Arizona Golf Courses – Arizona Golf Authority Golf Course Guide
Sundance Golf Club is a public course, designed by Valley of the Sun architect Greg Nash, which opened for play in 2003. Situated west of Phoenix, along the I-10 corridor, it offers some nice panoramic views of the White Tank and Estrella mountains, with the layout accentuated by Sonoran Desert washes, arroyos and mildly rolling terrain. It is a player-friendly course featuring five sets of tees with the shortest at 5,272 yards and the longest at 6,944 yards, the later with a rating of 72 and slope of 127.
The layout offers generous landing areas, greens that are large and undulating, mild desert transitions, about 50 bunkers situated mainly around green complexes and lakes that bring water into play on just two holes, the sixth and seventh, which are the highlights of the front nine.
No. 6, considered the signature hole, is a 175-yard par 3 that requires a tee shot over Sundance Lake, which also wraps around the back of the green. The lake also must be cleared with the tee shot on the seventh hole, a 375-yard par 4 with three daunting fairway bunkers.
The round ends with the toughest three-hole stretch on the course. The 16th, the No. 3 handicap hole at Sundance, is the longest par 3 at 250 yards and has two bunkers guarding the front-right of the green. Next up is a monster par 4 of 490 yards, which is the No. 1 handicap and has a huge bunker guarding the front-right. The round ends with the longest par 5 and No. 5 handicap hole at 601 yards that has a split fairway, four fairways bunkers and three more guarding the green.
Sundance has complete practice facilities, with a driving range, putting and chipping greens and bunker. Managed by In Celebration of Golf, it features a large modern clubhouse with a full-service restaurant and patio that serves up nice views of the course with mountain backdrops, particularly at sunset. Sundance sells annual, seasonal and winter visitor passes and is part of a loyalty club that offers discounts up to 50 percent at several courses in the Phoenix area.
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It’s “All Things Arizona Golf” from the Arizona Golf Authority.