Arizona
Arizona, the Grand Canyon or Copper State, is synonymous with desert landscapes and its mild winter climate is golfing heaven. There are few Golden Age designs here in Arizona, largely due to the fact that tough hybrid grasses had not yet appeared on the scene. However, some courses did appear in the early part of the 20th century and the oldest course in the southwest (1919) is still in play at the Phoenix Country Club.
Scottsdale National Golf Club (The Other Course)
Arizona, United States
Scottsdale National Golf Club (The Other Course)
The Jackson Khan design team spent at least six days a week on site during the 15-month construction, with The Other Course at Scottsdale National Golf Club opening on 29th October 2016.
The Estancia Club
Arizona, United States
The Estancia Club
The Estancia Club is set on a high desert plateau, underneath the northern slope of Pinnacle Peak – Scottsdale’s most famous landmark – where spectacular city views to the south and west are on offer. Tom Fazio designed this desert course among the huge boulder outcrops and the saguaro cacti.
Forest Highlands Golf Club (Canyon)
Arizona, United States
Forest Highlands Golf Club (Canyon)
Opened in 1988, the Canyon course at Forest Highlands Golf Club was created by the design duo of Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish. It is currently the premier golf course in the State of Arizona, set amongst Ponderosa Pine, Oak and Aspen trees at 7,000 feet above sea level.
Whisper Rock Golf Club (Upper)
Arizona, United States
Whisper Rock Golf Club (Upper)
Whisper Rock Golf Club is tucked away in the north Scottsdale desert. This private members facility is accessed via the guard-gated entrance to a residential community which just so happens to have two fine golf courses in their collection.
Desert Highlands
Arizona, United States
Desert Highlands
Lyle Anderson contracted Jack Nicklaus to build a course around a sizeable Scottsdale residential development in the early 1980s and the Golden Bear with his senior designer Bob Cupp duly obliged...
Whisper Rock Golf Club (Lower)
Arizona, United States
Whisper Rock Golf Club (Lower)
Whisper Rock's Lower course opened in 2001 and it was the first foray into golf course design for Phil Mickelson. Owner Gregg Tryhus teamed Lefty up with Dallas-based architect Gary Stephenson to turn a boulder-strewn area in the Sonoran Desert into a very special golf venue.
Desert Forest Golf Club
Arizona, United States
Desert Forest Golf Club
Desert Forest Golf Club is located at altitude in Carefree, Arizona, to the north of Phoenix and it was one of the earliest desert-style courses ever built, fashioned in 1962 by Robert "Red" Lawrence who went on to shape numerous other courses in the American Southwest...
We-Ko-Pa Golf Club (Saguaro)
Arizona, United States
We-Ko-Pa Golf Club (Saguaro)
The Saguaro course at We-Ko-Pa Golf Club opened in December 2006 and it was the second course built at this stunning facility. Located to the north east of Scottsdale, on a site developed by the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, it offers daily fee golfers the use of two spectacular layouts...
Stone Canyon
Arizona, United States
Stone Canyon
Stone Canyon Club is a spectacular desert course set between Catalina State Park and Tortolita Mountain Park to the north of Tucson. Its elevated tees, lush fairways and testing greens extend to a tight 70 acres, routed around stone outcrops and canyons flanked by towering saguaro cacti.
Silverleaf Club
Arizona, United States
Silverleaf Club
Located less than a 30-minute drive north of downtown Scottsdale, the Tom Weiskopf-designed course at the Silverleaf Club – named after an historic mining claim filed on the property in the late 19th century – is the centrepiece of an upmarket residential development...