TPC Scottsdale's Champions course always will play second fiddle to its famous sister. But the more you play it, the more you'll appreciate its own attributes. Randy Heckenkemper did a tremendous job with the redesign, turning a boring layout into one of the more challenging tracks in the Valley, writes Scott Bordow.
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The deserts of Arizona are the last place you'd expect to find an ode to the British Open. But that's exactly what golfers get when they play the Monument at Troon North. This isn't strict links golf, mind you - there are no seaside views, and the wind doesn't whip quite as hard as it does at Carnoustie. But this Weiskopf-Morrish design is a love song to the golf courses on the other side of the Atlantic, Scott Bordow writes.
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Scottsdale has earned its reputation as a golf town with great scenery and long desert courses fit for PGA Tour pros - and amateurs in golf carts. But Troon North Golf Club's Pinnacle course is trying to change that reputation, thanks to a walker-friendly revamp and redesign.
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When We-Ko-Pa first opened near Scottsdale in 2001, the golf course built its early legend largely on word of mouth buzz. Seven years later We-Ko-Pa's original course is now called Cholla Course, and it's ranked the 35th best public course in the entire country.
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There are few truly original golf experiences left in Scottsdale. Talking Stick Golf Club is one of them. Neither course at Talking Stick sets out to beat you senseless with toughness or drain all the golf balls and fun you have in reserve.
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If you're looking for a good cool-down course, a place to get in more golf before the sun sets, Scottsdale Silverado Golf Club is a good choice. This is also a great track to play that first round in the Valley of the Sun if your game's been in winter hibernation back home.
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Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw's new Saguaro course at We-Ko-Pa Golf Club outside Scottsdale is radically different from the club's acclaimed original track, but every bit its equal.
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Raven Golf Club at Verrado is at the outer limits of the Phoenix-Scottsdale resort corridor. It's a good hour from Scottsdale. You have to want to get to there to end up there. Go ahead. Gas up that rental. This is one golf course that's worth the trip.
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Ever wonder what it would be like to play golf blind? To shoot into an abyss, unsure exactly what you're aiming at or how it's going to get there? Desert Canyon Golf Club in Fountain Hill, Arizona can give you a heck of a simulation.
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With a famous classic car auction, horse shows and a big-time rodeo, WestWorld would seem pretty set on attractions. But this being Scottsdale, they found one thing it desperately needed to be complete. Golf. There must be some hidden clause in the city charter about not being able to go more than 500 feet without stumbling across a golf course.
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