Forrest's Hideout course is in Monticello, UT, the town nearest to the needles portion of the Canyonlands National Park. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid had their hideout in the maze portion of what is now Canyonlands National Park, which is across the Colorado River from the needles.
Unfortunately the day I played Hideout Golf Club it rained most of the day. Here I had gone to the desert southwest to hopefully play golf on beautiful sunny fall days and I ended up with rainy weather much like western Oregon.
Hole 1 371/352/312 Par 4
The first hole starts on a hill well above the fairway.
Hideout01Tee by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
With an approach from an undulating fairway.
Hideout01Approach by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
Hole 2 558/501/475 Par 5
The second hole tee shot faces a narrowing of the fairway and a creek crossing the fairway in the area of the landing zone for many drives.
Hideout02Tee by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
Looking across the creek (some of its far bank appears at the bottom of the photo) to the second green.
Hideout02Approach by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
The second green has considerable undulation as do all the the greens at the Hideout. The pin position was on an upper ledge on the right side of the green.
Hideout02Green by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
View from the green back down the second hole.
Hideout02FromGreen by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
Hole 3 168/138/123
Playing right on the third is safer than flirting with going down the hill on the left and the ball will be kicked onto the green toward the flag stick.
Hideout03Tee by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
Hole 4 390/357/326 Par 4
The fourth is a short dogleg right with a severe valley between the fairway shown and the green. It is concievable that one could risk going for the green here.
Hideout04Tee by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
The valley to carry with the approach to the 4th green. It appears quite deep even though the camera flattens it out a bit. Edit: I happened to look on Forrest's website and found out that there used to be a stock pond in the depression.
Hideout04Approach by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
Looking back from the 4th green.
Hideout04FromGreen by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
Hole 5 375/308/275
For equal opportunity, the fifth is a short dogleg left again with the possibility of going for the green.
Hideout05Tee by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
My lefty fade didn't fade enough to get me in good position, but left me with this short pitch.
Hideout05Approach by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
Hole 6 415/356/331 Par 4
The sixth is a little longer par four where a stright tee shot over the vegetation in the foreground can easily find the middle of the fairway in front of the green.
Hideout06Tee by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
The result of such a tee shot gives you this look at the green.
Hideout06Approach by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
Hole 7 172/162/138 Par 3
The seventh plays up hill to a green behind a little rise that makes you think the green may slope to the back until you get there and find it actually doesn't.
Hideout07Tee by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
Hole 8 402/371/341 Par 4
The eigth must be the most controversial hole on the course. Although I didn't test it, any drive to the left half of the fairway appears that it will run down a very steep slope into the hazard below. The only way of holding up the ball would appear to be to maintain rough tall enough to constantly cause lost balls. I chose to hit to the small flattish target area on the right side of the fairway before the fairway heads down a steep hill to the creek fronted green.
Hideout08Tee by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
This is the approach down the hill to the green.
Hideout08Approach by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
A closer look at the eigth green.
Hideout08Green by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
Hole 9 581/555/504 Par 5
The ninth is an interesting par 5 turning right and then back to the left again presenting three distinctly different looking shots. This is the tee shot to get into position to play slightly down hill to the right.
Hideout09Tee by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
Where you will see the hole turning left again.
Hideout09Second by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
To a three tiered green set against the hillside.
Hideout09Approach by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
Hole 10 400/358/318 Par 4
Ten is a dogleg right around a large tree on the corner. This is the view from the tee. I got quite a break as I chose driver here an boomed a long straight one that hit the trunk of the small evergreen on the other side of the fairway that can be seen between the yellow leafed tree on the left and the big green on the corner of the dogleg. The ball bounded back ...
Hideout10Tee by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
to the center of the fairway for this approach.
Hideout10Approach by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
Hole 11 180/167/135 Par 3
Eleven is a par three with distinct left and right tiers to the green. You don't want to be on the wrong side (as I was).
Hideout11Tee by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
Hole 12 360/326/298 Par 4
Twelve is very narrow and short. It appears to want you to play off the hill on the left and let the ball run back into the fairway. I instead chose a 4 iron and hit my drive to the position I had picked out from the tee ...
Hideout12Tee by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
Leaving me with this approach.
Hideout12Approach by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
Hole 13 540/523/462 Par 5
This par 5 is constrained on the right by a water hazard that crosses the fairway just beyond halfway. The left has a slope that will feed the ball down to the fairway.
Hideout13Tee by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
The hole is reachable in two as it plays from an elevated tee and plays generally downhill. This is the approach left after a good drive.
Hideout13Approach by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
Hole 14 515/490/448 Par 5
Consecutive par fives. This one can be reached in two from a good angle if you can work the ball around the corner formed by the trees on the left.
Hideout14Tee by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
Being unable to work the ball around the corner leaves this longer approach over bunkers.
Hideout14Approach by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
Hole 15 290/280/239 Par 4
A very short par 4 with a blind drive to ...
Hideout15Tee by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
a green surrounded by trouble.
Hideout15Approach by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
Hole 16 405/374/341 Par 4
This is the uphill hole I posted about earlier. Drive to a wide fairway.
Hideout16Tee by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
And approach to a skyline green.
Hideout16Approach by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
Hole 17 181/167/150 Par 3
After playing up 16 you play down 17 and 18. 17 is a par 3 with a large green.
Hideout17Tee by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
Hole 18 475/438/391 Par 4
The course finishes with the only long par 4, which is shortened considerably by the elevation and its downhill run. My 5 wood off the tee travelled 280 yards. I account for 50 of those yards due to the downhill run. Edit: Matt Ward wants you all to know that lighter color on the left side of the fairway is where the stream juts in and is a hidden hazard. I guess he didn't hit his drive as straight down the center as I did.
Hideout18Tee by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr
The approach is to a green fronted by an artificial pond. To my tastes, simply using the stream as a hazard in front of the green would have been enough.
Hideout18Approach by
Garland Bayley, on Flickr