{"id":2542,"date":"2010-10-26T17:12:13","date_gmt":"2010-10-26T17:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/golftriparizona.com\/coursedirectory\/?p=2542"},"modified":"2011-09-25T09:10:49","modified_gmt":"2011-09-25T16:10:49","slug":"glen-lakes-golf-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/glen-lakes-golf-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Glen Lakes Golf Course"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arizona Golf Authority AZGA Golf Course Buzz:<\/span><\/strong> Built in 1968, Glen Lakes has long been one of the most popular 9-hole executive courses in Arizona due to its great practice facilities, good conditioning, entertaining layout and affordable green fees.<\/p>\n

Glen Lakes is one of about 15 courses designed in Arizona by Milton Coggins; owned by the city of Glendale, this municipal layout offers some of the lowest golf rates in the Valley of the Sun.<\/p>\n

Glen Lakes is a relatively flat course of traditional design, with water in play on four holes. Level par is 33 for the six par-4 and three par-3 layout; two sets of tees are in play. The back tees are set at 2,403 yards with a rating of 62 and slope of 98 for 18 holes and the shorter tees play at 2,135 yards with a rating of 59.5 and slope of 89.<\/p>\n

One highlight of the round is the third hole, a short par-3 at 122 yards with large eucalyptus trees guarding the right side of a green that slopes left-to-right, towards a pond and is guarded in front by a grass bunker.<\/p>\n

The 5th and 8th holes are drivable par 4s at 265 and 301 yards; mature eucalyptus trees at No. 5 place an emphasis on accuracy and No. 8 features a lake threatening the left side of the primary landing area and a smallish undulating green.<\/p>\n

The best hole of the lot is the 9th, a 186-yard par-3; lakes running along both sides and a daunting bunker in front of the green demand an accurate tee shot to end the day.<\/p>\n

Glen Lakes\u2019 reputation of being a \u201cfamily\u201d course that is female-friendly is well deserved and their junior program is one of the best in town.<\/p>\n

Practice facilities are popular with a driving range that\u2019s lighted until 10 p.m., putting and chipping greens and a practice bunker. The range is one of the few in the area with a canopy and mist-cooling system to help keep things pleasant during the summer, but on the minus side it has artificial mat tee surfaces.<\/p>\n

The course is located near Glendale\u2019s major attractions, including the Arizona Cardinals\u2019 football stadium, Phoenix Coyotes\u2019 hockey arena as well as two baseball spring training ballparks.<\/p>\n

Read the Arizona Golf Course Directory AZGA Buzz<\/span><\/strong> for every golf course in Arizona at www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/<\/a>; it\u2019s \u201cAll Things Arizona Golf\u201d from the Arizona Golf Authority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arizona Golf Authority AZGA Golf Course Buzz: Built in 1968, Glen Lakes has long been one of the most popular 9-hole executive courses in Arizona due to its great practice facilities, good conditioning, entertaining layout and affordable green fees. Glen Lakes is a relatively flat course of traditional design, with water in play on four holes…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88891,"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":[165,93],"tags":[170,173,171,172,175],"class_list":["post-2542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-central-arizona","category-glendale","tag-arizona-golf","tag-arizona-golf-authority","tag-arizona-golf-course","tag-arizona-golf-courses","tag-azga-arizona-golf-authority"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542","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\/88891"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2542"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2544,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542\/revisions\/2544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}