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. The remainder of the course isn't this dramatic, but is a gently rolling test of golf with a collection of water hazards and desert lining most fairways. The 18th hole is another spectacular tee shot, played from an elevated tee about 100 feet up to a narrow fairway.

The Mountain Course at Ventana Canyon Golf and Racquet Club is semi-private, alternating with the Canyon Course as the public course for the day, and is associated with the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort and the smaller Lodge at Ventana Canyon.

Mountain golf course at Ventana Canyon in Tucson - hole 3

The famous third hole on the Mountain Course at Ventana Canyon Golf and Racquet Club in Tucson plays to a green set between two boulders.

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Mountain golf course at Ventana Canyon in Tucson - hole 2

The par-4 second hole on the Mountain Course at Ventana Canyon Golf and Racquet Club plays straightaway towards the mountain.

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Mountain golf course at Ventana Canyon - hole 4

This view of the par-5 fourth hole on the Mountain Course at Ventana Canyon Golf and Racquet Club can be seen from the third tee box.

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Mountain golf course at Ventana Canyon - No. 4

The par-5 fourth hole Mountain Course at Ventana Canyon Golf and Racquet Club is tremendous risk-reward with a green protected by water on the right side.

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Mountain golf course at Ventana Canyon - hole 6

The par-3 sixth hole on the Mountain Course at Ventana Canyon Golf and Racquet Club plays as long as 230 yards.

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Mountain golf course at Ventana Canyon in Tucson

Tom Fazio designed both the Mountain and Canyon Courses at Ventana Canyon Golf and Racquet Club in Tucson.

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Mountain golf course at Ventana Canyon - hole 11

The par-4 11th hole on the Mountain Course at Ventana Canyon Golf and Racquet Club features a tumbling fairway and green protected by one bunker on the right side.

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Mountain golf course at Ventana Canyon - hole 13

The par-4 13th hole on the Mountain Course at Ventana Canyon Golf and Racquet Club is short and drivable off the tee for longer hitters.

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Mountain golf course at Ventana Canyon - hole 14

The par-3 14th hole on the Mountain Course at Ventana Canyon Golf and Racquet Club features trouble right of the green.

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Mountain golf course at Ventana Canyon - hole 17

The par-4 17th hole on the Mountain Course at Ventana Canyon Golf and Racquet Club heads uphill the whole way towards the mountain.

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Mountain golf course at Ventana Canyon - hole 18

The par-5 18th on the Mountain Course at Ventana Canyon Golf and Racquet Club hole plays from an elevated tee downhill towards a narrow fairway.

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