Featured Phoenix Area Golf Courses
The Lost Gold Course at Superstition Mountain Club stays true to the club's name with a layout that snakes across the desert landscape of the Superstition Mountains. It is one of two golf courses at the club designed by Jack Nicklaus and his sons, the other being the harmoniously named Prospector Course.
Starfire Golf Cub possesses three separate nine-hole courses that are played in three different 18-hole combinations. Originally there were only two courses, the Squire and Hawk nines, but later Arnold Palmer designed the King Course and redesigned the original two courses as well.
The course at the Orange Tree Golf Resort provides an excellent game of golf in a luxurious setting. The Parkland-style layout features fairways lined with mature trees, which not only enhance the natural beauty of the golf course but can also greatly affect shots.
Faldo Championship Course at the Wildfire Golf Club measures as long as 6,846 yards, depending on which tees you're shooting from, and lies on 174 acres and features some differences from the average desert-themed golf courses. Faldo offers abundant fairways, big bentgrass greens and tee boxes, as well as the golf course's neighboring mountains, century-old saguaro cacti and 106 sand bunkers.
The Hawk/King Course at the Starfire Golf Club consists of two separate nine-hole courses. The three nines at Starfire are played in three 18-hole combinations, providing plenty of golfing options.
Gary Panks designed the golf course at the Legacy Golf Resort, giving it lush fairways, strategic hazards and manicured greens to test all golfers. Native flora grows from the landscape, and the club's elevation offers a vista of Camelback Mountain, Squaw Peak and the skyline of Phoenix.
SunRidge Canyon Golf Club provides adventure amid natural terrain over 6,823 yards of par-71 golf. The golf course was laid out by the golf course architect Keith Foster, who hid the golf course in the ridges and canyons of the foothills of the McDowell Mountains, one of the last untouched bastions of the Southwestern United States.
The North golf course at the Boulders Golf Club & Resort plays big brother to the South golf course, and offers bent grass and marvelous views of the Black Mountain, while the golf course winds through the community of Boulders.
John Fought and Tom Lehman collaborated on the Raven at Verrado Golf Club, a voluptuous design that meanders through the old Caterpillar bulldozer proving grounds. It's up and down for 18 holes and that doesn't mean "chip and a putt."
The Boulders complex features two outstanding eighteen hole courses. Both courses are very well-maintained, and the scenery is incredible. Boulder's South course is exactly the type of desert course people come to the Phoenix-Scottsdale resort corridor to play.
Arthur Hills designed the Padre Course at Camelback Golf Club to deliver a fun round that's tough to forget. Trees tower, landforms show subtly, and bunkers improve your golf skills. The par-72 golf course measures 6,903 yards, and has gained its renown by offering a design that requires strategy.
The Prospector Course is one of two courses designed by Jack Nicklaus and his two sons, Jack II and Gary, at the Superstition Mountain Club. The second golf course was aptly named the Lost Gold Course to complement the original Prospector Course; both have a risk-and-reward style layout that is a Nicklaus trademark.
The Palmer Course at Wildfire Golf Club is an 18-hole golf course designed by Arnold Palmer and built in 1997. The par-72 golf course measures 7,145 yards from the tournament tees. "I enjoy designing golf courses that celebrate the sheer fun of golf," Palmer said about this course, "and Wildfire is exactly that."
While just 12 miles from Phoenix, Whirlwind Golf Club's Cattail Course takes golfers to a secluded and scenic environment, where desert tranquility and beauty is a silent playing partner throughout. Whirlwind's Cattail course has a nice variety of holes. You also won't find any homes on it - which is always a bonus.
The Arizona Grand Resort boasts a challenging golf course, blending desert target golf with traditional links, playing par-71 over 6,336 yards, closing on an island-green and a 7,000-square-foot practice green with a bunker and chipping area for a pre-round tune-up.
Pointe Hilton Golf Club on Lookout Mountain receives distinctions: Golf Digest placed it among the top 450 U. S. public courses, and it regularly features among Arizona's best 25 golf course. It doesn't hurt that the golf club regularly hosts eye-catching affairs like the Harmon Killebrew Invitational, the Royce Clayton Charity Classic and the Phoenix Suns Scramble.
The Squire/King Course at the Starfire Golf Club is one of three courses at club. Three nine-hole golf courses form the three 18-hole combinations at Starfire. Arnold Palmer designed one course, the King Course, and he designed renovations for the other two, the Squire and the Hawk.
