The Golf Club at Redlands Mesa

Overview: Redlands Mesa rises above Grand Junction on Colorado’s Western Slope, where Jim Engh shaped 18 holes around red-rock mesas, open desert ground and views across the surrounding canyon country. The course uses elevated tees, native terrain and broad changes in perspective to create a strategic round that is as much about choosing a landing area as finding the fairway. The par-72 routing can look generous from above, but its shaped hazards and sloping greens quickly expose shots that arrive from the wrong angle.

History: Engh’s design was developed in 2001 on the Redlands Mesa property and grew into a major public course for Grand Junction. The layout has retained its Western Slope identity while the operating course continues to refine its presentation, including the restoration of the elevated 17th tee after a period of closure. The course’s history is therefore tied to both its original desert design and the effort to keep its most distinctive strategic features in play.

Did You Know? The stretch from the 14th through the 17th is known as Deadman’s Pass. It includes the risk-reward temptation of the 14th, the scoring opportunity at the 15th, the water and trench decisions of the 16th, and the elevated Crow’s Nest tee at the 17th. Few four-hole sequences explain Redlands Mesa’s design character more clearly.