Information on the history of Longbow Golf Club in north Mesa is a little hard to come by. The course website says the course was originally designed by Ken Kavanaugh (who also designed The Resort at Gold Canyon and Dell Urich in Tucson), but that it reopened in the fall of 2003 following a complete renovation and …
Professional golf has a long and storied history in Tucson. The PGA Tour has played here off-and-on since 1945, and The Chrysler Classic of Tucson was played at Omni Tucson National until 2006. The tournament was held at a number of courses before finally landing at Omni on the city’s west side – El Rio Golf & Country Club (1945-1962), …
There are two Trilogy Golf Clubs in the Phoenix metropolitan area – Trilogy Golf Club at Vistancia in Peoria and Trilogy Golf Club at Power Ranch in Gilbert. I haven never played the course in Peoria, which is supposed to be great, but both courses were built inside gated residential communities developed by Shea Homes. When …
Encanterra Country Club is a Tom Lehman Design that opened in January of 2008 in San Tan Valley. Like Southern Dunes, it too feels like it’s out in the middle of nowhere, but Queen Creek and the surrounding areas are really starting to grow up around it. In another ten years, it won’t feel so …
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. …