Golf Arizona Magazine 2008

Southern Arizona Golf Trail Green Valley, Tubac, Rio Rico, Nogales, Benson Canoa Ranch Golf Club Driving down south of Tucson into Southern Arizona, I am always fascinated by the extended history of this region. For those of you who are not familiar with Southern Arizona history, here is “my“ cliff notes version. Originally a Spanish land grant called San Ignacio de la Canoa extended just south of Tucson past the current US/Mexico border. Of course, this area later was acquired by the United States through the Gadson Purchase in 1853. An interesting historical tid-bit is that this region has had four different flags fly over its soil: Spanish, Mexican, Confederate and American. Yes, Confederate, and there were even a few insignificant skirmishes between the “north and south” in Arizona. Southern Arizona was the ancestral homelands of the great Apache Chiefs – Geronimo and Cochise. History really doesn’t know why that gunfight took place in Tombstone. Maybe the shootout had a romanitic overture, over a woman. My bet, it was over a few stolen cows. Whatever the reason, Hollywood has certainly glamorized the incident into the most famous of all gunfights in all of western lore. Then Southern Arizona experienced the Mexican bandito, Pancho Villa. After losing his US military support on his quest for the Mexican Presidency, Pancho Villa responded by raiding the southern Arizona settlements between 1918-1919. President Woodrew Wilson ordered Gen. John Pershing to lead a punitive expedition into Mexico in pursuit of Villa. So you can tell, Southern Arizona has had a very colorful history. Fortunately, this beautiful portion of the state has now become a peaceful and booming golf retirement mecca and thus, the creation of The Southern Arizona Golf Trail. You can also bet that Green Valley, Tubac, Sierra Vista, and now Benson will continue to be written about in all future retirement and golf publications. sion. Southern Arizona is a very beautiful and tranquil area, with its grasslands, mesquite trees and majestic mountains. If you’re looking for a R&R golf vacation, the Southern Arizona Golf Trail should be exactly what the doctor ordered. So let’s begin our journey on the Southern Arizona Golf Trail GREEN VALLEY Just south of Tucson on I-19 lies the beautiful golf community of Green Valley. This is where the Southern Arizona Golf Trail begins. Year-round availability of golf is made possible by more moderate and varied temperatures. An elevation of 2,900 feet keeps the temperatures several degrees cooler than Tucson, 25 miles to the north. Canoa Ranch Golf Club, designed by Lee Schmidt and Brian Curley, is located in a natural setting overlooking the valley of Green Valley. Canoa Ranch is a great example of how the Southwestern desert can be transformed into a golfer's paradise without destroying the beauty of the surrounding native land. Canoa SOUTHERN ARIZONA GOLF TRAIL The Southern Arizona Golf Trail should be a 3-4 day (or more) golf excurSA1

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