Best New Courses 2013

Below are excerpts from an article that originally appeared in Golf Digest.

Public course, 7,238 yards par 72 | Jason Straka, redesigner

Camelback's old Indian Bend Course, straddling a linear flood control channel, was embarrassingly flat and lifeless. No more. Straka lowered and naturalized the wash and used the fill to reshape every hole with such flair that Ambiente now overshadows the resort's Padre Course. Started as a Hurdzan/Fry project, now billed as a Fry/Straka design, Ambiente is probably the most improved course of the year.

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