Older doesn’t necessarily mean less better. Neither does being smaller mean less enjoyable. These are two things that the Peaks Course of Tonto Verde Golf Club can prove all too easily. Next to its sibling course at the Tonto Verde Golf Club, the Ranch Course, the Peaks Course is older by almost 10 years and is shorter and narrower. But it equals the younger course in its scenic quality, as well as excellence in playability. If anything, Ranch course could learn a thing or two from the older course on how it became one of Arizona’s best golf vacation destinations.
The Peaks Course of the Tonto Verde Golf Club stretches to only 6,744 yards compared to the more than 7,000-yards of the Ranch course. But the Peaks Course never falls short in delivering the dream desert golf trip. Its designers, Gary Panks and David Graham designed its layout to follow the dictates of the North Scottsdale desert terrain to bring that authentic Arizona desert feel to the game.
What golfers most enjoy here are the 5 sets of tees that make the 
course enjoyable for everyone. The 18-hole, par-72 Peaks Course at the Tonto Verde Golf Club joins forces with nature to make every game quite a challenge. A panorama of golden desert and the Mazatzal mountains combined with pristine man-made lakes will make for the perfect backdrop in that golf vacation photo album. And, even though the Peaks Course is relatively older, and more seasoned, it still is capable of surprising its visitors – either by its stunning views or excellence in playability, or both.
The medium length, 18-hole, par-71 course stretches to 6,846 yards of golf. Its most prominent feature is its 106 bunkers that are all over The 
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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
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 
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 
Golf Digest is one of the most trusted, most prestigious golf publications, not just in the United States but in the world. So when Golf Digest gives a high ranking and a very good review about a golf course, more likely than not, the golf course is excellent. Golf Digest’s highest ranking given is 5 out of 5 stars and the course must be “Superb. Golf at its absolute best”, where fees are of no issue as long as the course delivers the best game of golf possible. It has only given 24 5-star rankings in North America and only one 
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