Omni Tucson National Resort is one of Arizona's most historic golf resorts, having formerly hosted the PGA Tour. The resort has just 128 guest rooms and suites, making it a more boutique experience compared to some of the larger Tucson golf resorts. There are two very different, 18-hole golf courses onsite. The original Catalina Course opened in…
Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa in Tucson is a 486-unit luxury resort that affords access to the private 27-hole golf course designed by Jack Nicklaus and amenities at La Paloma Country Club. There are numerous pools here including an adults-only pool and another with a waterslide for kids. Dining is highlighted by southwestern fare at both the AZuL…
Tucson's Ventana Canyon development is home to a residential community and membership, 36 holes of Tom Fazio-designed golf, and two, four-star lodging properties, the Loews Ventana Canyon and The Lodge at Ventana Canyon. The Loews Ventana Canyon is the larger of the two with 398 guest rooms and suites, multiple dining areas and pools, including an…
The JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa is a large, luxury golf resort in Tucson, Arizona home to a 27-hole golf course. JW Marriott Starr Pass features over 500 guest rooms and suites, as well as several pools, one of which features a waterslide, and there is also a lazy river. The resort also has easy access to desert hiking and biking trails.…
Casino del Sol is a AAA Four-Diamond property in Tucson, Arizona owned by the Pascua Yaqui Native American Tribe. The main resort features over 200 rooms and suites, large casino floor with live games (including Bingo, poker and table games) and a resort-style pool. In addition to the main resort, the property also features the new, smaller…
Often overlooked in favor of the Phoenix/Scottsdale area about 90 minutes north, Tucson, Arizona holds its own and then some as a golf destination. With a little more elevation than the Valley of the Sun, Tucson is slightly cooler in the late spring, summer and fall, making it a good year-round golf destination.
If you're looking for an upscale spa and golfing experience, the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Dove Mountain won't disappoint. Its recently unveiled, 17,000-square-foot spa and fantastic restaurants embrace the mountainous and desert environment in luxurious style. Regardless, writes Mike Bailey, it all starts with 27 fine holes of golf.
Jack Nicklaus designed Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Dove Mountain specifically for the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship. PGA Tour players hit the ball astronomically far, which most us can't relate to, but when you get to the greens, we're all playing the same game. So the only way to bring the best players and the average players together was on the greens complexes, said Nicklaus. Do these greens make it difficult on the average player? "Yes," said Nicklaus. "But it does make it a lot of fun.
While many of the top golf resorts in the Tucson, Ariz. area are big properties with up to 400 or 500 rooms, Omni Tucson National Resort delivers all the amenities of the larger resorts on a much smaller scale. Set on 650 acres, the resort has a Mobil four-star spa, stylish pool area with private cabanas and a 36-hole golf club - and it's all right at your doorstep, Brandon Tucker writes.
Twenty-five years passed from the time Jack Nicklaus constructed La Paloma Country Club (1984) to the opening of Dove Mountain (2009), two of the top courses in the Tucson, Ariz. area. His maturation as a course designer is evident in the evolution of his designs and further evidence of how the Tucson golf scene has grown up as well, Scott Bordow writes.
If you're looking for value in your golf vacation, here's something you might want to consider: Travel to Tucson, Arizona and play the munis. Tucson has some of the best golf weather in the U.S. and one of the better municipal golf systems. Nobody's saying that Tucson's best munis are as good as Torrey Pines or Beth Page Black, but they are very good values. In fact, while the resort courses approach $200 during peak season, Tucson's munis are well less than $50. And the golf is pretty stout.
The newest golf resort in the Southwest is the Casino Del Sol Resort in Tucson. Owned by the Pascua Yaqui Indian Tribe, this southwest Tucson property just opened Sewailo Golf Club. The elaborate course is certainly a shot in the arm for the local golf scene, but it also illustrates how Tucson is a viable alternative to the Scottsdale area when it comes to taking an Arizona golf vacation. Mike Bailey has more on Casino Del Sol, and the Tucson area's other top golf resorts.
We took the 2013-14 ratings of golf courses across the U.S. to seek out the most improved courses coast-to-coast. The biggest improvement, based on ratings from GolfAdvisor users, was Tucson's Arizona National Golf Club.
A reader heading to Tucson asks: "Sewailo or Dove Mountain if you can only play once?" It's a great question because both have pristine conditions, both excel in customer service and both are beautiful.
Municipal golf courses are battling the struggles of the golf industry, developers, aging infrastructure and government budget shortfalls to stay open and serve their communities.
The third hole on the Mountain Course at Ventana Canyon Golf & Racquet Club in Tucson, Arizona may not get as much hype as no. 16 on the Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale, but is there a better par 3 in the desert? And that's just one of 36 desert delights on the two Tom Fazio-designed courses at Ventana Canyon, Brandon Tucker writes.
Many of the top golf courses in Tucson are affiliated with top resort brands. One of the most recognized daily fees in the area, however, is affiliated with the University of Arizona, one of the nation's most illustrious golf programs: Arizona National. While the course conditions may be a notch below the region's most upscale resort plays, the price is as well, making Arizona National well worth the trip.
Though much smaller than the Valley of the Sun, Tucson's golf courses pack a major punch, with scores of courses ranging from executive casual plays to high-end, nationally recognized courses. It offers great golf for players on three different budgets, from La Paloma Country Club on the high end to El Rio Golf Course on the low end.
Realize from the first tee, with its sweeping view of downtown, that Starr Pass Tucson Golf Club was originally built as a TPC track - meaning it was laid out to challenge the best players in the world. If you can purge your mind of its difficulty and focus on the beauty of the rock-strewn mountains, you'll enjoy a fun day at Starr Pass, David R. Holland writes.
Sewailo Golf Club, Notah Begay III/Ty Butler-design located at the Pascua Yaqui Tribe's Casino Del Sol Resort, is the first course to open in Tucson since the Golf Club at Dove Mountain, former home to the WGC-Accenture Match Play. Sewailo is more parkland than typical Arizona target golf, David R. Holland writes. It features multiple streams and creeks with four waterfalls designed to be as natural looking as possible, and is loaded with more than 30,000 plants and native flowers.
Omni Tucson National Resort's Catalina course is an area institution, built in the 1960s and host to more than 30 Tucson Chrysler Classics. Contrary to the newer desert golf courses in Tucson, this Robert Von Hagge/Bruce Devlin design is a traditional parkland design with tall trees and eight lakes.
La Paloma Country Club is among the top desert courses in Tucson, Ariz. Set on 800 acres in the Catalina foothills and designed by Jack Nicklaus in 1984, the golf course features three nine-hole loops, the Hill, Ridge and Canyon courses, all set on dramatic desert terrain with each fairway its own island.
One of Jack Nicklaus' early designs, La Paloma Country Club, is also one of his best. Operated by Troon Golf and open to guests at the newly renovated Westin La Paloma, the golf course is one of the best conditioned and most scenic in southern Arizona. With plenty of elevated tees and mountain views throughout, the scenery never stops.
Dell Urich Golf Course, located in Tucson, Arizona, is a thoughtful parkland design in the middle of the desert. Playing just more than 6,900 yards, this Ken Kavanaugh design is a total remake of the original Billy Bell work that first opened in 1961. It features bunkers throughout, gentle doglegs and three sets of tees, making it playable for all levels.