Championship – 417
Back – 403
Middle – 369/349
Forward – 345
The safe play here is to aim at the right 150 rock and bring it back into the fairway if a draw is your natural shot shape. If the fade is more your style, just follow the shape of the fairway with your tee ball. The longer hitters can take a more aggressive line just right of the fence line at the 150 marker and bomb it towards the green. Everything tends to run off the hill into the fairway if you hit it far enough, so you should have a short shot into the green.
Speaking of the green, the third two-tiered, wide and shallow green awaits at #10. There’s a little gulley in front of the green that makes shots sometimes look shorter than they actually are. This makes the green a bit elevated so you might need to club up.
Deer Valley #11 – Par 3 Championship – 202
Back – 186
Middle – 167/146
Forward – 98
*Note – The forward tee is pretty well out of commission, so the red tees often play to 146.
Probably the weakest sister of the par three’s in terms of aesthetics, this is the toughest par three on the golf course in my opinion. The hole plays long, so club up to make sure you get the ball to the green.
A quick tip on this hole for anyone who misses in the left bunker is to not worry about hitting your bunker shot too long, everything tends to run back towards you off the back hill.
This green can be quite the adventure. Everything slopes to the front left, but it plateaus from front right to back left. The hill on the left side of the green has seen many balls roll back down after failed attempts. You might have to get creative with your putts if you get caught on the wrong level.
Deer Valley #12 – Par 5
Championship – 537
Back – 522
Middle – 492
Forward – 474
The par five twelfth hole at Deer Valley is tight. The fairway is quite narrow with trees/brush waiting to gobble up your ball on either side. This is not a green that you want to go at in two because your second shot is blind and the green is not an easy one to hit to begin with because it is as narrow as the rest of the hole.
My favourite play off the tee at #12 is to take a 5 or 6 iron (or if the wind is into you, a Rescue 2 hybrid) to the fat part of the fairway just short of the bunkers on the left and the swale on the right. It’s another 5 or 6 iron to the top of the hill, which should leave you with a mid to short iron into the green. The green is a flipped version of the traditional wide/shallow D.V. green, offering a long and narrow two-tiered putting surface. Feel free to run your approach shot up from the front of the green.
The rest of the Deer Valley hole summaries can be found by clicking the links below:
Deer Valley Golf Course Holes #1-3
Deer Valley Golf Course Holes #4-6
Deer Valley Golf Course Holes #7-9
Deer Valley Golf Course Holes #13-15
Deer Valley Golf Coures Holes #16-18
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