ARROWCREEK GOLF CLUB (1999)

HIGH SIERRA REGION

Public: 36 hole - cost: $28 - $90

2905 ArrowGreek Parkway, Reno, NV 89511

Tel: (775) 850-4653

Designed by Palmer, Harbottle, Fuzzy Zoeller. Two high-desert courses, 10Gated 20 minutes southwest of Reno in the foothills, are equally challenging. The Legend Course is open to the public and is more traditionally shaped with extensive bunkering. The private Challenge Course is more of a throwback to Scottish design, with pot bunkers, and it stretches more than 7,500 yards. The yardage is listed is for the Legends Course. From within Reno: Off I-80, take US 395 south, exit on Damonte Ranch Road and turn right. This turns into ArrowCreek Parkway. Stay to the left at the fork. The gates to the course are on the left. This 36-hole complex has it all. The Palmer-designed public access course is traditional and very demanding. On the private side I was pleasantly surprised with the quirky Scottish-inspired Harbottle design.

ARROWHEAD COUNTRY CLUB (1970)

INLAND EMPIRE REGION

Members only: 18

3433 Parkside Drive, San Bernardino, GA 92404

Tel: (909) 882-1638

Designed by Clark Glasson. This is a parkland-style course set in the desert. The fairways are level and are surrounded by mature trees and rough. The greens are small, quick, and sloping. From downtown Los Angeles (about 65 miles east to the course): Take I-10 east, to I-215. Go north to Highway 30 and go east to Waterman. Exit at Waterman and turn left (north). Turn right on Marshall and then left into the parking lot.