The ASU Karsten Golf Course holds a special place in my heart. When I was in my sophomore year at Arizona State University, I really fell in love with the game. I played most, if not all of my rounds at one of two courses: Rolling Hills or Karsten. Rolling Hills is a little Par …
The 2nd of the two Gary Panks-designed golf courses out at Whirlwind Golf Club in Chandler is the Cattail Course. Whirlwind is affiliated with the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort and managed by Troon Golf. The Cattail Course opened in 2000 and hosted the Nationwide Tour’s Gila River Golf Classic from its opening through 2005. The facility …
Raven Golf Club – Phoenix (formerly the Raven at South Mountain) is one of the most unique golf courses you’ll ever play in the desert because it’s not a desert course at all. It’s fertile farmland. When it was constructed in 1995, some 6,000 Georgia pine trees were brought in and over 700,000 cubic feet of soil was moved to …
Camelback Golf Club is 36-holes of awesome. It’s managed by Marriott Golf and affiliated with the J.W. Marriott Camelback Inn, the same property the Marriott family made its first resort back in 1967. Former Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and George H.W. Bush as well as actors Jimmy Stewart and Oprah Winfrey have stayed here. The Padre …
The land upon which Dobson Ranch Golf Course was built dates back to 1886 when Wilson Wesley Dobson emigrated to Arizona from Canada. Dobson chose wisely. As many as 20,000 head of cattle once roamed the land that is now Baseline Road, what many considered to be some of the best land in the state. …