Devil's Claw is one of two golf courses at Whirlwind G.C., part of the Wild Horse Pass Resort and Casino on the Gila River Indian Reservation near Chandler. In addition to its views of four mountain ranges -- South Mountain, the Estrella Mountains, the San Tan Mountains and the Superstitions -- Devil's Claw overflows with Native American culture.
The Indian Bend Course at Camelback Golf Club offers American-style links in a take-your-breath-away landscape that features marvelous mountain views, fairways lined with palm and eucalyptus trees, and water holes that are as scenic as they are difficult. The par-72 golf course measures 7,014 yards and is laid out in manner that challenges while providing a fun round of golf.
Granite Falls Golf Club offers two courses, the North Course and the South Course. Rolling hills sprinkled with stately trees and large greens define both courses. The South Course has a challenging layout that appeals to all skill levels with four sets of tees and subtle but effective bunkering.
Now you can play in Peoria. Book a round at Trilogy Golf Club at Vistancia, which Golf Digest magazine gave five stars out of five, an honor only a couple dozen North American golf courses share - no other in Arizona.
Paradise Valley Golf Course is an 18-hole public course designed by Jeff Hardin and built in 1986. The par-61 golf course is open year-round and measures 4,082 yards from the championship tees.
Some consider the Adobe golf course at the Arizona Biltmore Country Club to be grand and stately, a prime example of golf course design in the pre-modern era, combining rare beauty with solid trickery.
Duke at Rancho El Dorado sits 25 minutes from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport and was created as the centerpiece of Rancho El Dorado's planned community. In 2003, www. TravelGolf. com called the David Druzisky-designed course Arizona's Best New Course.
The course at the Sunbird Golf Resort is a desert-style course that offers three sets of tee boxes to accommodate most skill levels. This executive length golf course has a country club-type atmosphere and offers a good round of golf.
Golf Club of Estrella is the very first golf course on a daily-fee basis to be designed by Jack Nicklaus II in Phoenix, where it makes its home in the master-planned community Estrella, and offers 18 holes of par-72 championship golf over 7,102 unique yards.
Pinnacle at Troon North represents a stunning, challenging golf experience blended into the high Desert's natural beauty with steep arroyos, natural washes and forests of saguaros and desert foliage. Portions of some fairways are hidden behind boulders and hills. Huge greens surrounded by large bunkers and sloping terrain challenge golfers on every approach shot.
The Heritage Course at the Wigwam Resort, which has received acclaim from Golf Magazine, is one of three 18-hole courses at the resort. The Heritage Course is popular among locals familiar with the Wigwam Resort because it is considered to have the three best finishing holes in the area.
The Gold Course is one of three 18-hole courses offered at the Wigwam Resort, which was named one of Golf Magazine's "Silver Medal Resorts." Golf Digest cited the Gold Course as one of the best public courses in the state.
Nestled within Fountain Hills, the course at the Desert Canyon Golf Club offers a championship course with a variety of elevation changes with views canyon and mountain views. It is a desert-style course with some elevated tees and open fairways that play tight with a few doglegs.
Las Sendas Golf Club offers a desert course demanding top play as it takes golfers through the Usery Mountains, with a vista of Phoenix as the tradeoff for managing rough land close to 1,800 feet above the desert. Jones didn't create a course with whimsical decorations like railroad ties, and he didn't build targets.
The Canyon/Oasis Course at the Phoenician resort begins on the southern slope of Camelback Mountain, providing breathtaking views of the valley below. The Canyon nine is known for its stunning scenery. The Oasis nine is sometimes overlooke but it deserves just as much attention.
Stretching over 320 acres in the southwest area, Southern Dunes Golf Club transforms mostly flat terrain into a challenging course that uses practically twice the amount of land a standard course. The course incorporates superb landscaping featuring towering mounds and hollow valleys for an interesting and scenic game.
Located in the west valley, the Legend at Arrowhead Golf Club is an Arnold Palmer-designed golf course with a traditional layout. The challenging course has six lakes creating water hazards on many of the holes and several doglegs. The difficult to read greens are undulating and in excellent condition.
Although there are many other desert golf courses in the Phoenix area, Apache Creek Golf Club offers one challenging championship course that requires the use of every club. The golf course features wide open fairways and undulating greens that are sloped back to front, some are also double-tiered.
The Golf Club at Johnson Ranch boasts a championship course with a front nine that winds through the Sonoran desert and a back nine that finishes at the base of the bordering San Tan Mountains.
