Arizona: Phoenix, Tucson, Scottsdale Golf Courses and more

Aguila Golf Course

Aguila Golf Course opened in 1999 and is a 210-acre facility with an 18-hole championship golf course designed by Gary Panks. The Spanish name for "eagle," Aguila affords views of both the downtown skyline of Phoenix and surrounding mountains.

Ahwatukee Country Club

Arizona golf legend John Bulla designed semi-private Ahwatukee Country Club in 1974, located near the Phoenix South Mountain Park. Just a 15 minute-drive from downtown Phoenix, the par-72 Ahwatukee Country Club is a mix of desert and tree-lined fairways

Arizona Biltmore Country Club - Adobe Course

The Adobe Course is one of two championship courses at the Arizona Biltmore Country Club. Opened in 1928, the course has a traditional design that is both challenging and scenic with wide fairways, tranquil ponds and views of Squaw Peak.

Arizona Biltmore Country Club - Links Course

The Links Course at the Arizona Biltmore Country Club, one of two championship courses at the club, features several challenges, including rolling fairways, desert ravines and well-bunkered greens. The course requires strategy and accuracy in order to do well.

Arizona Golf Resort & Conference Center

Arizona Grand Resort

Built in 1989, Arizona Grand Golf Course has garnered a reputation as an outstanding Arizona course. Neatly tucked close to South Mountain Park, the blend of traditional links play and desert target golf found at Arizona Grand Resort makes for a challenging and exciting round.

Arizona National Golf Club

Nestled in the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains adjacent to the Coronado National Forest, the course at the Arizona National Golf Club provides stunning scenery as well as a challenging game. Designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr., the course’s design takes advantage of the natural terrain.

Arizona Traditions Golf Club

Augusta Ranch Golf Club

Bear Creek Golf Complex - Bear Course

Bear Creek Golf Complex - Cub Course

Bougainvillea Golf Club

Camelback Golf Club - Indian Bend Course

The Indian Bend Course is one of two 18-hole courses at the Camelback Golf Club. The course has a traditional links design that stretches over 125 acres of lush parkland landscape.

Camelback Golf Club - Padre Course

The Padre Course at the Camelback Golf Club, one of two 18-hole courses at the club, is a traditional parkland-style course that offers stunning views of the Camelback Mountain. The gently rolling terrain of the course provides golfers with a formidable test.

Canoa Hills

Canoa Hills is a beautiful 18-hole public golf course laid out among the canyons and hills of the Santa Cruz Valley south of Tucson in Green Valley, Arizona. At Canoa Hills you will find spectacular views of the Santa Catalina Mountains and cooler temperatures.

Canoa Ranch Golf Club

The course at the Canoa Ranch Golf Club is demanding but also scenic. Dramatic elevation changes provide spectacular views of Elephant Head and strategic bunkering throughout provides plenty of challenges.

Cave Creek Golf Course

Coldwater Golf Club

Continental Golf Club

Copper Canyon Golf Club

Coyote Lakes Golf Club

Coyote Lakes Golf Club in Surprise, northwest of Phoenix offers an enjoyable day of golf for players of varied skill levels. Featuring water on five holes and an intimate desert landscape, the Arthur Jack Snyder design plays just 6,159 yards from the Black Paw tees.

Crooked Tree Golf Course

del Lago Golf Club

A little different from many desert courses, del Lago Golf Club plays like more of a combination of links and desert golf, featuring wide sweeping fairways that drift off into the surrounding valleys and arroyos, and lead you to oversized greens that often require a traditional bump and run shot.

Dell Urich at Randolph Golf Course

Desert Canyon Golf Club

Desert Sands Golf Course

Dove Valley Ranch Golf Club

Just north of Phoenix, in an area normally known for its pricey private courses, golfers will find the spectacularly scenic Dove Valley Ranch, as close to a country club as public courses get. Throw in a one-of-a-kind saloon stop and you have one of the most memorable days of golf in Arizona.

Eagle Mountain Golf Club

Located just east of Scotssdale in Fountain Hills, Eagle Mountain has panoramic views of the mountain surrouding the Valley of the Sun. Course designer Scott Miller made a point to uphold the desert tranquility while testing the golfer’s talents with elevation, rolling hills and undulations.

Encanto Park Golf Course

Estrella Mountain Ranch Golf Club

About an hour from Scottsdale located in the foothills of the Sierra Estrella Mountains is Estrella Mountain Ranch Golf Club. Jack Nicklaus II designed this modern desert gem, and is a very imaginative design.

Falcon Golf Club

Foothills Golf Club

Designed by Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish, this beautiful facility is tucked away in the craggy ridges and buttes of South Mountain. Its wide rolling fairways are irresistible! This championship course is a picturesque golf paradise and definitely worth your consideration.

