Just outside of Phoenix, Golf Club of Estrella features spectacular views with fairways which blanket the natural contours of the land and a backdrop of the Sierra Estrella Mountains. This golf club treats its guests like VIPs with its exceptional services and facilities. It offers the guests with a golf vacation that’s lower on price but equal in high class features and amenities with the more expensive golf courses in Arizona.

 Golf Club of Estrella provides the first daily fee course designed by Jack Nicklaus II. This 18-hole, 72-par championship golf course impresses the guests with its field of 7,107 yards. It has multiple tees to accommodate the golfers of various skill levels. Shots are played over natural desert washes as the Sonoran Desert edges the fairways. The course is visually stunning as it is exciting to play. It gives a visual satisfaction with its spectacular views on the entire course, desert hills, and mountains stretching away as far as the eye can see. The build-up to this closing stretch is a top quality desert course, with plenty of stylish jig-saw shaped bunkers and many greens severed from their fairways by desert wash areas passing through. The level of service and attention to detail to this golf trip is world-renowned.

 The peacefulness of this natural desert environment and the chance to see the varying shapes and sizes of the cacti reinforces the guests to take a golf vacation at the Golf Club of Estrella. The challenging and neatly designed golf course, and the visually fascinating views of the area are the reasons why guests should not have second thoughts of visiting the place.

Whether visitors are planning a golf vacation or just a round of golf with some friends, Southern Dune Golf Club will definitely excite and challenge golfers of all capacities, even the so-called experts. The golf club was originally for men only but welcomed women after six years. Located at Maricopa, Arizona, Southern Dune is one of the highlights of the Troon Golf collection. Its big, bold layout might be the very best work that Lee Schmidt and Brian Curley have done, with wide sweeping fairways, artistic and strategically placed bunkers, and masterfully crafted greens.

 What truly distinguishes Southern Dune Golf Club is its versatility. It can be the “bomb” – from the tips. The golf course has a 76.2 rating, a 141 slope and five par-4s at least 463 yards apiece. But with five sets of tee boxes – the whites come in at 6074 yards – weekend duffers can also enjoy the layout. Be sure to avoid sand traps – they’re everywhere! Typical courses have two to three acres of sand but Southern Dune has 12. Golfers must stay out of the traps and they can post low scores; and finding the beach will explode their scorecards. A golf trip to Southern Dune requires critical strategies which will improve the golfers’ skills.

 With its native grasses and rolling hills which are reminiscent of the great links courses, Southern Dune Golf Club is a unique golf experience that will challenge the veteran golfers while still accommodating the novice with its friendly practice facilities. It offers private lessons and features a double-ended practice range that stretches past 350 yards. A golf vacation for both beginners and experts, Southern Dune will definitely intimidate and surprise players for its unique golf course.

McCormick Ranch Golf Club – Pine Course, as the name implies, is an 18-hole golf course dotted with statuesque large and mature pine trees and is designed by architect Desmond Muirhead. Unlike the palm course, the pine course is a bit narrower. It features 7,187 yards of golf from the longest tee for a par of 72. The course opened in 1974 and still maintains its traditional design. A golf trip in this place makes golfers fall in love with the strong-looking yet eye-pleasing pine trees which gives an everyday-is-Christmas-day vibe.

This popular course has been recently renovated with outstanding new greens, bridges, and sand traps . The resort facility looks antique but is well maintained which will surely make its visitors feel the sensation of the 70s. The narrow fairway of McCormick Ranch Golf Club – Pine Course issues a challenge for average golfers – both men and women. The tees give the most enjoyable golfing experience. This makes a golf trip easy and at the same time difficult depending on the skills of the golfers.

Both courses, the Pine and the Palm, lie next to each other. What fascinates the visitors more is the cattle ranch history of the place, where Arabian horses and Angus cattle used to dominate the place now known as one of the premiere golf courses in Arizona. Referred to as the “Mad Scientist of Golf”, Muirhead used the term “golf course community” to describe the McCormick Ranch Golf Club – Pine Course. It’s a very straight-forward course yet astonishingly difficult to surprise the players. The scent of the air breeze, the sound of the pine leaves, and the magnificent view of the surrounding make this pine course a smart option for an ideal golf vacation.