, it poses a challenge for even the best short game players.

Located right next to the Blue Course at Eisenhower Golf Course, this course is a lot more narrow than the Blue Course, but provides so many more scoring opportunities. Being a relatively short golf course with ample dog leg holes that are easy to cut, it isn't hard to be only a wedge shot away from the greens. Once on the greens though, the challenge really starts. With all the greens breaking away from the mountain range to the west of the course, the undulations of the green do nothing to the break. If you can master the greens, expect low scores, if not, you could be in for a long day.

Having been able to play this course multiple times since it first opened up, it is wonderful to see some of the changes they have made, especially to the greens. With some tough tee and approach shots, it definitely takes some shot making skills to play this course well. On more than one hole, the landing area for the tee shot is a narrow part of the fairway that depending on the day could roll your ball an extra 20 yards forward or straight into the rough which is usually very high and thick. For the more novice of golfers, the course does offer some more welcoming landing areas for tee shots, you just have to sacrifice score for lie.