True to its name, Indian Canyon is built in a canyon but as opposed to Tobiano, which we have played and blogged earlier, you never have to shoot accross the canyon, you just play up and down through it. There are some substantial drop holes that play reasonably long as a par 4 for men and par 5 for ladies. Conversely, you will find some long uphill par 4's or short par 5's. Indian Canyon is a relatively short course playing at only 6255 yards from the back tees but it remains a fairly challenging course. You will rarely find a flat lie even when you land in the middle of the fairway. The fairways are narrow and the rough penalizing. There are no water hazards to contend with but the trees are plentiful and often encroaching into the fairways. The greens are often multitiered and strongly undulated as well as challengingly fast.
Indian Canyon is ranked as the 25th best public course in the US and in the past often served as a PGA tournament venue. We really enjoyed our round in spite of the winds and the occasional rain shower. We thought for a while we might have to quit after nine but managed to finish the round with pretty decent scores. Daryl had a magnificent birdie on number 8 which is a risk reward hole. It is a short dogleg left par 4 playing at 267 yards from the blue tees. Daryl aimed over the trees protecting the elevated green and landed the green in one and two putted for his birdie. He shot an 87 and I had a 92 which happened to be reasonable scores in windy wet conditions. Brenda's moment of glory came on the 17th hole, the best and most difficult par 3 on the course, playing at 224 yards from the blue tees, 204 from the white and 164 from the red, she scored the only par, Daryl and I saving our bogeys. I would love to play Indian Canyon again. Along with Palouse Ridge and Hangman Valley Golf Course it is one of the top three courses we played this week.
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