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Victor is the largest city in Teton County, Idaho, United States. The population was 1,928 at the 2010 census, up from 840 at 2000. It is part of the Jackson, WY-ID Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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1. Bagley's Teton Mountain Ranch
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5.0 based on 82 reviews
Reviewed By hvigneron - Boston, United States
I cannot say enough amazing things about our experience on our half day trail ride! Pauline was super helpful and the booking process was flawless. Kent was our guide for the day and he was a wealth of knowledge about the area and ensured that we had a great experience. This was truly the highlight of our trip to Idaho and we cannot wait to return next year! Thank you to Pauline and Kent for a wonderful day.
2. Headwaters Golf Club
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4.5 based on 27 reviews
Located in the heart of Teton Valley, in the majestic Yellowstone/Teton area and wrapped on it's southern border by the Caribou-Targhee national Forest, Headwaters Golf Club is quickly becoming the mountain course of choice visiting the region. A unique triumvirate of talent, golf legend Byron Nelson, Open Champion Steve Jones and architect GAry Stephenson masterfully crafted both the 18-hole and 9-hole courses. This unique group understood Mr. Nelson's design philosophy; a shot well struck by any golfer should be rewarded.
Reviewed By jeffgolfguy - Millcreek, United States
If one was to look at the sport of golf in very simplistic terms, it seems pretty straightforward and has been around for 100’s of years. At the very base, you hit something off the ground with a stick. Over the years that ground has evolved into golf courses, and there are only two types, Private and Public. The former is for members only, the latter for anyone with the wherewithal and the money to plunk down for green fees. In those two categories, there are also different plateaus. For example, public golf courses can be municipality owned and operated, historically the lower end of the spectrum and lovingly called your “neighborhood muni.” And then there are all kinds of layouts lumped together into the “Daily Fee” group. These could include your military, resort, island paradise or, more typically, courses built to sell building lots and then turned over to the Homeowners Association as part of the development. These golf courses are usually managed and operated by golf management companies that now control a large segment of the public and private golf course market. In the private category, there are generally two types, equity and non-equity. Equity means the members own it, lock, stock, and barrel, and they manage the property, typically with a board of directors. These clubs are very private with little or no outside participation other than limited member/guest arrangements and are very protective of their status and property. Non-equity is by the membership. You pay a specific fee for different levels of participation and access. Golf, tennis, spa, clubhouse, equestrian, shooting sports, you name it, and these clubs offer it. As you can expect, some of these memberships can be pricey, especially on a high mountain, destination, wonderland, like you find in and around Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The Headwaters Club at Teton Springs is this type of club. What a member can expect from their membership is a very high and consistent level of service, quality, and access. Resort communities, clubs of this type, built-in and around secondary residences, are typically joined by individuals who often belong to clubs in other locations, which means they are used to this level of service and accessibility, and they are generally protective of their status and access. But it's customary, and usually kept quiet, for high-end private clubs of this type to offer reciprocal and non-member play on an individual case-by-case basis. Teton Springs is one of those clubs that allow reciprocal play but limits it to four outside groups per day. So, if you are a member of a private club in your hometown or state and visiting the area and want to play one of the best-kept secrets in the Teton Valley, designed by golf legend, Byron Nelson, give them a call, you will be glad you did. However, be prepared. Teton Springs is a big-time golf experience. Resort courses, routinely designed by big-name designers, seek to give the player an optimal golf encounter which includes all the features one would expect from plunking down this much money to play. Location-check, scenic backdrop-check, lots of length-check, multiple tee locations-check, plenty of water hazards and sand bunkers-check, forced carries-check, doglegs on every hole requiring a consistent, repeating swing-check, large greens with numerous pin locations-check. The difficulty of the course reflects the philosophy of its Hall of Fame member and designer, Byron Nelson, “challenging yet enjoyable.” And it is long, 7,373 yards from the gold tees. And from back there it’s demanding with a slope of 141 and a rating of 74.8. Fortunately, there are five sets of tees on every hole which allows the player to select the course that suits their game because you are going to have to hit it straight or know how to move the ball in either direction to play this golf course. That’s why it is imperative to pick the tees that allow you to hit your prevalent shot, whether its right-to-left or left-to-right, to cut off as much of the doglegs as you dare on each hole while avoiding all the dangers that lurk everywhere. As I said, this is a big-time, significant golf experience and not for the faint of heart or less skilled. For those players, Headwaters wisely built a par-3 course that can accommodate beginners, juniors, and players that really should not be on the championship course. The holes range from 70-200 yards and have two cups on each hole. Regulation and an oversized putting cup that is gaining popularity among less-skilled players. Designers are incorporating more and more of these short-course features into their designs to accommodate marginal skill levels while restricting access to the championship designs for the more accomplished player. The Headwaters Club, as you would expect, also has a state-of-the-art practice facility including putting and chipping greens. The Jackson Hole geographical area offers a multitude of golfing encounters. From the 9-hole public course to the high-end, very exclusive, private course experience with all that entails. The Headwaters Club & Lodge at Teton Springs has been rated, by US News and World Report the #1 Hotel in Idaho the last three years. Its 18-hole championship golf course is indeed in that category and complements everything else you would expect at a very exclusive private club. Jeff Waters is a PGA Master Professional and a member of the Golf Writers Association of America
