Signature Hole

The 17th Hole at SunRidge Canyon is truly one of a kind. Only here can a golfer play a 209-yard par three over a boxed canyon one day, then play a 152-yard par three off an elevated tee the next day.

SunRidge Canyon designer Keith Foster actually happened upon the elevated tee shot during the construction of the golf course.

While touring the 17th hole, Foster arrived at what would soon be the Canyon set of tees. At the time, he wasn’t even thinking about adding a second set of tees. Foster loved the way the hole set up and the incredible views it would eventually provide golfers.

He walked some 300 yards, along the mountain ridge that borders the 17th hole, and came to an elevated point on the ridge. It was there he discovered a second area that presented an equally spectacular view of the surrounding mountains, yet set up dramatically different from the Canyon set of tees. Soon after Foster’s discovery, construction began on the second set of tees, the SunRidge Tees.

From the Canyon Tees, the 17th’s massive green sits as a 7,000-square-foot target which is accessible only after carrying a 50-foot-deep, 100-yard-wide box canyon. From the SunRidge Tees, the diminutive green sits as a 3,000-square-foot target with a wide open shot off an elevated tee box and no forced carries. The hole’s unique horseshoe-shaped green lends itself to receiving shots from either tee box and presents golfers with challenging putts from either direction.