The Wigwam Resort possesses three 18-hole courses, the Patriot Course, the Heritage Course, and the Gold Course. The Patriot Course is the shortest of the three courses but Patriot plays long due to the elevated greens.
The Sidewinder at Gold Canyon Golf Resort slithers about the base of Dinosaur Mountain among arroyos and dry creeks. Indigenous cacti like cholla and prickly pear and trees like mesquite and palo verde feature along the testing curves that require top play.
Palm Valley Golf Club, located minutes from downtown Phoenix, has two 18-hole courses, the Palms Course and the Lakes Course. The Lakes Course's trademark is the extremely large greens that average 35-40 yards in depth.
The executive-length course at Continental Golf Club is a popular choice due to the friendly staff, convenient location, and challenging game. The course features undulating greens that are in excellent shape, as is the entire course. Unique mounding surrounds the narrow fairways.
ASU Karsten Golf Course features a Pete Dye-designed links-style course characterized by design features that challenge, such as Dye's mounding and bunkering - making it important to pick the right golf clubs if you don't want to run up that score.
Talking Stick's North course, with its broad, angular holes rewards thoughtful play through the rise of its many options according to one's level of skill. Its low-profile, slightly crowned greens and close-cropped approaches encourage running as well as aerial assaults.
The golf course at the Union Hills Country Club is a championship course with a traditional layout. The course has been named one of the Top Ten Private Courses in Arizona. The design features four lakes and two winding creeks that create water hazards that come into play on a few holes.
Located in the West Valley, the championship-length course at the Coldwater Golf Club boasts several different challenges for an interesting round of golf. There are elevated tees as well as several dry washes. There are two lakes providing water hazards on the golf course as well.
The executive golf course at Mountain Shadows Golf Club in addition to being an excellent course has the added benefit of having a picturesque location nestled in the foothills of Camelback Mountain, and it also offers views of the equally majestic Mummy Mountains.
Located in the west valley, the golf course at Coyote Lakes Golf Club combines a desert landscape and traditional design with scenic views of the White Tank and Bradshaw Mountains. Although it is modest in length and suitable for all players, the course is still an enjoyable challenge for even advanced golfers.
The golf course at the Western Skies Golf Club has a traditional layout with many different challenges and beautiful views. Surrounded by picturesque mountains and valleys, the course offers a taste of the countryside.
The course at Copper Canyon Golf Club is deceptively exclusive in that although the club has prestige and a luxurious atmosphere, there are some reasonably priced tee times. The layout features an interesting mix of holes that offer panoramic views of the White Tank Mountains to the south.
The Desert/Oasis Course was the Phoenician's first 18 holes, which were later joined by the Canyon nine. The aptly named course may have desert surroundings but its numerous palm trees and blooming flowers will make golfers feel as though they've been transported to a tropical destination.
The Dinosaur Mountain course at Gold Canyon Golf Resort is consistently rated among Arizona's top public courses. It offers a one-of-a-kind round in the Sonora. Panoramas feature at tee boxes. There's a test of skills, traveling upwards, downwards and all around Dinosaur Mountain, with tee-green elevations changing dramatically and fairways loping long.
The Talking Stick Golf Club, designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, offers two uniquely different courses that each offer many options according to your playing skill. The South course, with its tree-lined fairways and raised greens defended at the sides offers a more straightforward style of play than the North Course.
Great Eagle Golf Club, rated one of the most affordable golf courses in Arizona, is a championship course in the West Valley. Although it has a traditional design there are several unique and challenging elements that come into play such as undulating mounds that cause uneven lies and well-guarded greens.
The Papago Golf Course is an 18-hole public golf course designed by William F. Bell and built in 1963. The par-72 golf course measures 7,068 yards from the championship tees. "Papago Golf Course has long had the reputation of being the finest municipal golf course in all of Arizona," William K.
The Club West Golf Club offers 18 holes on a Brian Whitcomb-designed golf course that was originally built in 1993 and measures 7,142 yards from the championship tees on a par-72 golf course.
Located in the West Valley, Sundance Golf Club offers scenic views of the White Tank Mountains to the north and the Estrella Mountains to the south. Designed by Greg Nash, the golf course is unique in that it flawlessly blends lush green landscaping with Sonoran Desert washes and arroyos.
The Bear Creek Golf Complex offers two golf courses, one championship length course and one executive length course, the Cub Course. This sporty course is ideal for beginners and families.
