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I know it's a great course but it looks pretty underwhelming. These are the first pictures I've seen. Somehow I expected more. I'd never judge just from the pictures, though...
When Lefty wants to work n his driving accuracy, he goes to DF. When inter-club opponents come to play at DF they get whipped.
It's not hard for me to see why people would be underwhelmed by Desert Forest, particularly if they've only played it once. My advice would be to go back and see it again because DF is very different from the typical desert course of today. I was going through photos of DF yesterday and was comparing them to Estancia and Whisper Rock and must admit that from the pictures Desert Forest looks very vanilla in comparision. However, there's a lot more than meets the eye. Lawrence made very good use of what topographical movement the property had. The greens have a lot of back to front slope and tend to present themselves in dare I say a very Flynn look. The alternate route 7th hole is the best hole on the course. The difficulty though is the precise driving required, there are a number of driving holes where missing the fairway is penal. The only real weakness are the back to back mid range straight away par fours on the back nine, I think it's 14 and 15. There's much to like about the Desert Forest Club, very low key and simple. The club fits the nature of the course very well.