Golf Travel Arizona and the Desert Southwest

Arizona and the Desert Southwest hold more than three hundred golf courses, from the boulder-strewn fairways of North Scottsdale to the clifftop par-threes above Tucson and the black-lava fairways around St George. This guide explains how desert golf actually plays, how the golf year turns with the heat and the overseeding calendar, and how to plan a trip around frost delays, monsoon afternoons and the February crowds of the WM Phoenix Open.

Twelve chapters move region by region through North Scottsdale, TPC Scottsdale, Phoenix and the West Valley, golf on tribal land, Tucson and the Santa Catalinas, the Arizona High Country around Flagstaff and Sedona, and the outer desert of Yuma and St George. Each covers the signature courses, the public and resort options, the seasonal rate bands and the practical details of getting there. Later chapters take on the water question, the Colorado River shortage and what the desert asks of a visiting golfer.

It is written for traveling golfers planning a first desert trip or a return visit, snowbirds choosing a winter base, and anyone curious about how fairways survive in a landscape of saguaro and granite. Plain-English, independently fact-checked and illustrated with fourteen plates, it is the companion to read before you book the tee time.