Par 3 – 160 yards
When Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner designed CapRock Ranch the use of the Snake River Canyon was going to be the most prominent and spectacular feature of the experience. It is very challenging to identify definitively the best hole “in the canyon” but the 6th is the first of the blow your hair back visuals, not that you don’t “touch” the canyon on holes 4 and 5. You also close with 15 to 18 giving you the ultimate crescendo.
The 6th is the second par 3 on the outward 9, and the 3rd hole is special, in its own right. The designers toiled with the idea of fronting the green with a bunker but leaned on a little outside advice that reminded them of the look that fronts the 16th at Cypress Point. The 6th at CapRock is a modest length from the tips and the green has real depth. The green is pitched back toward the tee and there is ample “pinable” area in every quadrant. Naturally the hard right pin is the most dramatic on the canyon’s edge. The green sits atop the white rock of the canyon facade, 300 feet above the floor of the Snake River. CapRock Ranch launched itself inside the Top 50 of virtually all the Top 100 lists in the U.S. and we’re of the belief that there are not 20 better golf courses in America. It’s truly an amazing walk.