I first stumbled upon Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club a little more than two years ago while on my way to Yuma for work. To get there, you take the Queen Creek Road exit off I-10 to Maricopa, and then you turn right onto Arizona Highway 238 West – more famously known as Dead Cow Road. […]
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The Legacy Golf Club in Phoenix is steeped in history, and it’s one of the most well-conditioned courses in the Valley. Located on what was once Dwight B. Heard’s sprawling 7,500-acre ranch, the course enjoys unlimited watering rights, so it’s green year round. Artifacts from the Old West are scattered throughout the property, and the ranch’s
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I promise I’m not stalking Gary Panks. It’s just a coincidence that for the second time in less than a week, I played another one of the courses he designed. Last week, it was Omni Interlocken Golf Club outside Boulder, and today, it was Whirlwind Golf Club at Wild Horse Pass in Chandler. Whirlwind is affiliated
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Omni Interlocken Golf Club is a 27-hole facility located about 15 minutes outside of Boulder in Broomfield, Colorado. It was designed by Graham and Panks International, the collaboration of 1981 U.S. Open Champion David Graham and Gary Panks (who also designed the courses at Whirlwind Golf Club among others) and opened in 1999. There are three regulation nine-hole
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Ocotillo Golf Resort in Chandler is unlike any course I’ve ever played. I don’t know to what I would compare it. When I asked Director of Golf Mark Bateman to describe it, he was very candid in saying, “Instead of desert, there’s water.” Ocotillo Golf Resort is a Troon Golf (Scottsdale) property. All of the Troon
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