What's the story with the Fred Enke course?
Just doing an aerial view of the area and it's nebulousness in the desert looks really intriguing.
Mike:
Most people dislike the course. I enjoy it.
It requires a lot of layup and conservative shots off the tee and it is not obvious until you have played it a few times what the appropriate play is. Probably 4-5 holes pinch in tightly at driver length. The opener is a 210 yard layup with a lake right and desert left. There is another hole with a small dry creek bed running through the area where one would hit a tee shot, leaving the choice of laying up short and having an approach over bunkers or carrying it for a short wedge shot.
Once you know the course it is pretty fun. You constantly want to be aggressive off the tee, but know the smart play is usually to hit an iron to the correct spot. The greens are usually small and tightly bunkered. The par fives and one par four are pretty short and reachable. The par threes are pretty good, especially the 2nd - a 210 yard shot to a slightly raised green. Other par threes are short and tightly bunkered.
Every once in a while a wide open hole exists, including the uphill 9th of 440 yards or so.
Pace of play can be slow. The current back nine was originally the front but I think they changed it for pace of play reasons. Conditioning varies.