3 Creek Ranch Golf Club

Rees Jones and Greg Muirhead designed this championship layout on more than 400 acres surrounded by the Teton Mountains in Jackson Hole, incorporating natural creeks, lakes, wetlands, and native grasslands into the routing. At an elevation of 6,200 feet, the course plays proportionally to its mountain environment and stretches to a formidable 7,698 yards from the Tour tees.

3 Creek Ranch Golf Club is Jackson Hole's only member-owned private golf club, set on more than 400 acres of conserved Wyoming ranch land in the valley of the Snake River.Jones was selected to design the course with a primary mandate of minimal environmental disturbance. Speaking about his approach at 3 Creek Ranch, Jones emphasized working with the existing topography and natural tributaries rather than reshaping the land, allowing the course to be returned to its natural state once play is finished each season. The result is a layout woven through native grasses, natural wetlands, and the blue-ribbon fishing waters that give the club its name—natural tributaries of the Snake River that provide critical habitat for native cutthroat trout. The conservation easement protecting more than 400 acres of the property is a defining feature of the club's identity, ensuring the ranch landscape surrounding the course remains permanently undeveloped. The course offers up to six tee boxes per hole, accommodating a wide range of players while preserving the strategic integrity that Jones designed into each hole from the championship markers. The routing makes repeated use of the natural creek crossings and wetland edges that define the site, placing water as a strategic element rather than a purely penal one. Views of the Teton Range—including the Grand Teton to the north—are visible from multiple points on the course, and the surrounding ridgelines and high desert vegetation create a backdrop unlike any other championship layout in the continental United States. Jackson Hole's outdoor character shapes the club at every level. The valley sits at high altitude between the Teton Range to the west and the Gros Ventre Range to the east, with the Snake River running through it—one of the premier fly-fishing rivers in North America. The short alpine golf season, typically running from late spring through early fall, concentrates the membership experience and gives the course a seasonal quality that distinguishes it from year-round private clubs. The member-owned structure means 3 Creek Ranch operates for the benefit of its members rather than outside investors or management companies. The club includes a clubhouse, fitness center, spa, and heated outdoor pool alongside the golf facilities, which feature a dual-sided driving range, practice bunkers, and chipping greens. The residential community surrounding the course includes homesites designed to complement the conservation easement framework that protects the ranch landscape. The combination of Rees Jones's thoughtful environmental design, the spectacular Teton setting, and the member-owned governance model has established the club as the defining private golf experience in Jackson Hole since it opened.