Anthem Golf & Country Club has 36 holes of scenic championship golf. Greg Nash, a club member and the designer of the club’s two golf courses, has provided golfers two dramatically different challenges in the Persimmon and Ironwood layouts that stretch more than 7200 yards each. Both Anthem courses boast large greens, and the five-pin rotation for hole placements keeps the layouts interesting for members. And, with four sets of tee markers and a “combo” course designation, there is a course yardage to fit every game.
The Persimmon Course
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Persimmon #9 |
The Persimmon Course, which opened to rave reviews in 1999, features elevation changes from 50 feet to 300 feet. Perhaps the most notable is the final stretch of holes 15 through 18 that makes for a strong finish. A member favorite is the 581-yard (from the tips),
par-5 Number 16 whose plateau fairway is cut in half by a wash, while a bunker bisects the greenside fairway. The preferred tee shot will land on the right side of the fairway to allow a strong second shot to roll onto the green. An errant shot to the left side of the green will not hold, and the ball will likely find the bunker.
Persimmon Coursewalk
Persimmon Score Card |
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Ironwood #8
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The Ironwood Course
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The Ironwood Course, which opened in January 2004, encompasses seven water features, intimidating bunkers, and a backdrop of a mountain mesa. This is a classic high-risk/high-reward design. Postgame postmortems most often focus on "Anthem Alley" the 10th through 12th uniquely crafted water holes that tend to drive up member's scores. Nash acknowledges some personal favoritism toward the par-4 10th hole. Whatever the position of the drive, however, the approach shot to the peninsula green is, in Nash's words, "one of the most intimidating golf shots into a green."
Ironwood Coursewalk
Ironwood Score Card |
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