This past Saturday I had the opportunity to play the Faldo course at Wildfire in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The course was somewhat unique in that there is absolutely no water anywhere on the course but is extremely heavily bunkered.
There are numerous greenside bunkers, requiring aerial carries into most if not all greens, signicant bunkers guarding fairways as both a variation of cross bunkers and the more typical fairway bunkers guarding the sides of the landing areas.
The fairway bunkers are placed in such a way as to challenge all levels of golfers and create some amazing visual effects and on several holes various options as to where to place the tee shot to approach.
Practically all of the bunkers have steep faces but are long and big enough to allow shots  as long as one is not buried in the face (which did hapen to me on one hole)
Not sure how many bunkers there are but they are everywhere and they create a very unique experience.
Is this typical of Faldo or is this unique to his designing a desert course?
Fairways and Greens,
Dave

Dave (or anyone else)- do you know whom Faldo worked w/ there? The bunkers sound very Smyers-like.

Sounds to me like some sort of modern permutation of penal design combined with desert regulations of only so many acres of watered turf.  So Dave, would you play such a course often with this odd look and requirement to play to areas away from bunkering that sounds like you are saying is counter-intuitive?

RJ:
The course was actually very good.  The bunkers were not penal as much as challenging.  Providing different options from various locations.  Definitely rquired thought before playing.  Actually was very well done and provided great risk/reward options.
The course is also framed very nicely by the desert on both sides of the fairways. But not a drop of water anywhere.
Best
Dave