Spring Creek carries a refined, deliberate feel as the holes thread through quiet corridors of hardwoods and pine. The front nine fans out across largely untouched ground, while the back ventures out and returns beside Spring Branch. Named Golf Digest’s Best New Public Course Under $75 in 2007, it pairs broad-shouldered, well-sited bunkers reminiscent of Bethpage Black with stream-and-ravine movement that echoes Mike Strantz’s now-closed Stonehouse near Richmond, the 1996 Best New Upscale winner. Most greens sit on a bias to the line of play, asking golfers to pick between a safer, open avenue or a bolder angle unlocked only by smart positioning and precise execution.