Cave Creek Golf Course is Phoenix's most popular municipal course, seeing about 100,000 rounds yearly. In 1983, Cave Creek began as a landfill reclamation project. It's a sort of pioneer in environmental design, proving similar spots can find environmentally friendly uses. It's open dawn to dusk, year-round.
The executive-length course at the Adobe Dam Family Golf Center is mostly made up of par 3s and par 4s but there is one par 5. The golf course is suitable for beginners but it is also great for more advanced players who want to work on their short game.
The Bear Course is one of two courses at the Bear Creek Golf Complex; it is a championship-length course while the other, the Cub Course, is an executive length course. The Bear Course is an inland, links-style course with rolling fairways and well-manicured greens.
The golf course at the San Marcos Golf Resort boasts an impressive list of past players that includes presidents and celebrities. The golf course is nestled on a property in downtown Chandler that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Located close to the San Tan Mountains, the course at the Lone Tree Golf Club offers not only a good game but also beautiful mountain views. This championship golf course was done in a traditional desert-style with rolling fairways and fast greens that are large and undulating.
If you come to Arizona to play desert golf, forget about Ocotillo. Ocotillo is a refreshing change of pace from most of the Valley's courses precisely because it isn't surrounded by desert. The White nine features #9 - the best hole at Ocotillo and the Gold nine features difficult to read sloped greens.
The Encanto Nine Golf Course lies to the west of Encanto Park, and offers an executive-length golf course perfect for anyone who seeks a fast-and-loose round, with tee times passed out first-come-first-served. About an hour and a half is usually all it takes to play through the golf course.
Hillcrest Golf Club possesses a championship length course that offers a great variety of game options with five sets of tees. The course has a traditional design that features open fairways lined with trees, which put a premium on straight shots.
Raven Golf Club - Phoenix features a one-of-a-kind round of desert golf. Its fairways are lined with Georgia pine, and its greens have more tiers than one - the kind of golf course that only Gary Panks and David Graham could imagine, and a can't-miss on your next golf trip to Phoenix.
Maryvale Municipal Golf Course offers an 18-hole track designed by Ted Robinson, Sr. and built in 1961. The par-72 golf course measures 6,539 yards from the championship tees and is open year-round.
The Encanto Park Golf Course is an 18-hole golf course designed by William P. Bell and built in 1936. It offers 6,386 yards of par-70 golf from the championship tees. Reservations are required on the Encanto Park Golf Course, which is open year-round, and features all of the amenities, such as rental carts and clubs, an in-house professional and a driving range.
The Tonto Verde Golf Club offers two uniquely testing 18-hole championship golf courses, each featuring marvelous vistas, smack dab in the middle of the Arizona desert, which have earned honors for their design and playability.
Villa de Paz Golf Course was voted the top cheap 18-hole course in the Valley of the Sun, according to the Arizona Republic - an honor for a course dating to the early '70s, some of west Phoenix's oldest 18 holes.
Kierland Golf Club offers three nines: Ironwood, Acacia, and Mesquite that are played in three different 18-hole combinations. The courses have a true desert feel with water only coming into play three times, on the final hole of each nine. The Ironwood/Acacia Course combines the most player-friendly of the nines with the club's signature nine.
Silverado Golf Course welcomes all skill levels of golfer, but more advanced players will find the course pleasant but perhaps not as challenging as they would like. Located next to a bike trail that runs through much of Scottsdale, the course provides excellent views.
The executive length course at the Greenfield Lakes Golf Club is a shorter course but there are three sets of teeboxes for a variety of different options. There are also plenty of challenges to appeal to all players.
Located in the east valley, the Sunland Village Golf Course is an 18-hole course with a traditional layout. The semi-rolling landscape of the course features subtle elevation changes and tall, mature trees sprinkled throughout.
Cimarron Golf Club combines challenging golf with excellent landscaping and scenic views of surrounding mountain ranges. Although the course has many difficult elements, with four sets of tees it can easily accommodate different skill levels and abilities.
Rancho Manana Golf Club has one of the prettier courses in Cave Creek-Scottsdale, located high in the Sonora and combining vistas with testing golf. It offers a par-70 championship golf course laid out over elevations that change dramatically right up alongside the untouched desert and the indigenous wildlife that comes with that, as well as an old-school dude ranch that has been incorporated into the golf resort.
