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17 Golf courses located on Native American properties sometimes play, and are often built, differently to other courses. Tribes obviously want to create as good and appealing a course as possible but, where some developers might treat a piece of ground as something to be manipulated or altered, Tribal entities will always seek to preserve the land as much as possible, retaining features others might remove and steering golfers clear of sensitive cultural areas. The Journey at Pechanga is owned by the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians, and located adjacent to the enormous, upscale Pechanga Resort and Casino in Riverside County. Temecula's highly-rated wine country is nearby, and the Santa Rosa Plateau just a little way to the north. San Diego is 60 miles south, Los Angeles 95 miles north and west. The course spans 300 acres and opened in August 2008. And its designer, Steve Forrest, a partner of the prolific and highly-respected Arthur Hills, was obviously keen to respect the Tribe's wishes, staying away from the sacred sites as well as yielding to the extensive environmental guidelines golf course architects working in California need to be wary of. Despite avoiding certain spots, Forrest had a lot of interesting ground and excellent views to work with and fashioned a course with numerous memorable holes. The most notable among them are probably the 6th which descends 175 feet from tee to fairway making the 488-yard hole potentially drivable(!), and the downhill, 243-yard 17th which, cut into the hillside and surrounded by boulders and Chapparal oaks, chamise, and manzanitas with amazing views of the Temecula Valley is a long par-3 you're unlikely to forget. Perhaps the most interesting hole, though, one that requires good decision-making as well as precise execution, is the short par-4 5th.Maybe a little too straight to be considered a true Cape hole, you will, nevertheless, need to make a conscious decision on the tee at the 5th – how much of the small lake do you want to take on, and how close to the creek which comes out of the lake do you want to get? You have three solid options. Stay well left and your tee shot might stay dry but you'll leave a longer second over the creek that passes in front of the green. Go close to the distant fairway bunkers and you'll need to carry some water from the tee but, assuming you're successful, your second will be just a short pitch over the creek. For the creek not to be a factor with your approach shot, you'll need to get as close to the green as possible from the tee, aiming at a small patch of fairway from which you'll have an unimpeded line to the flag. That's a testing drive but the reward might be significant. Decisions, decisions. Architect: Arthur Hills & Steve Forrest Photography by Lindsay Cauthen JOURNEY AT PECHANGA GOLF COURSE GOLF COURSE PAR 4 ● 351 YARDS TEMECULA, CA H O L E 5 th See Page XXX Scan this QR code to view Golf & Resort packages

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