I will imbed below into Matt's original post some photos of the holes he highlights since Matt is photographically challenged...
IMO Pradera is the best of the five Jim Engh courses I've played (others being Red Hawk Ridge, The Sanctuary, Fossil Trace and Lakota Canyon). Pradera has more consistently better holes and better greensites. I like the fact that several of the holes (eg #2, #10, #13, #14) are bunkerless and rely on other features (eg the par 4 second hole is similar to the 9th at Ballyneal with two mounds on each side of the fairway 2/3 of the way to the green obscuring the golfer's view unless you are in the proper position off the tee). I think the uphill holes at Pradera are better than the uphill holes at the other Engh courses I've played. The par 4 4th that Matt mentions is a strong hole, and I liked the shorter par 4 5th with a centering bunker that governs the tee shot.
I agree with Matt that the par 4 #11 (pictured in the next post below) and the par 5 #18 are very strong holes. In particular, I think #18 is much better than the par 5 #18 at Lakota Canyon. The long centering bunker is very threatening and requires a decision for the strong player while allowing the average player a longer but safer route to the right. The strong player has many choices/challenges here both on the tee ball and second shot. Here is a photo of #18:
![](http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l128/deneuchre/Pradera0806006.jpg)
I'm not a fan of the greenside "bowls" that Jim has used on the courses I've seen, but they are less prevalent here and the course benefits from it. Also, the cartball/unwalkable nature of Pradera (and Lakota Canyon and Sanctuary) is defintely not my preference. But it sure allows for the Wow factor
![Shocked :o](http://golfclubatlas.com/forum/Smileys/classic/shocked.gif)
of the tee shot on the par 5 7th (pictured in the following post) or a 400+ yard drive from the par 5 16th tee pictured here:
![](http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l128/deneuchre/Pradera0806005.jpg)