Vistal Golf Club sits at South Mountain's base, and features an 18-hole course and spectacular vistas to the Valley of the Sun and Phoenix. It's coming off a 2000 redesign by PGA Tour Design Services, which consulted tour golfers Tom Lehman, Billy Mayfair, and Howard Twitty.
Riverview Golf Course is a beautiful 18-hole facility known for its undulating greens throughout the course. If you can putt on the greens at Riverview, you can putt on any greens.
The Phoenician resort is known for its three unique nines, which offer not three challenging 18-hole combination but also stunning views of the Valley of the Sun. The Desert/Canyon Course is the most requested layout because of its particularly stunning vistas.
Located near the Estrella and White Tank Mountains, the Falcon Golf Club is an affordable, user-friendly course with an interesting layout. The front nine has a target-style layout with a desert landscape while the back nine has a more traditional design.
The golf course at the Eagle's Nest Country Club is a scenic course with a design that calls for most of the holes to play straightaway. The course meanders through hills thick with forestry, but it is relatively flat.
The Pine Course at the McCormick Ranch Golf Club offers mature pines, in an appropriate contrast to its sibling golf course, the Pine Course, and is also narrower than the other golf course.
The semiprivate Ahwatukee Country Club offers an 18-hole golf course designed by John Bulla in 1974 that is open year-round and includes a driving range, as well as a cart included in the greens fee. The golf course is par-72 and measures 6,713 yards from the championship tees.
Lakes at Ahwakutee offers 18 holes of golf on a course designed by Gary Panks and built in 1980. The par-60 course measures 4,019 yards from the championship tees. A round of golf on the Lakes at Ahwatukee kicks off on the 262-yard, from the championship tees, par-4 first hole.
With its neighbors being the Santan Range and Superstition Mountain, it is no wonder Trilogy Golf Club at Power Ranch is known for its spectacular views. Although this championship golf course is near a residential area, the course architect, Dick Bailey, insists the homes were routed to accommodate the golf course and not vice versa.
Bellaire Golf Course in addition to being a good place to practice one's short game it also tests accuracy with long irons. The course aptly tests control over the ball with the irons. Par 4s make up over half the hole at this executive length golf course.
The Arizona Golf Resort and Conference Center is home to a golf school and a challenging 18-hole course. The golf course is known for its difficult and scenic par-3 holes. It is has a traditional layout that features large, subtly sloped greens that are guarded by bunkers.
Golf course architect Greg H. Nash designed the course at Superstiton Springs and worked with the landscape already in place to provide the abundant mounding, wide bunkers and good-looking but tough-playing water features.
The Par-3 Course at Aquila is a perfect complement to the original championship course at the facility. Although the nine-hole course is easier, it still has a unique and challenging design.
The Ocotillo Golf Resort sits on 185 acres and features lush contoured fairways that flow gently amid patches of mature trees, vibrant flower beds, pretty waterfalls and numerous lakes. Even if both Gold and Blue courses bring water into play, that is not the only difficulty golfers will encounter playing the Gold/Blue combination.
Unlike many other Scottsdale courses, Kierland Golf Club's three nines sprawl across rolling hills without a single cactus in sight. The Mesquite/Ironwood Course is has player-friendly fairways that are generous and easy and the green are large but not particularly undulating or fast, which makes the golf course accessible.
McDowell Mountain Golf Club provides an eco-friendly option in Scottsdale - a pretty setting, too, on the McDowell Mountains' western slope. The golf course was designed by the architect Randy Heckenkemper, who turned what had been the Bureau of Reclamation's storm-water-retention area into a top Scottsdale golf course, with 6,624-yards of par-71 golf laid out over what truly tries to be a sanctuary for the indigenous flora and fauna.
The Ranch course at Tonto Verde Golf Club is the newer one, this golf course designed exclusively by Gary Panks, who laid it out over 6,988 yards, upon which it has played host to several golf events at the professional and amateur level since it opened in 2002.
Located in Mesa, Desert Sand Golf Course is an executive length course with a short layout that is most suitable for beginners, but it is also a good place for golfers of all skill levels to work on their short game skills.
Located in the metropolitan Phoenix area, the affordably priced Ken McDonald Golf Course is a championship-length course that is suitable for any level of golfer. The flat terrain of the course makes for an enjoyable stroll, while the water hazards that come into play on eight holes provide plenty of challenge.
Located a short distance from Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix and Arizona State University, Kokopelli Golf Course is a championship length course that offers many interesting challenges. The rolling terrain creates sloping greens and undulating fairways.
