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Few private golf courses fit within their surrounding communities as well as the course at Talking Rock Ranch in Prescott, Arizona, a 3,600-acre development by Symmetry Companies.
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The playable Cholla Course at We-Ko-Pa Golf Club -- one of two "Top 100" public courses at the facility in Fort McDowell, Ariz. -- will close later this year for an off-season renovation. Now is a good time to play this Scott Miller-designed gem.
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The Robert Trent Jones Sr.-designed Patriot Course at The Wigwam resort in Litchfield Park is just 6,000 yards, but it is by no means a pushover. It loses much of its yardage on some short par 3s and a couple of short par 4s and the front and back nine are quite different. There are doglegs, trees, some large bunker complexes and plenty of water to challenge players throughout their rounds.
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The Adobe Course at semi-private Arizona Biltmore Golf Club in Phoenix is a traditional parkland design with a smattering of trees, a few water hazards and bunkers. The traditional push-up greens remain, and many of the holes are parallel, making it difficult to lose a ball.
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Sedona's Oakcreek Country Club delivers a different experience than most desert golf courses in Arizona. Forget cacti and desert arroyos. Oakcreek mirrors a traditional Midwestern club with towering trees and pines and ponds lining the fairways. Both Robert Trent Jones Sr. and Rees Jones had a hand in creating this classic 6,824-yard parkland play.
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Making up 18 of the 36 holes at Whirlwind Golf Club is Devil's Claw, which opened in 2000, set on Gila River American Indian community property 12 miles west of Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport in Chandler. The Gary Panks design plays just more than 7,000 yards from the championship tees and features gently rolling, wide fairways, lots of sand and large, sloping greens with run-off areas.
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The Raptor Course at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale weaves its way through the Sonoran Desert. One of two championship courses at Grayhawk, this Tom Fazio design has hosted the Frys.com Open on the PGA Tour, among other events. Its fairways are generous, but in typical Fazio fashion the Raptor is strewn with bunkers both in the fairways and around the greens.
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With Camelback Mountain as its backdrop, the Padre Course at Camelback Golf Club is among the most scenic golf courses in the Valley of the Sun. Designed by Arthur Hills, both nines of this traditional parkland-style layout end with par 5s that wrap around a lake. In between are a good mix of difficult holes and birdie opportunities.
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The Raven Golf Club -- Phoenix flew under the radar for a few years until OB Sports assumed management in 2010 and performed some much-needed housekeeping to the golf course. The result is a course that is a lot of fun to play while also easy on the eyes. Set on 162 acres, it delivers a Carolina Sandhills-type experience to the Sonoran Desert.
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McDowell Mountain Golf Club has a new name and new operators to go with a golf course that has a brand new look. Phil Mickelson led a group of investors who took over the club in 2010 and renovated the course, which is set along historic Rio Verde Canal in Scottsdale. The back tees now play more than 7,000 yards, while the removal of bunkers and addition of turf in strategic areas makes it more playable for higher handicappers.
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