As impressive as Pronghorn’s clubhouse,accommodationsand
amenities are, though, it is the golf
courses that steal the show. These
high-desert courses sustain Bentgrass
fairways and putting surfaces, and
they are as manicured as those you’ll
find at Augusta National, a result
of 300 days of annual sunshine and
the stellar agronomy standards of
management company Troon.
But this is not desert golf as you’ll
play in Palm Springs or Phoenix. Situ-
ated at the 3,625-foot level, in the east-
ern foothills of the Cascade Moun-
tains, there’s plenty of land movement
and elevation change, combined with
interesting features such as canyons,
crevices and caves that Nicklaus and
Fazio made the most of in their mas-
terful designs.
