Arizona: Phoenix, Tucson, Scottsdale Golf Courses and more

Arizona National Golf Club

Camelback Golf Club - Indian Bend Course

Camelback Golf Club - Padre Course

Canada Course at Hilton El Conquistador

Club West Golf Club

Conquistdor Course at Hilton El Conquistador

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.

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.

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.

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.

Grayhawk Golf Club - Raptor Course

Scottsdale's acclaimed Grayhawk Golf Club offers two of the Southwest's most enjoyable and challenging golf experiences, Raptor course being just one of them.

Grayhawk Golf Club - Talon Course

This facility has two dynamic eighteen hole courses. These desert courses have an ample amount of rough lining their wide-open tifdwarf fairways.

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.

Kierland Golf Club - Acacia/Mesquite

Kierland Golf Club - Ironwood/Acacia

Kierland Golf Club - Mesquite/Ironwood

Las Sendas Golf Club

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

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.

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.

McCormich Ranch Golf Club - Palm Course

McCormich Ranch Golf Club - Pine Course

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

Pointe Golf Club on Lookout Mtn

Poston Butte Golf Club

Pusch Ridge Course at Hilton El Conquistador

Encircling the El Conquistador resort is one of the best kept golf secrets in Tucson - the 9-hole Pusch Ridge 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.

Rattler/Coyote at Starr Pass

Raven Golf Club at Verrado

Raven Golf Club at Verrado is an upscale desert layout designed by John Fought and Tom Lehman that opened for public play in January 2004. 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.

Sanctuary Golf Course

Built on the western slope of Scottsdale's McDowell, Sanctuary is a stunning 18-hole daily-fee golf course designed by Randy Heckenkemper. The 6,624-yard, par-71 layout provides a haven for native plants and wildlife. Sanctuary is an entertaining challenge that demands intelligent course management at every hole.

Sedona Golf Resort

In the sizzling summer heat of Phoenix and Tucson, Sedona can be up to 15 degrees cooler. Sedona is also at the perfect elevation to keep the snow away except for a few days a year, meaning almost year-round golf. The course's elevation ranges from 4,000-4,350 feet.

SunRidge Canyon Golf Club

SunRidge Canyon Golf Club's beautiful layout winds among the foothills the McDowell Mountains. Nestled between the canyon walls, it at times seems like the missing piece to a beautiful golf course puzzle that evolved over millions of years in the Sonoran Desert.

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 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 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

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.

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.

We-Ko-Pa Golf Club - Chola Course

The Cholla course at We-Ko-Pa Golf Club is the original, Scott Miller design that plays to a challenging 7,225 yards from the tips. Though perhaps more challenging than the neighboring Saguaro, the Cholla features more forced carries but less bunkers, only 75 of them spread over the entire golf course. You’re far more likely to contend with the natural sand of the surrounding Sonora desert.

We-Ko-Pa Golf Club - Saguaro Course

The Saguaro course at We-Ko-Pa Golf Club is one of the newer golf courses in Scottsdale’s golf resort corridor, having opened at the beginning of 2006. A Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw design, it’s not a golf course where you can swing hesitantly: You need to be sure of your golf shots, and commit to them. Fairways and greens are maintained in excellent condition, and it’s a walker’s dream of a golf course.

Whirlwind Golf Club - Cattail

Whirlwind Golf Club - Devil's Claw

Wildfire Golf Club - Faldo Course

Wildfire Golf Club - Palmer Course