Golf at MeadowCreek

MeadowCreek Golf Resort is situated at 3,868 feet above sea level in the pine-forested Meadows Valley with the towering alpine peaks of Granite Mountain and Brundage Mountain Ski Area reaching skyward more than 7,000 feet in the distance. The course weaves in and out of the pine trees and across the verdant meadows offering changing scenery and stimulating golf at every turn.

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Front Nine

The 321-yard, par-4 opening hole is a gentle warm-up for what lies ahead. Teeing from a chute of pine trees, the well-struck drive will deliver you into the meadowlands, where you will remain for the first few holes. The 546-yard, par-5 second is framed by wetlands with panoramic views of the valley and the mountains distracting you from all three of your carefully-placed shots. If your third strike finds the small putting surface, consider your putt with deliberation—you may not have another birdie opportunity as good as this for a while.  Warm-up comes to an abrupt conclusion on the 410-yard, par-4 third, MeadowCreek’s most challenging test. Uphill, playing into the prevailing wind along a right-to-left sloping fairway, this link will eventually deliver you back into the pine trees. Hot Springs Road on your left is out-of-bounds, and the small bunkered green is no easy target without a sizeable drive. We climb to the fourth tee to reach the shortest hole on the course, a 127-yard test that features a green perched on a knoll and surrounded by pine trees.
At 370 yards from the middle markers, the fifth offers more challenge than the yardage would indicate. A grassy knoll frames the drive zone to the left, otherwise pine trees are your companions on this tough par four. Together with the 349-yard, par-4 sixth, this is the most elevated part of the property though shortly the course will return to the meadows. The graceful pine trees embrace and encase this bunkerless fairway; a green thankfully larger than the others waits at the conclusion.

Number seven falls down to the meadow from an elevated teeing ground with the last pine tree cluster of the front nine off to the right. Enjoy the stunning views after you hit your drive—another of MeadowCreek’s small, elevated signature greens is your destination on this 390-yard attraction. Make a par from all the way back on the 231-yard, par-3 eighth and you’ll still have bragging rights at the turn, maybe even at the conclusion of the day. This incredible one-shotter has all the challenge most golfers require, with a pond on the right, a creek traveling through the fairway and bunkers on the left and behind the putting surface. A memorable hole and one that will nag the low handicappers until they conquer it—if they ever do.

A boomerang-shaped 507-yard, par-5 in the meadow brings you back to the clubhouse. The majestic and towering pine trees prevent corner-cutting on the ninth, but a long ball hitter who targets the far side of the fairway and turns two strokes over from right to left may be able to achieve the green with a putt for eagle. The majority of players will be content to position two carefully struck shots on the right side of the fairway, permitting a view into the green. There is reward for the risk of going for it all on number nine, but pine tree jail lurks left and right from there, two over is more likely than two under. Grab a snack at the Osprey Poolside Snack Bar at the turn—another roller coaster ride of meadow and woods will host you on the backside.

Back Nine

The pond that fronts the green on the temptingly short par-4 tenth is filled with balls struck by pretenders rife with false bravado. Only the foolish convince themselves they can drive the green on this 289-yard backside opener—and most that try end up in either the pond in front or the wetlands behind. The tiny green is made for a high-lofted approach, more easily achieved when a mid-iron from the tee has been positioned in the slim fairway framed by a creek on the right.

Eleven is our last meadow-bound hole for a spell with a creek crossing the fairway and bunkers right and behind protecting yet another elevated green. At 365 yards most players will be hitting mid-irons to this shallow and challenging putting surface. The 397-yard, uphill par-4 twelfth is MeadowCreek’s signature hole. Known for a ponderosa pine that holds court in the middle of the fairway drive zone, this hole concludes at MeadowCreek’s largest green—a two-tiered affair up hill from a creek with exciting putting possibilities. Players often aim at the sentinel pine, never expecting to hit it, knowing that ample room exists to either side on this wide fairway. Going right is the preferred route however, eliminating the pines to the left of the putting surface that have a tendency to complicate errant approach shots.  Selected by Mountain West Golf Magazine as one of Idaho's Mean 18.

Thirteen is a beautiful par three where the creek that has meandered through the layout begins closest to a green site. Play from all the way back and 177 yards is your lot; move to the middle markers and you have fewer excuses given the 60 yard advantage.

The 408-yard, par-4 fourteenth commences at the height of land with a second shot featuring a significant drop from fairway to fairgreen. Enjoying the “best view” badge with seven, this lengthy test starts in the pines and ends in the grasslands, and offers huge ambience rewards to those who stop and appreciate the stunning natural surround of this awe-inspiring mountain environment.

Fifteen is a 443-yard double-dogleg par-5 with a pond to the right and a cluster of bunkers greenside. Sixteen rewards a tee shot to the left, and the 353-yard, par-4 may be your last good chance at birdie. Seventeen is another forested par-3, guarded by unforgiving pines and augmented by bunkers lurking about the green.

The closing hole shoots out of the forest with waterways directing safe play along the 531-yard, par-5 fairway. The final 120 yards is straight uphill, assuring a three-shot test for even the longest of ball strikers. Take enough club for the final stroke into a carpet embraced by mounding and a continued upslope between the green and the clubhouse.

Put your feet up in front of the clubhouse’s massive fireplace and review your round. With the ever-changing wind and weather the course will be different tomorrow. The knowledge gained today will be helpful, but MeadowCreek will don another face in the morning—part of the pleasure and perpetually changing demands of mountain golf.