Deer Valley #16 – Par 3Championship – 153
Back – 145
Middle – 120
Forward – 103
Rounding out the par 3’s at Deer Valley is the 16th. This hole was much more awe inspiring when the water was not overrun with algae, but it’s still a treat. Leave it short and you’re obviously in the water. Too long and you could run into trouble with the bunker behind the green.
#16 is a perfect hole to catch with your camera as it uses the water, the hill, and the brush to frame the green perfectly. Just forget about the water during your pre-shot routine and you’ll be fine.
Deer Valley #17 – Par 5
Championship – 515
Back – 505
Middle – 479
Forward – 431
Unlike the reachable par 5’s on the front, the back nine five pars are tough to get at. The slopes on the side of the green on number 17 make it undesirable to go at this green in two, so keep that in mind off the tee.
This par 5 presents a few options. The blue tee offers one of the most fun tee shots of the day with a significant drop in elevation. I usually take it over the right side, tempting the bushes below and ideally draw it back into the fairway just over the cart path. You can carry the trees on the right with a good hit, but beware the second set of bushes. The water and bunkers to the left are also in play for almost all players.
The second shot can be played short to a distance of 150-120 yards, or you can play more aggressively by hitting a long iron up the neck of the fairway just short of the green. Your shot into the green need to be extremely accurate. The edges of the green are severely sloped and will kick almost everything into the bush to the right, left, and back. Beware of the spine that runs up the middle of the green in multiple directions.
Deer Valley #18 – Par 4Championship – 435
Back – 413
Middle – 392/377
Forward – 339
The home hole at Deer Valley has made a mess of many a good round. The water to the left challenges every shot on the hole, but there is plenty of room to the right. Big hitters can carry the bunker on the right and leave a good angle into any pin placement on the green. The tent is often a good spot to aim.
Handle the left Sunday pin on the peninsula by letting it feed off the slope in the middle of the green. Trying to fly the shot right at that pin is tough because the green narrows quite a bit there, and with the angle, if you hit the water you’re pretty much guaranteed to be hitting one from the exact same spot again.
Make your putt and head up to the club house (with construction on a new one rumoured to be starting in October 2008) for a cold one.
Hope you enjoyed the run through of the Deer Valley Golf Course in Deer Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada, just outside of Regina and Lumsden.
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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 #10-12
Deer Valley Golf Course Holes #13-15
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