This course is located at an elevation of 8,400 feet above sea level so most golfers use riding carts because the air is rather thin Locals joke that the rough is eighty feet high because of all the pine trees lining the fairways The average sized greens are severely sloped Nine of this championship course s holes were designed by Dick Phelps in 1974 These nine holes were cut directly out of a forest so the tree lines are extremely thick