Forest Highlands Golf Club: Canyon

Flagstaff, AZ Private

Overview

It has three par 5s over 600 yards and a par 4 measuring 478 yards, but the Canyon Course at Forest Highlands still plays shorter than its listed yardage. That’s due in part to its elevation at 7,000 feet and partly because it has six par 3s, a strong collection spaced every other hole from the fourth through 14th. Both nines are routed along mountain ridges, with holes edged by stately ponderosa pines. The ninth is especially scenic, as it drops down an escarpment into a narrow stream valley to a double green it shares with the 18th hole.

About

Holes 18
Length 7007
Slope 139
Facility Type Private
Designer Jay Morrish, ASGCA/Tom Weiskopf

Awards

100 Greatest
100 Greatest the Second 100
Best Courses in Every State

Ranking history:

100 Greatest: Ranked for 24 years, from 1991-2014.
Highest ranking: No. 38, 1993-'94.

Second 100 Greatest: Ranked since 2015.
2023-'24 ranking: 121st.

Best in State: Ranked first, 1991-'99, 2003-'09. Ranked second, 2011-'24.
2023-'24 ranking: 2nd.

Golf Digest Logo Panelists

Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

4.4

100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

Shot Options
7.3964
Character
7.3515
Challenge
7.3419
Layout Variety
7.5344
Fun
7.297
Aesthetics
7.568
Conditioning
7.5267

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