Ironwood Golf Course is an 18-hole course with many challenging elements. There are water hazards that come into play on five holes and the holes that don't have water have strategically placed sand bunkers coming in to play.
The Palms Course at the Palm Valley Golf Club is one of two 18-hole courses offered at the facility. Located only a short distance from downtown Phoenix, the course is not only conveniently located but also accessible by any skill level of golfer.
Located in the desert just north of Phoenix and Scottsdale, the golf course at Quintero Golf & Country Club is a challenge but with up to as many as nine tees per hole, it can accommodate golfers of all different abilities and handicaps.
The course at Stonecreek Golf Club has a traditional links-style layout that meanders through Paradise Valley, providing stunning mountain vistas to the south and west. The golf course has undergone several renovations since its opening and the result is superb round of golf in a beautiful setting.
Coronado Golf Course is as excellent place for golfers to work on their short game and it is also great for beginners. The course is relatively flat making it pleasantly walkable.
Peoria Pines Golf Club is an executive length course that has a mix of par 3s and par 4s and calls for the use of several different clubs. There are also two lengthy par 5s that are over 500 yards.
The Longbow Golf Club offers 18 holes of par-72 golf that measures 7,003 yards from the Tips tees. A round of golf at the Longbow Golf Club kicks off on the par-4 first hole, which measures 451 yards from the tips.
The course at Springfield Golf Resort has a traditional design that has an interesting mix of desert-style holes. This executive course features average sized greens that are heavily undulating and fairways that are tight and lined with a few trees.
The Links at Arizona Biltmore Country Club is the "younger" of two golf courses on the Biltmore property, and offers intelligence and innovation, with little room for impatience, on a much-feted design that fast gained reverence from both local and visiting golfers.
Foothills Golf Club offers 18 holes of golf on a golf course designed by Jay Morrish and Tom Weiskopf and built in 1988. It sits among the South Mountains, and features a contrast of challenge and forgiveness on a links-style course that allows golfers to play a target layout that has more than 65 bunkers that daunt, fairways that roll and desert that has a lot of rocks.
The executive-length Rolling Hills Golf Course provides an excellent game and it is a very player-friendly course. True to its name, the course is quite hilly causing a few elevation changes and undulating greens.
TPC Scottsdale has earned a host of honors, including a spot among the top three Arizona golf facilities for service and among the "Top 50 Golf and Resort Destinations in the World," the latter by no less than Conde Nast Traveler.
Scott Miller designed the Eagle Mountain Golf Club - outside Scottsdale among the McDowell Mountains of the Fountain Hills - to weave through shady canyons and around the type of mountain peaks that exist nowhere outside of the Sonora Desert.
Desert Springs Golf Club offers a challenging championship course with seven sets of tees so golfers can truly personalize the game to their individual abilities. The golf course is located in the Northwest Valley, bordered by the White Tank Mountains.
The Championship Course at the Painted Mountain Golf Club is a challenging desert-style course with a variety of different tees to accommodate every age group and skill level. The course is one of two at the club, the other being the nine-hole Executive Course.
When the architect Rees Jones created the golf course at the Legend Trail Golf Club, he created a golf course that brings out the Old West-style air of Scottsdale and a fun and testing golf course with greens made of bent grass. It's a premium golf course smack dab in the Sonora Desert.
The golf course at Las Colinas Golf Club stretches over a gently, rolling landscape sprinkled with over 2000 cottonwoods as well as various other native grasses and plants.
The deserts of Arizona are the last place you'd expect to find an ode to the British Open but the Monument course at Troon North is a love song to the golf courses on the other side of the Atlantic, from the ability to play bump-and-run shots into greens into the names of some of the holes.
Moon Valley Country Club's Championship course features excellent conditions and a spot in Arizona's long golf tradition on a par-72 18-hole course first designed by Dick Wilson and redesigned by Bob Cupp and Associates. This golf course challenges all levels, playing 5,278-7,210 yards.
The course at Corte Bella Golf Club was done in a desert style but avoids the target greens and forced carries that are at some desert courses in the area. It has a classic layout on a beautiful terrain of ficus, Italian cypress, and oleander, creating a scenic ambiance.
Vista Verde Golf Course has a desert style layout that features panoramic views of Four Peaks, the Superstition Mountains, Weaver's Needle, and the Tonto National Forest. In addition to the scenery, the golf course also presents interesting challenges such as subtle contours and desert wasteland areas that guard the holes.
