The Golf Club Redlands Mesa - Colorado, U.S.A.

The Golf Club at Redlands Mesa is set in the rugged red sandstone wonderland of southwestern Colorado near Grand Junction. The course was molded with great care to fold within the surrounding grandeur by its designer, Jim Engh. Redlands Mesa bows and bends through jumbles of boulders, its coils of green spread out 5,000 feet above sea level, with 350 feet of elevation change throughout the course. From the many elevated tees, there are magnificent views of the purple faces of the Bookcliffs to the north and the Grand Mesa, the world's highest flat-top mountain, to the east. Just to the west of the course is the Colorado National Monument, with its sheer sandstone canyons in shades of vermilion and brown and its forests of pinon trees and Utah junipers inhabited by bighorn sheep.

River Valley Ranch - Colorado, U.S.A.

River Valley Ranch in Carbondale, some 30 miles from Aspen, is one of the best and most breathtaking public courses in Colorado. Designed by Jay Morrish and opened in 1996, the Course plays at an altitude of 6,200 feet, lying beneath the snow-crowned 7,953-foot Mount Sopris in the Roaring Fork Valley. The course rolls across open countryside that had previously been cattle ranches dating back to the days of the Homestead Act. Seven holes run along or across the Crystal River, with large swirling greens split by swords of sand and long views across the sagebrush and pinon pines that veil the valley.