3. Fitzgerald's Bicycles
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4.5 based on 10 reviews
4. WorldCast Anglers
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5.0 based on 9 reviews
5. Teton Reserve Golf Course
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4.0 based on 15 reviews
Reviewed By jeffgolfguy - Millcreek, United States
Teton Reserve is one of those golf course/vacation home/planned resort communities that is a victim of cruel circumstances. Namely the housing bubble enthusiasm of the first part of this century, coupled with the financial crash of 2008. It’s not their fault. By any financial indications and projections, their business plan, based on already successful operating models, was sound. You take a picturesque, nationally known, destination resort area, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, with all its recognized and proven amenities. Add a challenging 18-Hole up-scale resort golf course, designed by a well-known icon in the sport. Create a comprehensive master plan that includes almost 500 acres of building lots, trails, clubhouse, swimming pool, and spa with a championship golf course as the centerpiece and sit back and wait for buyers hoping to catch the disposable income wave that was flourishing across this country. And then, in 2008, the bottom fell out, and even the soundest business plans went bust. The project was first conceived and planned during the golf/real estate boom going on in this country in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. The National Golf Foundation, the record keeping golf organization in this country, projected that the golf course construction boom would continue unabated as the baby boomer generation, with gobs of disposal income, looked to buy secondary homes, usually built around golf courses, swimming pools, and outdoor recreational pursuits. Nationally, new golf course openings were averaging more than one a day. And then, as I said, in 2008, the boom went bust. Sadly, the NGF now indicates golf course closings outweigh new course openings. A lot of developments across the country got caught in the traps and went bust. The Teton Reserve, designed by former United States Open Champion, Hale Irwin, is a remarkable project and design that is the unfortunate victim of, not only bad luck but lousy timing. The good news is they have survived when a lot of golf course developments have gone bankrupt and closed. The reasons they are still in business is the location is a proven magnet for the high-end traffic the project seeks. The master plan is sound, and the golf course is not only praiseworthy but very interesting. Teton Reserve is designed more like the retirement communities in Palm Springs, California, rather than a mountain course at the base of the Teton Range. The golf course is in the middle of the development, and every building lot is adjacent to the golf course with access, sometimes in your backyard. The golf course is also lengthy with long distances between greens and teeing areas making walking almost a nonexistent exercise. If you are a visitor, a cart is mandatory. If you are a resident, and the golf course was designed for and around homeowners, your private golf cart is a necessity. Which brings me back to my Palm Springs analogy of golf courses constructed with residents in mind. It’s a cottage business in the desert to have your own personalized and equipped golf cart. And I’ve seen some customized designs that are high-tech with every conceivable luxury that would rival the most high-end automobiles with all the added extras. If the economy remains on its upward path and this project continues to sell building lots, then I can see this type of eclectic assortment of personalized custom golf carts parked in every garage. It helps that Hale Irwin designed the course to be played in four different directions, which means you can start and finish anywhere you want on the course. If you are a homeowner, jump in your cart and play. Multiple teeing areas which create different sight lines on each hole allow you to pick and customize the course you want to play. I would imagine this would create some logistical problems if the course is busy, but again using the Palm Springs model, I’ve seen it work on courses with people jumping in and out, playing a few holes and moving on somewhere else. The course, reflecting Irwin’s mastery of trouble shots, has a lot of bunkering with sand surrounding every green and dotting the landing areas. Water hazards are almost non-existent, but mis-hit shots will still make you pay with some big numbers. The front nine, balanced with three par-5’s, three par-4’s and three par-3’s, measures 3,605 yards from the blacks, 3,339 from the golds, 2,911 yards from the slivers and 2,574 yards from the bronze tees. The sixth is a monster par-3 at 246 yards from the blacks. The back nine is longer at 3,811 yards from the back tees, with the par-5 tenth stretched out to 669 yards and the par-3, seventeenth at 245 yards. Hale Irwin’s design makes for a challenging golf course reflecting the personal values of its super competitive designer. The moral of the story is, don’t be a glutton for punishment, move up to the tees that suit your ability. Teton Reserve is a golf course built with the homeowning residents in mind. Designed to be played from multiple teeing areas with diverse sight lines and copious amounts of sand bunkering, this is a golf course that might not appeal to all players. That said if the economy continues growing and remains healthy, coupled with the millennium generation turning to golf the way their boomer grandparents did, this development will endure in the very competitive Jackson Hole golf community.
