Clear Creek Golf Club

The rolling terrain of northeast Alabama's Sand Mountain provides an unexpectedly dramatic canvas for this Robert Trent Jones Sr. design, where elevation changes of 200 feet create thrilling approach shots to elevated greens. Water comes into play on eleven holes, most memorably at the par-3 17th where Clear Creek itself guards the entire left side of a narrow, angled green. Jones's strategic bunkering forces precise club selection on approach shots, rewarding golfers who can work the ball both ways while punishing those who get lazy with their lines.