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How to Play Verrado Golf Club — Victory Course

Course strategy, tee-specific yardages and a hole-by-hole game plan for Verrado Golf Club — Victory Course in Buckeye, AZ.

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Verrado Golf Club — Victory Course golf course

Verrado Golf Club — Victory Course

Buckeye, AZ
Black tees · 7,258 yards
COURSE OVERVIEW

About Verrado Golf Club — Victory Course

The Victory Course at Verrado Golf Club is a Tom Lehman-designed 18-hole championship desert layout located in Buckeye, Arizona, along the foothills of the White Tank Mountains. The course features wide, accommodating fairways, granite rock outcroppings, large desert washes, box canyons, and multi-contoured greens surrounded by swales and collection hollows.

COURSE STRATEGY

How to play Verrado Golf Club — Victory Course

Off the tee

Fairways off the tee are broad and forgiving, giving players wide landing areas to hit. However, several holes feature blind or semi-blind sightlines from the teeing grounds where fairway positioning is required for clear approach angles.

Elevation & terrain

The front nine moves across flatter alluvial desert terrain, while the back nine climbs dramatically into the granite foothills of the White Tank Mountains. Elevation changes create uphill climbs, downhill par-3 plunges, and variable distance considerations.

Approach play

Approaches demand accurate distance control into large green complexes guarded by surrounding collection hollows, steep falloffs, and rock outcroppings. Traditional bunkering is minimal on many greens, making slope management key.

Around the greens

Green complexes are defined by swales, ridges, multi-tiered surfaces, and deep collection areas rather than heavy sand protection. Missing the putting surface often leaves delicate chip shots or putts off tightly mown hollows.

Best way to play it

Capitalize on the generous fairway landing zones off the tee by placing shots to gain clear sightlines into the greens. Play conservatively into green complexes by aiming for central putting areas to avoid surrounding collection hollows and granite hazards.

Key takeaways

  • Broad, accommodating fairways offer tee-shot forgiveness, but strategic placement is required for clear sightlines.
  • Undulating green complexes feature subtle tiers and surrounding swales rather than dense bunkering.
  • The back nine climbs into the foothills of the White Tank Mountains, presenting dramatic elevation shifts.
  • The signature 18th hole is an uphill finishing par 5 requiring a tee shot over an irrigation pond into a box canyon green.
YOUR GAME PLAN

Hole-by-hole game plan

Hole
Par
Yards
HCP
Strategy
1
4
386
11
Select a comfortable club off the tee to hit the fairway rather than overpowering the hole, setting up a clean approach shot into a receptive green complex.
Your 240 yd driver · ~146 yards remaining by raw distance.
2
3
170
15
Aim toward the center or right-center section of the green to clear the front-right bunker while keeping shots away from the water and desert rock hazard on the left.
3
5
552
5
Drive toward the central fairway corridor to establish a clean angle for the lay-up or approach into a spacious putting surface.
Your 240 yd driver · ~312 yards remaining by raw distance. Plan this primarily as a three-shot hole.
4
4
451
7
Target the center of the fairway to navigate fairway undulations and secure a straightforward approach over the desert wash.
Your 240 yd driver · ~211 yards remaining by raw distance.
5
3
164
17
Focus on clean iron contact to clear the desert carry, choosing a club that reaches the middle of the putting surface.
6
4
411
9
Aim down the center off the tee to leave an open angle into a green framed by subtle desert contours.
Your 240 yd driver · ~171 yards remaining by raw distance.
7
4
335
13
Position a tee shot in the wide fairway landing zone to set up a wedge into a broad green complex.
Your 240 yd driver · ~95 yards remaining by raw distance. Favor position and approach angle over extra tee-shot distance.
8
5
632
3
Hit a strong drive into the expansive landing area, maneuver the second shot past the fairway desert vegetation, and target the proper tier on the large putting surface.
Your 240 yd driver · ~392 yards remaining by raw distance. Plan this primarily as a three-shot hole.
9
4
492
1
Favor the central fairway off the tee to establish a manageable uphill approach shot into a sloping putting surface.
Your 240 yd driver · ~252 yards remaining by raw distance.
10
4
424
10
Take a target line over the right fairway bunker off the tee if you have the distance, setting up a downhill approach into a multi-sloped green.
Your 240 yd driver · ~184 yards remaining by raw distance.
11
4
425
8
Target the fairway center to navigate elevation changes and secure an approach to a green framed by natural rock outcroppings.
Your 240 yd driver · ~185 yards remaining by raw distance.
12
3
211
16
Aim for the middle of the putting surface to take surrounding collection swales out of play.
13
4
474
6
Execute a solid drive down the fairway center to set up a long approach into a protected green complex.
Your 240 yd driver · ~234 yards remaining by raw distance.
14
4
309
14
Favor the right-center side off the tee or play short of the green; avoid missing to the left side where shots spill into deep collection hollows well below green level.
Your 240 yd driver · ~69 yards remaining by raw distance. Favor position and approach angle over extra tee-shot distance.
15
5
616
4
Cut off as much of the dogleg off the tee as comfortable, lay up cleanly over intermediate desert washes, and add an extra club on the uphill approach into the bunkered green.
Your 240 yd driver · ~376 yards remaining by raw distance. Plan this primarily as a three-shot hole.
16
3
209
18
Target the center of the putting surface; missing short or right lands in natural rock outcroppings, while missing left finds the green-side bunker.
17
4
407
12
Target the high center section of the fairway off the tee to avoid fairway hollows, setting up an approach to a multi-contoured green.
Your 240 yd driver · ~167 yards remaining by raw distance.
18
5
590
2
Favor the right side off the tee to shorten the hole, then lay up or hit an approach shot uphill between boulder outcroppings into the small canyon-enclosed green.
Your 240 yd driver · ~350 yards remaining by raw distance. Plan this primarily as a three-shot hole.

Course information and strategy are provided for planning purposes. Yardages, course setup, hazards and playing conditions can change. Always confirm current course information before your round.