 The 18th hole at Verrado Golf Club's Victory Course, a brutish par 5, offers plenty of "wow." In addition to water being in play from the tips, a skinny bunker, mounds and a rock formation add to this hole's fun factor.
 Location: Buckeye, Ariz. THE REVIEW
Starter: The Victory Course at Verrado is the second of two Tom Lehman-designed courses in a massive upscale real estate community in the foothills of the White Tank Mountains, located about 30 minutes west of Phoenix. Along with the standard driving range, the course features the Victory Golf Playground, a dedicated short game practice facility. Long cart path rides bordered by future single-family homes or retirement villas are reminders that this is not an intimate early 20th century classic. On the other hand, it’s good to know good new golf courses are being built again.
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