Desert Mirage Golf Course offers a public, nine-hole course and a fully stocked pro shop. The course has a traditional design but that does not mean it is boring. It is perfect for squeezing in a quick game or for beginners and kids.
Willowcreek Golf Course in Sun City has one regulation length 18-hole course, the Willowcreek Course, as well as one executive length course, the Willowbrook Course. The traditional layout of the Willowcreek Course features three lakes that form water hazards that come into play on four holes.
Bougainvillea Golf Club accommodates any skill level of golfer, from beginning to advanced. The golf course welcomes the less experienced golfers with its generous fairways but the strategically placed bunkers and undulating greens will keep seasoned golfers on their toes.
The Viewpoint Golf Resort offers both a championship course as well as an executive golf course. The Championship Course provides a fair test of skill of golfers of any skill level with generous, rolling fairways lined with trees and some greens that are severely sloped from back to front.
The Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale was created to be the setting for the PGA Tour's FBR Open, an event that brings in more than 500,000 golf fans. The main event on the Stadium Golf Course at TPC Scottsdale happens on the 16th hole, a short par 3 that brings in the real golf fans who hoot and holler as if they were at WrestleMania.
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Robert Trent Jones II designed the golf course at Dove Valley Ranch Golf Club, creating a championship course to shift gently from open play to intimate foliage along Willow Wash. The golf delivers Southwestern authenticity, with etroglyph-etched boulders marking holes.
The Aquila Golf Course facility offers two golf courses; one is a championship length course while the other is a par-3, nine-hole course. The championship course provides an excellent game of golf for an affordable price.
Unlike many other courses in Phoenix, the course at the Toka Sticks Golf Club was not done in a traditional desert-style. It is known amongst locals for having very fast greens, many of which are elevated.
Ocotillo is a one-of-a-kind golf spot in a state full of top golf spots. When playing the Blue/White nines, the golfer faces eight holes that bring water into play on the Blue nine and the White nine features the best hole on the property - the 479-yard, par-4 ninth.
Glen Lakes Municipal Golf Course not only provides a good game of golf but also excellent practice facilities and a learning center that offers free lessons. The course features several lengthy par 3s and par 4s.
Arizona Traditions Golf Club offers a parkland style golf course that has panoramic views of the White Tank Mountains. An enhancement project for the course in 1998 put in an abundance of trees, shrubs, and flowers on the course.
Palo Verde Golf Course offers nine holes of executive-length golf, coming in at par-30, and tee times can be reserved up to a week in advance; the golf course also features a lighted driving range for evening swings.
Kierland Golf Club boasts three unique nines that are played in three different 18-hole combinations. The Acacia/Mesquite Course begins with Kierland's signature nine. Acacia features gently sloping fairways, all of which are bordered by bunkers.
Nestled at the base of the Superstition Mountains, Mountainbrook Golf Club offers a player-friendly course with beautiful views of mountains and desert hills. Given its location, the golf course is mostly flat, making it a nice walk.
The North Course is one of two courses at Granite Falls Golf Club, the other naturally being the South Course. The North Course was built on a rolling, hilly terrain with stately trees and abundant shrubbery
AllGolf At Rio Salado provides plenty of challenge for an interesting game of golf. The plush landscape of the course features generous fairways and fast, medium-sized greens. Water hazards and strategically placed bunkers also come into play on some holes.
McCormick Ranch Golf Club features two lush manicured year-round courses amid the lovely views of Scottsdale. Both the Palm and Pine golf courses' championship tees lay to over 7,000 yards, and there are also the options of men's, seniors' and ladies' tee sets to allow everyone a crack at the tests offered by these golf courses.
Tres Rios GC at Estrella Mountain Park is rich with dense forestry including eucalyptus, mesquite, and pine trees as well as cottonwoods. The course has a parkland-style layout with rolling fairways lined with trees and undulating greens that are medium-sized and fast.
Quail Run Executive Golf Course has two sets of teeboxes for more golfing options. The course's layout features relatively wide fairways and medium-sized, mildly undulating greens.
