Desert Canyon Golf Course

Desert Canyon Golf Course is a Public, 18 hole golf course located in Mountain Home, Idaho.

Established in 1963, Desert Canyon started as a 9-Hole Golf Course built in the deserts of Mountain Home, Idaho. In 1998, the back nine was built. The back nine fully utilizes the canyons and streams that it was built around.

At Desert Canyon you get to experience what feels like two different golf courses. The entire golf course is a real test from the back tees, but offers an easier and more relaxing round of golf from the "white" and "orange" tee boxes.

The older front nine offers large trees and elevated greens. The original front nine holes play either uphill or downhill, depending on which green the golfer is on. All of the greens and tees are elevated. A creek meanders through the front nine and comes into play on four holes.

The back nine was built adjacent to a canyon. The fairways are large with generous landing areas. There is significant mounding on the sides of the fairways and greens. The back nine has four holes built around a large canyon with water in play on five holes. There are two signature holes on the course, #14, a 170-yard, par 3, is all carry over a canyon onto a mounded, large green that is two-tiered, and the other is #17, a 311-yard, par 4, which requires a 150-yard carry from the back tee to the fairway. The green is mounded and two-tiered on this hole.

Par for the course is 71. From the back tees the course plays to 6,333 yards. From the foward tees the course plays to 5,006 yards. The longest hole on the course is # 9 a par-5 that plays to 604 yards. The shortest hole on the course is # 6, a par-3 that plays to 135 yards from the back tees.

Watch out for # 13, a 485 yard par-4 challenge and the #1 handicap hole on the course. The easiest hole at Desert Canyon Golf Course is # 8, a 323 yard par-4.