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Westbrook Village Vistas Golf Course

Arizona Golf AZGA Buzz: The Vistas Course, the second layout at Westbrook Village, provides a nice contrast to the original Lakes Course at Westbrook Village Golf Club. Ken Kavanaugh, a Tucson-based course architect, delivered the enjoyable links-style Vistas Course in 1990, opening roughly10 years after the Lakes Course, designed by Ted Robinson…

Arizona Golf AZGA Buzz: The Vistas Course, the second layout at Westbrook Village, provides a nice contrast to the original Lakes Course at Westbrook Village Golf Club. Ken Kavanaugh, a Tucson-based course architect, delivered the enjoyable links-style Vistas Course in 1990, opening roughly10 years after the Lakes Course, designed by Ted Robinson.

The Vistas Course is longer but more open, giving players the opportunity to be a little more free-wheeling in their shot selection, and perhaps take a more aggressive approach to attacking this second Westbrook Village offering.

Vistas has four sets of tees at 6,432, 6,023, 5,704 and 5,333 yards and, depending on which you choose, plays to par 73 or 72. It is rated at 70.0 with a slope of 120, which indicates that it is slightly easier than the Lakes layout.

The signature hole is the fifth, a short 487-yard par 5, but with a long approach shot over a lake if you go for it in 2 shots.

The 17th, although ranked as the No. 2 handicap hole, may well be the toughest. The demons at this 529-yard par 5 are bunkers, artfully placed to grab slightly mishit shots and dash your birdie hopes.

The fully stocked pro shop, locker rooms, all-turf practice facilities and full-service restaurant make The Vistas Course a pleasant play. The onsite Links Neighborhood Grill serves up lunch and dinner, with a wide variety of menu items.

The Vistas Course, and nearby Lakes Course, are part of the Westbrook Village master-planned community for active adults that has nearly 4,000 homes and provides many facilities and amenities to residents. The courses are semi-private and offer various perks and discounts to members, but are always open to public play.

Westbrook Village residents enjoy 2 recreation centers with swimming pools, tennis, a fitness center, arts and crafts rooms, auditoriums, a library and media center, and several social clubs.

These courses also are close to baseball spring training facilities and are quite popular for fans and team personnel in the winter and spring seasons.