Superstition Mountain Club - Lost Gold
Starfire Golf Club - Squire/Hawk
Orange Tree Golf Resort
Wildfire Golf Club - Faldo Course
Starfire Golf Club - Hawk/King
Legacy Golf Resort
SunRidge Canyon Golf Club
Boulders Golf Club & Resort - North
Raven at Verrado
Boulders Golf Club & Resort - South
Camelback Golf Club - Padre Course
Superstition Mountain Club - Prospector
WildFire Golf Club - Palmer Course
Whirlwind Golf Club - Cattail
Arizona Grand Golf Course
Pointe Hilton Golf Club on Lookout Mountain
Starfire Golf Club - Squire/King
Whirlwind Golf Club - Devil's Claw
Camelback Golf Club - Indian Bend Course
Granite Falls Golf Club - South
Trilogy Golf Club at Vistancia
Paradise Valley Park Golf Course
Arizona Biltmore Country Club - Adobe Course
Duke at Rancho El Dorado
Sunbird Golf Resort
Golf Club of Estrella
Troon North - Pinnacle
Wigwam Resort - Heritage
Wigwam Resort - Gold
Desert Canyon Golf Club
Las Sendas Golf Club
Phoenician - Canyon/Oasis
Southern Dunes Golf Club
Legend at Arrowhead
Apache Creek Golf Club
Johnson Ranch Golf Club
Wigwam Resort - Patriot
Gold Canyon Golf Resort - Sidewinder
Palm Valley Golf Club - Lakes
Continental Golf Club
ASU Karsten Golf Course
Talking Stick - North
Union Hills Country Club
Coldwater Golf Club
Mountain Shadows Golf Club
Coyote Lakes Golf Club
Western Skies Golf Club
Copper Canyon Golf Club
Phoenician - Oasis/Desert
Gold Canyon Golf Resort - Dinosaur Mountain
Talking Stick - South
Great Eagle Golf Club
Papago Golf Course
Club West Golf Course
Sundance Golf Club
Bear Creek Golf Complex - Cub
Cave Creek Golf Course
Adobe Dam Family Golf Center
Bear Creek Golf Complex - Bear
San Marcos Golf Resort
Lone Tree Golf Club
Ocotillo - White/Gold
Encanto Nine Golf Course
Hillcrest Golf Club
Raven Golf Club - Phoenix
Maryvale Municipal Golf Course
Encanto Park Golf Course
Tonto Verde Golf Club - Peaks
Villa de Paz Golf Course
Kierland Golf Club - Ironwood/Acacia
Silverado Golf Course
Greenfield Lakes Golf Club
Sunland Village Golf Course
Cimarron Golf Club
Rancho Manana Golf Club
Vistal Golf Club
Riverview Golf Course
Phoenician - Desert/Canyon
Falcon Golf Club
Eagle's Nest Country Club
McCormick Ranch - Pine
Ahwatukee Country Club
The Lakes At Ahwatukee
Trilogy Golf Club at Power Ranch
Bellair Golf Course
Arizona Golf Resort & Conference Center
Superstition Springs Golf Club
Aguila Par-3 Golf Course
Ocotillo - Gold/Blue
Kierland Golf Club - Mesquite/Ironwood
McDowell Mountain Golf Club
Tonto Verde Golf Club - Ranch
Desert Sands Golf Course
Ken McDonald Golf Course
Kokopelli Golf Course
Ironwood Golf Course
Palm Valley Golf Club - Palms
Quintero Golf & Country Club
Stonecreek Golf Club
Coronado Golf Course
Peoria Pines Golf Club
Longbow Golf Club
Springfield Golf Resort
Arizona Biltmore Country Club - Links Course
Foothills Golf Club
Rolling Hills Golf Course
TPC Scottsdale - Champions
Eagle Mountain Golf Club
Desert Springs Golf Club
Championship at Painted Mountain Golf Club
Legend Trail Golf Club
Las Colinas Golf Club
Troon North - Monument
Moon Valley Country Club - Championship
Corte Bella Golf Club
Vista Verde Golf Course
Desert Mirage Golf Course
Willowcreek Golf Course
Bougainvillea Golf Club
Viewpoint Golf Resort - Championship
TPC Scottsdale - Stadium
Scottsdale Silverado Golf Club - Silver Pony Course
Dove Valley Ranch Golf Club
Aguila Golf Course
Toka Sticks Golf Club
Ocotillo - Blue/White
Glen Lakes Municipal Golf Course
Arizona Traditions Golf Club
Palo Verde Golf Course
Kierland Golf Club - Acacia/Mesquite
MountainBrook Golf Club
Granite Falls Golf Club - North
AllGolf At Rio Salado
McCormick Ranch - Palm
Tres Rios GC at Estrella Mountain Park
Quail Run Executive Golf Course