Chaparral Pines

David Graham collaborated with Scottsdale-based architect Gary Panks to lay out the tree-lined fairways of The Golf Club at Chaparral Pines in 1997. Situated in forested mountain terrain, the holes weave around rocky outcrops, a quarry and a number of man-made lakes.

In the book The American Private Golf Club Guide, Daniel Wexler says the course’s main attribute is “the naturalness with which it is routed; indeed, native slopes, rock outcroppings and trees all affect play to a notably high degree.”

The author continues: “though artificial lakes appear at the 4th and 10th, and the par three 6th is routed over a man-made quarry, Chaparral Pines is one of the more natural (and scenic) big ticket layouts to be built during the 1990s, and worth the 90-minute drive from Phoenix.”