Photo Galleries
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Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club in Maricopa
Southern Dunes Golf Club, which was once known as Royal Dunes, is anything but a desert course. In fact, this former men's club likes to promote itself as the best golf in the desert, choosing not to classify itself as desert golf at all, and that would be an accurate appraisal. Here's a closer look at Southern Dunes in pictures.
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The South Course at Boulders Resort in Scottsdale
The South Course at Boulders Resort is one of two 18-hole courses at the luxury golf resort and spa just north of Scottsdale in Carefree, Ariz. The South Course, as well as the next-door North Course, is semi-private, winds around 12-million-year-old boulder formations and holds a reputation among the best-conditioned and serviced golf clubs in the Scottsdale area.
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We-Ko-Pa Golf Club's Cholla Course near Scottsdale
As the original layout at We-Ko-Pa Golf Club, the Cholla Course is still one of the most popular golf courses in the Scottsdale area. Designed by Scott Miller, this is a course that always affords a great view. Mike Bailey shows us some in this photo gallery.
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Tubac Golf Resort and Spa south of Tucson
About 30 minutes south of Tucson, Tubac Golf Resort and Spa is a low-key golf and spa resort set on 500 acres of Otero Ranch property. It's a convenient base to play some of southern Arizona's best courses and is usually a bit cooler compared to Tucson to the north.
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Arizona National Golf Club in Tucson
Arizona National Golf Club is a semi-private daily-fee course in Tucson and also plays home to the University of Arizona Wildcats golf team. Winding up and down the Catalina foothills, features many natural springs throughout the development, which makes this part of the desert foothills particularly lush with plant and wildlife.
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The Golf Club at Vistoso in Tucson
Designed by Tom Weiskopf, the Golf Club at Vistoso is one of the top daily-fee desert golf courses in Tucson. Located in the Vistoso master-planned community, the course is a target-style desert design that features many forced carries over desert shrubs and shots over cacti, including the par-4 11th hole named "Saguaro."
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Mountain Course at Ventana Canyon Golf and Racquet Club in Tucson
The Mountain Course is one of two Tom Fazio designs built at Ventana Canyon Golf and Racquet Club in 1984. While both are similarly dramatic desert golf courses, the Mountain has made a name for itself due to one hole: the short, par-3 third that plays from an elevated tee box next to boulders, over a ravine to a small green 100 yards away tucked between boulders.
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Omni Tucson National Golf Resort's Sonoran course offers a pure, modern desert challenge
Built in 2005 and designed by Tom Lehman, the Sonoran course at Omni Tucson National Resort is pure, modern desert golf with lots of forced carries, elevation changes and desert lining the fairways. One of the most striking holes is the par-5 15th hole, which plays up a steep hill from the fairway up to the green.
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The Pines Golf Club at Marana near Tucson
The Pines Golf Club at Marana is one of the Tucson area's more unique plays. In 2000, the former Links at Continental Ranch was closed and renovated in conjunction with the neighboring quarry to its present form. Ten holes are now featured within the quarry, mostly coming on the back nine, while the other eight were altered. Some 1,000 pines were also added throughout the golf course to remove the links character.
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The North Course at Boulders Resort in Scottsdale
Designed by Jay Morrish, the North Course at the Boulders Resort and Golden Door Spa boasts a target-style design that requires strategic placement off the tee and approach shots into well protected, bentgrass greens.
... more » - Redesigned and rerouted, Troon North Golf Club in Scottsdale offers a new set of treats
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