Shooting Star Golf Club

Teton Village, WY • Private

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Overview

Built in a 250-acre meadow beneath the Grand Teton Mountains and its ski runs, Shooting Star is a core-golf layout with no housing. Its opening nine running counterclockwise around the perimeter of the site and its incoming nine clockwise through the interior. The flat land was re-sculpted into hills and valleys, then lightly planted with aspens and evergreens. Water hazards, in the form of 50 acres of lakes, ponds and a canal reshaped into a stream, affect play on 13 of the 18 holes. The club displays green sketches of all 18 in the clubhouse, each signed by Fazio, and the notations on them reflect some of Fazio’s design instructions, such as “Make sure bunker right of green feels real intimate with the stream,” “Create a flash in the left central back portion of the green to help slow down long iron shots,” and “No bunkers in front of green to entice better players to pull out driver from the tee.”

About

Holes 18

Facility Type Private

Year Opened 2009

Designer Thomas Fazio, ASGCA

Awards

Ranking history:

100 Greatest: Ranked since 2023.
2023-'24 Ranking: 98th.
Previous ranking: 123rd.
Highest Ranking: 98th.

Second 100 Greatest: Ranked 2017-2022.
Highest ranking: 123.

Best in State: Ranked Top 3 in Wyoming since 2017.
Current Ranking: First.

Panelists

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

4.5

100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

Shot Options

7.419

Character

7.536

Challenge

7.4093

Layout Variety

7.4425

Fun

7.5183

Aesthetics

7.8483

Conditioning

7.6996

Reviews

1 / 9

Review

“Really incredible property and the course works it nearly perfectly. All four par 3s face a different direction and the course works outside to in. Great conditioning. Great mix of green shapes and sizes. Water coming into play on numerous holes makes it interesting."

2024

2 / 9

Review

“Good condition, some nice holes, a contrived stream, course did not look natural."

2023

3 / 9

Review

“Beautiful Tom Fazio course in the Teton Mountains. Great conditions, good caddies, and a welcoming staff made playing this course an absolute joy. The views, the views, the views. Play here if you get the opportunity."

2022

4 / 9

Review

“Awesome Fazio. The course is almost as good as the views of the ski slopes. Can be very intimidating, but the altitude helps with what looks like a massive course. Ask your caddie how many celebs he/she has caddied for!"

2022

5 / 9

Review

“Shooting star lived up to and exceeded the hype that I have heard. The property is in an unbelievable setting as it sits right in teton village and beneath the Jackson Hole Ski Resort. I was very surprised to hear that much of the water on the course was man-made because it looks so natural and native to the location. Fazzio did an incredible job with the layout and allowing it to feel like the natural landscape vs a bulldozed course. The conditions were as good as I've seen, with carpet-like fairways, and firm, fast, yet receptive greens. I did notice that the course seems to favor a draw quite strongly (which luckily enough I hit), with most of the doglegs being to the left. The layout variety was strong with shorter and longer par 3s and par 4s, which kept things interesting."

2022

6 / 9

Review

“Beautiful setting in the Teton Mountain Range. Overcast day made the colors pop and made for a stunning backdrop to play a round of golf. Even with the mountains as a backdrop, this course is walkable and has no housing encroaching the course. Conditions were firm and fast with drives bounding down the fairways. Greens were receptive to well struck iron shots. The greens rolled pure and had good pace. Course was well balanced with short vs. long holes, uphill vs. downhill shots and holes that moved both directions."

2022

7 / 9

Review

“Remarkable what Tom Fazio has done with this property. Remarkable setting, with traditions of the game available. My caddie experience here has been as good as any location i have visited."

2018

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