State Trail

Arizona Top 10 Public

Difficulty

Multiple Trips

Access

All Public

Courses

10 courses

Arizona holds one of the densest concentrations of championship desert golf in the country, and these ten are its standard-bearers. The heart of it sits in north Scottsdale — Troon North's two Weiskopf-Morrish layouts threading through granite boulders, Tom Fazio's Raptor at Grayhawk, and the Coore & Crenshaw and Scott Miller courses at We-Ko-Pa on Fort McDowell Yavapai land. Beyond the Scottsdale corridor lie Jay Morrish's Boulders South in Carefree, the Rees Jones desert test at Quintero near Peoria, Jack Nicklaus's Dove Mountain in the Tortolitas, the Australian sand-belt lines of Ak-Chin Southern Dunes south of Phoenix, and the most famous stadium hole in golf — the par-3 16th at TPC Scottsdale, home of the WM Phoenix Open. Ten ways into the Sonoran Desert, all open to the public.

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  • 1

    We-Ko-Pa Golf Club (Saguaro Course)

    Fort McDowell, Arizona

  • 2

    Troon North Golf Club (Monument Course)

    Scottsdale, Arizona · Public

  • 3

    Quintero Golf Club

    Peoria, Arizona · Public

  • 4

    We-Ko-Pa Golf Club (Cholla Course)

    Fort McDowell, Arizona

  • 5

    The Boulders (South)

    Carefree, Arizona

  • 6

    TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course)

    Scottsdale, Arizona · Public

  • 7

    Troon North (Pinnacle)

    Scottsdale, Arizona · Public

  • 8

    The Golf Club at Dove Mountain

    Marana, Arizona

  • 9

    Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club

    Maricopa, Arizona · Public

  • 10

    Grayhawk Golf Club (Raptor)

    Scottsdale, Arizona · Public

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