{"id":1998,"date":"2010-10-14T22:50:41","date_gmt":"2010-10-14T22:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/golftriparizona.com\/coursedirectory\/?p=1998"},"modified":"2013-06-27T16:25:44","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T23:25:44","slug":"arizona-traditions-golf-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/arizona-traditions-golf-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Traditions Golf Club"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Buzz:<\/span><\/strong> A traditional design, rolling terrain, mountain backdrops and reasonable green fees make this course northwest of Phoenix a popular spot with residents and visitors alike. Designed by Dick Bailey, it opened in 1997 as the centerpiece of a gated, active adult community near the base of the White Tank Mountains in an area that has boomed with a plethora of sports facilities such as Cactus League baseball parks, the NFL Arizona Cardinals\u2019 football stadium and the NHL Phoenix Coyotes\u2019 hockey arena. Mature trees line generous fairways on a short course that has mildly sloping greens and minimal bunkering; it\u2019s mounding that makes par saves a challenge if you miss the greens on approach.<\/p>\n

There are five sets of tees on this par-70 layout, ranging from 4,350 to 6,235 yards and the course is rated at 68.7 with a slope of 115. All of which means it\u2019s a course that you can overpower, but there really isn\u2019t any need to do so. Take a safe approach, pick your spots to gamble and you\u2019ll like the numbers on your scorecard. Desert areas come into play on several holes, but ultimately this is a player-friendly course as the slope indicates, with generous landing areas on tee shots that result in level lies.<\/p>\n

There are five par-3 holes at 186, 210, 139, 179 and 178-yards from the back tees and three par 5s that measure 485, 553 and 590. The par-4 fourth at 426 yards is rated the No. 1 handicap hole and the finishing hole is that 590-yarder, which is the longest on the course.<\/p>\n

Favorite holes among regulars are the fifth and seventh. No. 5 is par-4 that plays at just 356-yards from the tips but has a nice water feature that wraps from the front left of the green around to the back right corner, leaving little margin for error. No. 7 is a 210-yard par-3 with bunkers left and right guarding a curving green.<\/p>\n

Arizona Traditions has a grass driving range, two putting greens and a short-game practice area with sand bunker. The clubhouse features a pro shop and snack bar area. Residents here also enjoy a fitness center, Olympic-style swimming pool, tennis, ballroom, ceramics studio, woodworking shop and sports complex that includes softball fields and pickle ball courts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Buzz: A traditional design, rolling terrain, mountain backdrops and reasonable green fees make this course northwest of Phoenix a popular spot with residents and visitors alike. Designed by Dick Bailey, it opened in 1997 as the centerpiece of a gated, active adult community near the base of the White Tank Mountains in an area that has boomed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[165,143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-central-arizona","category-surprise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1998"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6023,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998\/revisions\/6023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}