Forty-Niner Country Club

Francisco Grande Resort & Golf Club

Fred Enke Golf Course

Glen Lakes Municipal Golf Course

Gold Canyon Golf Resort - Dinosaur Mountain Course

Dinosaur Mountain, designed by Ken Kavanaugh and opened in 1982, is often touted as one of the best public golf courses in Arizona. It has some of the most dramatic elevation changes in Arizona golf, and you would struggle to find a golf course in the state that is in better condition. Controlling your yardage can be tricky, but the scenery more than makes up for any of the golf course’s challenge.

Gold Canyon Golf Resort - Sidewinder Course

The Sidewinder course is the newest run at Gold Canyon and is worth a stop, especially if you’re planning to play its more acclaimed neighbor, Dinosaur Mountain. With some of the same scenery, Sidewinder offers a few more opportunities to score, with some very accessible par 3s and par 4s. Sidewinder has only two holes with water, but a handful with ravines.

Golf Club at Johnson Ranch

Great Eagle Golf Club

Hillcrest Golf Club at Sun City West

Hilton El Conquistador - Canada Course

Nestled at the base of the Santa Catalina Mountain Range, the Hotel El Conquistador’s three golf courses all offer breathtaking canyon and mountain views. One of these three courses is the Canada Course, which is known for the amount of strategy that is required to do well.

Hilton El Conquistador - Conquistdor Course

The Conquistador Course is one of three courses at the Hilton El Conquistador. The course has been consistently ranked as one of the top courses not only in Arizona but throughout the Southwest.

Hilton El Conquistador - Pusch Ridge Course

Encircling the El Conquistador resort is one of the best kept golf secrets in Tucson - the 9-hole Pusch Ridge Course. It's layout makes full use of the ravines and ridges as well as indigenous cactus and trees to challenge any player.

Ironwood Golf Club

Karsten GC at ASU

Pete Dye designed this course which features dramatically rolling fairways bordered by lush mounding and Dye's signature use of railroad ties and hidden bunkers.

Ken Mc Donald Golf Course

Kierland Golf Club - Acacia/Mesquite

Kierland Golf Club - Ironwood/Acacia

Kierland Golf Club - Mesquite/Ironwood

Kino Springs Golf Course

Kokopelli Golf Club

This spectacular Bill Phillips-designed course features impressive mounding, rolling fairways and fast breaking greens, highlighted by seven serpentine lakes and exceptional views.

Lakes At Ahwatukee

Las Colinas Golf Club

Las Sendas Golf Club

Las Sendas is a nature walk through the desert, attracting you with beauty and challenging you with shot options.

Laughlin Ranch Golf Club

Legend Trail Golf Club

Opened in 1995 in Scottsdale, Legend Trail Golf Club is an upscale course and is playable for all abilities. Legend Trail is acclaimed architect Rees Jones' first Arizona design and is equally challenging and memorable, with stunning views of Pinnacle Peak and Sonoran Desert.

Lone Tree Golf Club

Longbow Golf Club

A desert golf course can combine beauty and challenge, while still being player friendly. Longbow Golf Club in Mesa succeeds in that combination to bring the golfer an enjoyable desert golf experience. Mountain views and the desert landscaping make this Ken Kavanaugh designed 18-hole championship golf course pleasurable.

Maryvale Golf Course

McCormich Ranch Golf Club - Palm Course

McCormich Ranch Golf Club - Pine Course

Mission Royale Golf Club

Mountain Brook Golf Club

Mountain Shadows Resort and Golf Club

Ocotillo Golf Course - Blue/White

Ocotillo Golf Course - Gold/Blue

Ocotillo Golf Course - White/Gold

Omni Tucson National - Catalina Course

Omni Tucson National - Sonoran Course

Orange Tree Golf Resort

Painted Mountain Golf Resort

Palo Duro Creek Golf Course

Papago Golf Course

Pebble Creek Resort - Eagle's Nest Golf Club

Pinewood Country Club

Pointe Golf Club on Lookout Mtn

Poston Butte Golf Club

Prescott Golf & Country Club

Preserve Golf Course

Rancho Manana Golf Club

Located in the heart of the Sonoran Desert in historic Cave Creek, Arizona, the Rancho Manana Golf Club features a par 71 championship with tight fairways, thick desert terrain, elevated greens and water on a group of holes make up Bill Johnston's 1987 design.

Randolph North at Randolph Golf Course

Rio Rico Golf & Country Club

Robson Ranch Golf Club

Rolling Hills Golf Course

San Ignacio Golf Club

San Pedro Golf Course

Santa Rita Golf Club

Silverado Golf Course

Silverbell Municipal Golf Course

Southern Dunes Golf Club

Springfield Golf Course

Starr Pass - Coyote/Roadrunner

The Star Pass Golf Club offers three nine-hole courses that you can play in three different 18-hole combinations. One of the courses is the Coyote/Roadrunner, which blends a challenging test with a serene atmosphere.

