Arizona
Golfing in Arizona: a land of plateaus, canyons and gushing rivers, Arizona offers a good selection of unique, interesting and highly enjoyable golf courses. The quality and number of courses is almost without parallel, with many resort courses offering much more than just golf. This is a real golfers' paradise, where courses are plentiful, generally well maintained and often very scenic. On the courses themselves, many fairways are crossed by "wash" areas, desert wasteland which allows surface water to run off the course. Desert rule generally applies, whereby desert areas may be played as water hazards.
Visitors welcome
Phoenix / Scottsdale
Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design), with input from Fred Couples.
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
Forrest Richardson
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Tucson
Robert Trent Jones II (lead designer Bruce Charlton).
(Closed in 2019)
Phoenix / Scottsdale
Visitors welcome
Phoenix / Scottsdale
Jay Morrish
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
Jay Morrish
Visitors welcome
Tucson
Schmidt-Curley Design (Lee Schmidt & Brian Curley).
Visitors welcome
Phoenix / Scottsdale
Schmidt-Curley Design (Lee Schmidt & Brian Curley).
Private club
Phoenix / Scottsdale
Desert Mountain's six courses are all Jack Nicklaus designed Signature Courses
Visitors welcome
Tucson
A Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course.
Visitors welcome
Phoenix / Scottsdale
Robert Trent Jones Jr.
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
Scott Miller
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Tucson
Greg Nash & Jeff Hardin
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Las Vegas
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
Private club
Phoenix / Scottsdale
Tom Fazio
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
Jack Nicklaus II
Private club
Flagstaff
CANYON course: Tom Weiskopf & Jay Morrish (1986). MEADOW course: Tom Weiskopf (1999).
By arrangement
Tucson
John Fought & Tom Lehman (North course); John Fought (South course).
Visitors welcome
Phoenix / Scottsdale
Ken Kavanaugh
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
Ken Kavanaugh & Greg Nash
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
Tom Fazio
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
David Graham & Gary Panks
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
Scott Miller
Visitors welcome
Flagstaff
Rsrt guests only
Tucson
Jack Nicklaus
Visitors welcome
Phoenix / Scottsdale
Robert Trent Jones Jr.
Visitors welcome
Las Vegas
Visitors welcome
Phoenix / Scottsdale
Gary Panks
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
Rees Jones
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
Ken Kavanaugh
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
Bill Johnston
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
Randy Heckenkemper
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Flagstaff
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
Ted Robinson (Sr).
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
William Francis "Billy" Bell Jr.
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
Original 18-hole design (Oasis & Desert nines) by Homer Flint (1988); modifications and addition of the Canyon-nine by father/son team of Ted Robinson & Ted Robsinson Jr (1990s). Course reduced to 18 holes and renovated by Phil Smith (2017).
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
Gary Panks
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
Rees Jones
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Tucson
William Francis "Billy" Bell Jr
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Tucson
William Park "Billy" Bell
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
David Graham & Gary Panks
Restricted
Phoenix / Scottsdale
Visitors welcome
Tucson
Visitors welcome
Tucson
"South" course: designed by Arthur Hills (1989).
"North" course: designed by Dave Bennett (1984); course subsequently closed (2013).
Visitors welcome
Flagstaff
Rsrt guests only
Flagstaff
Visitors welcome
Tucson
Original 18 holes (Rattler/Coyote nines) designed by Bob Cupp, with PGA Tour pro Craig Stadler (1986); course redesigned and Roadrunner nine-hole loop added by Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay (2003).
Private club
Tucson
Jay Morrish
Visitors welcome
Phoenix / Scottsdale
Keith Foster
Visitors welcome
Phoenix / Scottsdale
Jack Nicklaus & sons, Jack Jr. and Gary.
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
Greg Nash
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
Ben Crenshaw & Bill Coore
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
Ben Crenshaw & Bill Coore
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
Original Desert Course designed by Tom Weiskopf & Jay Morrish (1987). Complete redesign by Randy Heckenkemper (2008) and relaunched as the Champions Course.
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
Tom Weiskopf & Jay Morrish
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
Gary Panks
Visitors welcome
Phoenix / Scottsdale
Visitors welcome
Phoenix / Scottsdale
Tom Weiskopf & Jay Morrish
Visitors welcome
Tucson
Robert von Hagge & Bruce Devlin
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Tucson
Tom Lehman
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Tucson
Tom Fazio
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Tucson
Tom Fazio
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
Founders course: designed by Tom Lehman and John Fought (2004). Victory course designed by Tom Lehman (2016).
(Closed in 2018)
Tucson
Tom Weiskopf
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Phoenix / Scottsdale
Visitors welcome
Phoenix / Scottsdale
Visitors welcome
Phoenix / Scottsdale
Gary Panks
Visitors welcome
Phoenix / Scottsdale
Gary Panks
Restricted
Phoenix
Visitors welcome
Phoenix / Scottsdale
Robert Trent Jones Sr designed the Gold course (1964) and Patriot course (1961, originally called Blue course); both redesigned by Forrest Richardson in 2005. Robert "Red" Lawrence designed the Heritage course (originally known as the Red course).
Visitors welcome
Phoenix / Scottsdale
Nick Faldo with Schmidt-Curley Design (Lee Schmidt & Brian Curley).
Visitors welcome
Phoenix / Scottsdale
An Arnold Palmer Signature Course.
Tournaments:
Solheim Cup: can Europe defend the most prestigious team trophy in women’s professional golf, when the 17th Solheim Cup is played out at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio (Sept 4-6).
Italian Open: Nicolai Højgaard recorded his first European Tour win (Sept 5), just a week after his twin brother Rasmus landed the European Masters title (Aug 29); the first brothers to win back-to-back on the European Tour.
Who's Who:
Patrick Cantlay: moved into the world top 5, after winning the final two FedEx Cup playoff events and scooping the $15 million first prize.
Trish Johnson: kept the Senior LPGA Championship trophy in European hands, with her second win in this event in its four-year history.
The San Roque Club: "... how best to revitalise a course that had previously been fit to play regular host to the European Tour’s qualifying school finals..." by Toby Ingleton.
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club "makes its tournament debut with the hosting of the Italian Open on the European Tour" by Richard Humphreys
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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