The Red routing plays counter-clockwise around The Loop, starting to the right of the 18th green and playing toward the red flag in the distance. There are red flags on the front nine and white flags on the back, but if you’re ever unsure of which way to go, keep right except to pass!

The Red is a more traditional design, in the sense that the starting holes give you a bit of time to loosen up. There are a couple of hard holes going out, but the challenge really turns up a notch from the 8th through 11th holes, and the short par-4 12th can produce a six as easily as a 4, for those who get too greedy. The last four holes are a difficult finish.

Some of The Highlights the Red Course include:

• The opening par-4, with its deceptive drive into a valley, and pitch back up past a yawning bunker
• The par-3 4th, with its green tilting to the left and away from the line of play
• The short 6th, playing over a natural bowl of native grasses
• The long par-3 11th, with a bank at the back left of the green to help you try to play the shot to the green’s upper tier … actually, all five short holes on the Red course are very good ones
• The par-5 13th, with an oak tree on the right 120 yards from the green that will obstruct your second shot if you haven’t played left off the tee