Golf Arizona Magazine 2008

Northern Arizona Sedona, Flagstaff, Prescott & other areas The Rim Club Most golfers who visit Arizona have only the deser t golf experience in mind. Little do they know that just a shor t drive from the Phoenix area can be some of the most visually stunning mountain golf to be found anywhere. Tall ponderosa pine forests mix with stands of aspen and massive rock outcroppings to provide sensational coloring and texture to Arizona’s nor thlands. From the ar tist colony of Sedona with its famed Red Rocks to the old territorial capital of Prescott to Page’s spectacular Lake Powell to the Show Low-Pinetop area in the White Mountains to Payson and the Mogollon Rim, there is much to of fer for golf fans. Despite their elevation, many of the courses are able to remain open through the winter and their cool breezes in the pines are a welcome respite in the summer from the deser t heat. as “the ultimate setting for a golf course.” Named after the 1880’s Post Master’s wife, Sedona has become synonymous with countless television commercials, new agers and now golf enthusiasts. Easily one of the most beautiful golf courses ever created, Sedona Golf Resort is located in the heart of Arizona’s famed Red Rock country. It offers players a thrilling challenge that is only rivaled by the stunning array of panoramic views present at every turn. Named among the nation’s best new golf courses by both Golf Magazine and Golf Digest when it opened in 1988. (928) 284-9355. www.sedonagolfresort.com. Designed by both Robert Trent Jones Sr. and Jr., Oakcreek Countr y Club is a masterpiece. Nestled in Sedona’s Red Rocks, you’ll see Jones’ signature ever ywhere - long tee boxes, unique shaping of the elevated greens, and strategic placement of water. According to Robert Trent Jones Sr., NA1 “Every hole must be a hard par and an easy bogey.” Recent renovations to this masterpiece include brand new concrete cart paths and newly re-built greenside bunkers. You’ll love playing at Oakcreek Country Club. (928) 284-1660 or (888) 703-9489. www.oakcreekcountryclub.com. Verde Santa Fe Golf Club is a playable, traditional layout of narrow rye grass fair ways and large bent grass greens set among abundant mesquite, cacti and indigenous desert grasses. Three tee placements guide the golfer over changing elevations, past lakes and through natural desert arroyos. Verde Santa Fe provides a round of golf that is a picturesque walk through the colorful high desert of the Cottonwood-Sedona area. (928) 634-5454. www.verdesantafe.com. Beaver Creek Golf Club near Sedona offers good old fashion golf on a historic scenic 18 hole course. Long par 5's with tree lined fairways, challenging par 3's and manicured greens await both SEDONA Just 90 miles north of Phoenix, lies a place which golfers commonly refer to http://www.oakcreekcountryclub.com http://www.oakcreekcountryclub.com http://www.sedonagolfresort.com http://www.sedonagolfresort.com http://www.verdesantafe.com http://www.verdesantafe.com

Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Golf Arizona Magazine 2008

Golf Arizona Magazine 2008 Table of Contents Scottsdale & Phoenix Fountain Hills Mesa SouthEast Valley Westside Golf Southern Arizona Northern Arizona Arizona Map Colorado River Golf Trail Real Estate Golf Communities Features

For optimal viewing of this digital publication, please enable JavaScript and then refresh the page. If you would like to try to load the digital publication without using Flash Player detection, please click here.