The Sanctuary Golf Club at Westworld is indeed a sanctuary. It is – for desert wildlife and flora, as was certified by the Audubon International when it awarded the club its Audubon Signature Status – the first one in Arizona, and the 17th in the world. But to golfers who want everything easy breezy, and get a good scorecard without so much as raising an arm, the extra challenging desert layout of this golf course is just not for them. There is just nothing pretentious about desert golf in this golf vacation destination. It’s difficult, it’s hot, it’s real. IT’S FUN.
Its course architect, Randy Heckenkemper, worked on the Bureau of Reclamations’ Storm Water Retention area to come up with the 
Sanctuary Golf Club. The 6,624-yard, 18-hole, par 71 Sanctuary Golf Club is built on the western slopes of the McDowell Mountains adjacent to the Westworld equestrian center. Heckenkemper followed the natural topography of the land, thus creating a purely desert landscape of large saguaro cacti and desert washes. The most prominent feature about this golf vacation spot is not the scenery though, it’s the multiple forced carries off the tee. There’s just no other way to get past the thick desert vegetation.
Nothing is so ordinary about golf trips at the Sanctuary Golf Club. The layout is too challenging to be that. But not to worry, the golf club’s staff will compliment the difficulty with their superb and friendly service. For the real toughie of a golfer, who finds spells fun with C-H-A-L-L-E-N-G-E, then this is indeed, a sanctuary.
Sun, sand, supremacy – these are three words that would come to mind when talking about 
from the finest golf facilities they offer, they also have one of the best qualities of service. Guests would not have to ask for more – it has everything they could need and want in a golf resort. They have the heat and the sand of the Arizona desert, and the most challenging layout to go with it. It’s always a superb desert golf experience.
The Sidewinder Course at the Gold Canyon Golf Resort
Gold Canyon Golf Resort
out dramatic elevation changes that simply follow the dictates of the desert land. Water comes into play on four of its eighteen holes, while arroyos dot the entire course to cause enough distraction and difficulty of the poised game maker. The rolling fairways are wide and surrounded by the glistening sun-kissed desert and the medium-sized greens are undulating. With all these qualities of the 
alone is a striking Spanish hacienda-inspired structure that provides only the best retreats after a long hot game under the sometimes unforgiving desert sun. Almost everything about this 
whole Arizona golfing community was raving about it. It became the benchmark of desert courses with its spectacular views and challenging layout. When Tom Weiskopf redesigned the course, Pinnacle Course almost became synonymous to the best desert 
newly renovated form, it’s just phenomenal. Whatever was running in Tom Weiskopf’s mind when he decided to redo the whole course in its prime doesn’t matter in comparison with the results of his renovation. The designer and the 
decides to re-work his own creation, expect the outcome to be a better, more improved version of the original. This was what happened with the Troon North Golf Club in Arizona. It was already beautiful and excellent when it first opened in 1990, and only the word “more” could be said of it after its major renovation in 2007. Its original creator, Tom Weiskopf, outdid himself in the renovation and one look at the 
It’s not surprising that 
It’s always amazing how a golf course designer could transform a plain-looking piece of land into a top caliber 
McDowell Mountains, surrounded by breathtaking vistas of desert valleys, mountain peaks, rolling hills, and the Scottsdale downtown area. Apart from its scenic quality, the course treats its visitors with a challenging layout. Miller has worked well on the dramatic elevation changes of the desert-mountain terrain to create a course of undulating greens and rolling fairways that could test the skill of golfers of every handicap. This stunning breed of beautiful views and fun challenge make this 18-hole, par-71 championship course ideal for 
standards and expectations set on it being a part of the top Arizona golfing facility and the reputation earned by its older counterpart in the golf club, the Cholla course. The 18-hole par-71 
What else could be more picturesque and more perfect a 
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What could be any better than a Robert Trent Jones Sr-designed nine? The answer: A golf club that features three different sets of nines plus a short course from the same designer ALL IN ONE PLACE. This is what the 
different world unto itself. Each have qualities uniquely their own, it doesn’t at all feel like they’re in the same golf facility together. The Highlands course features several lakes coming into play, while the scenic Magnolia nine, that can be reached via a wooden bridge that goes through a golden marshland, is dotted with trees that could either be a blessing or a curse on that difficult shot. And the Marshland nine has two of the best, most challenging holes in the sixth, a par-5, and the ninth, a par-4. Both shots require excellent shot-making skills, tactics, and enough nerves to conquer such risky play. And the short course isn’t any easier either. The nine sets of par-3s require as much skills and tactics as the other three nines to get through with a neat scorecard. It isn’t surprising why golfers come back to this 
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