Starr Pass - Rattler/Coyote

The Rattler/Coyote Course is one three courses at the Star Pass Golf Club. The club actually offers three individual nines that are played in three different 18-hole combinations. All of the courses feature dramatic elevations changes and stunning views of the nearby Tucson Mountains.

Starr Pass - Roadrunner/Rattler

The Star Pass Golf Club offers three unique nine-hole courses that are played in three different 18-hole combinations. Possibly the most challenging of the courses is the Roadrunner/Rattler, which offers both a demanding test for golfers of all skill levels and also stunning views.

Stonecreek Golf Club

Designed by Roy Dye and Gary Grandstaff in 1983 and redesigned in 1987 by Arthur Hills' design team, Stonecreek Golf Club today one of the older kids on Scottsdale block of upscale courses.

Sun City Country Club

Sun City South Golf Course

Sunbird Golf Resort

Sundance Golf Club

Superstition Springs Golf Club

Talking Stick Golf Club - North Course

Talking Stick Golf Club - South Course

The Boulders Golf Club - North Course

The Boulders Golf Club - South Course

The Duke at Rancho El Dorado

The Golf Club at Vistoso

The Legacy Golf Resort

Legacy Golf Resort’s championship course features lush, green fairways, forgiving rough and strategically-placed hazards. Dramatic elevation changes provide extensive views of nearby Camelback Mountain, Squaw Peak and the Phoenix skyline. The resort itself features 328 suites with kitchens, a practice facility, pool, fitness center and tennis court. The facility also includes a fully stocked pro shop and the Kinetic Golf Academy.

The Legend at Arrowhead

Located in the foothills and orange groves of northwestern Phoenix and 20 miles from Scottsdale, The Legend Golf Club at Arrowhead has an imaginative layout. One of only two Arnold Palmer courses in the Valley of the Sun, it was named after its creator who is a legend in his own time.

The Phoenician Resort - Canyon/Oasis

The Phoenician Resort - Desert/Canyon

The Phoenician Resort - Oasis/Desert

The Pines Golf Club at Marana

The Pines offers a mix of dramatic elevation changes and stunning mountain views with 18 enjoyable holes.

The Raven Golf Club at South Mountain

Tonto Verde Golf Club - Peaks Course

Tonto Verde Golf Club - Ranch Course

Torres Blancas Golf Club

TPC at Scottsdale - Champions Course

TPC at Scottsdale - Stadium Course

Trilogy Golf Club at Vistancia

Designer Gary Panks drew his inspiration from grasses he saw on a hunting trip in southeast Arizona. He was in the Sulfur Springs Valley between the Chiricahua and Dragoon mountains. As for the bunkers, they're not the most you'll ever see while playing golf in Arizona or the deepest, but there are 72, about 30 percent more than Panks usually digs out on one of his courses. They can get pretty exciting.

Troon North Golf Club - Monument Course

The Monument course is widely considered Troon North’s signature course, a 7,028-yard test that winds through desert replete with arroyos, natural washes, huge saguaros, mesquite and ironweed. The fairways are lush and well-maintained, and the greens are large and tricky. Many tees are set like pedestals perched above the fairways.

Troon North Golf Club - Pinnacle Course

The back-nine at Troon North’s Pinnacle course includes two long, demanding, rocky par 3s that help to set up a dramatic finish at the golf course’s signature hole, the 407-yard par-4 18th, which features a tee shot directly at Pinnacle Peak, and requires a 250-yard carry over a monstrous fairway-wide bunker.

Turquoise Valley Golf & RV Park

Twin Lakes Municipal Golf Course

Union Hills Country Club

Ventana Canyon Golf & Racquet Club - Canyon Course

The Canyon Golf Course winds through the inspiring beauty of Esperro Canyon and incorporates the massive rock formation known as Whaleback Rock.

Ventana Canyon Golf & Racquet Club - Mountain Course

A classic desert-style, target course, the Mountain has many changes in elevation and several elevated tees. Putting is a challenge because the greens are undulating and typically fast.

Viewpoint Golf Resort Championship Course

Villa De Paz Golf Course

Vistal Golf Club

Whirlwind Golf Club - Cattail

Whirlwind Golf Club - Devil's Claw

Wigwam Golf Club - Blue Course

Wigwam Golf Club - Gold Course

Wigwam Golf Club - Red Course

Wildfire Golf Club - Faldo Course

Wildfire Golf Club - Palmer Course

Willowcreek Golf Course