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Arizona Golf You'd have to search your imagination to the limit to take in the variety that Arizona's approximately 275 courses have to offer golfers.
The Phoenix metropolitan area has more than 200 courses, including about 165 public courses. Scottsdale and its surrounding areas boast an enviable reputation as a fantastic golf resort destination, offering unmatched elements of beautiful climate, high concentration of courses, top-quality standards and proximity to amenities attracting golf lovers from around the world. With more than 200 courses available, at least 330 days of sunshine a year and a range of championship-quality greens, ensure that top-notch golf is around every corner. You will have a choice of type of course from traditional design with all-grass fairways and roughs, to desert courses incorporating swaths of cactus-spiked Sonoran Desert with limited amounts of green fairways. There has been a boom in golf course development around Phoenix during the past decade or so. One guess as to why golf is so big in our state... Yup, the weather. With more than 300 days of sunshine annually, you have the makings for an outdoor sport uniquely suited to Average Man and Woman, from novice to champion alike. There is no event like the FBR Open. "The Greatest Show on Grass" had 507,000 attendees. Plans are well underway for the 2008 FBR Open. List of The Valley's Best Courses - From Tee To Green!
Arizona Golf News Next Day Golf ("Call Today...Play Tomorrow.") Didn't make advanced reservations? Your plans changed and you want to golf tomorrow? Call 7 days a week. All tee-times confirmed 5-11 pm for following days play. 1-800-655-5345 Want a list of all the golf courses in Arizona with full descriptions and rates? or a 40-page guide to where to "play and stay" in Arizona?or a Golf Book included in your Newcomer's Package? Just ask! More Interesting Golf Links - The World-Class golf facilities of the Valley of the Sun run the gamut from a little devilish to simply divine! We-Ko-Pa will have an 18-hole golf course on the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation. Cholla, We-Ko-Pa Golf Club, offers a full service practice facility. It includes premium practice balls, a large area for short game, fairway and greenside practice bunkers and a large putting green.
Golf Tips from a magazine: http://www.golftipsmag.com/ Golfbuzz.com is for golf-obsessed with golf-related news updated, member profiles, etiquette and lesson instructions. The Golf Club of Scottsdale at a glance: The club is among the latest offerings in the world of private golf, particularly in the North Scottsdale area that's home to private clubs and courses including DC Ranch, Estancia, Troon, Silverleaf and Desert Highlands. "If you want a pretentious uppity club, there's plenty of those around. This is going to be intimate, warm and inviting," Andrus said, walking through the stone and wood-beamed clubhouse. Current club members include Phoenix Coyotes Head Coach Wayne Gretzky, Phoenix Roadrunners President Claude Lemieux, Chicago White Sox right-fielder Jermaine Dye and Oakland A's third baseman Eric Chavez. A Valley celebrity in his own right, Executive Chef Eddie Matney recently joined the club and already is cooking up his gourmet fare in a temporary adobe bungalow on site. The club's restaurant and administration offices will move into the new clubhouse once completed. Matney's plan is to take the idea of country club dining -- often a roast beef sandwich and an iced tea -- to the next level. "I am really excited about this. I get to play with food again," Matney said, as he served a recent lunch of crunchy bacon corn chowder and a salmon-steak salad. "When we get up into the club, we're going to be doing a lobster bisque cappuccino," Matney said. "We haven't even started yet." General manager: Jim Andrus By Lynn Ducey, the Business Journal of Phoenix
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