{"id":2572,"date":"2010-10-26T17:42:52","date_gmt":"2010-10-26T17:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/golftriparizona.com\/coursedirectory\/?p=2572"},"modified":"2013-10-07T14:03:40","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T21:03:40","slug":"grayhawk-golf-club-talon-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/grayhawk-golf-club-talon-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Grayhawk Golf Club – Talon Course"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Buzz:<\/strong><\/span> Two Arizona Golf Hall of Famers had a lot to do with the Talon Course at Grayhawk, a golfer-friendly layout at 6,975 yards that exudes variety and views. Let\u2019s start with Heather Farr, the late LPGA and Arizona State star whose impact on the course includes a life-size bronze statue on the first hole that is appropriately named \u201cFarr View.\u2019\u2019\u00a0 Continuing with that theme, there is a set of Heather tees and a Heather Farr Room in the clubhouse, as well as the course being the annual site of the Heather Farr Matches, pitting the state\u2019s top women pros against the amateurs.<\/p>\n

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The other person of distinction in regards to the Talon is its architect, Gary Panks, who has built more golf courses in Arizona (29) than any other designer. Where the Talon differs slightly from some of Panks\u2019 other works is that it was co-designed in 1994 with former PGA\/ Champions tour star David Graham, and in that regard it is among their best work.<\/p>\n

You will never forget the 11th<\/sup> hole, dubbed \u201cSwinging Bridge,\u2019\u2019 or the 13th<\/sup>, entitled \u201cHeaven or Hell.\u2019\u2019 They are about as solid a combination of a picturesque par 3 and a risk-reward par 4, respectively, as there is when it comes to the Scottsdale golf scene. But there are a whole lot more of those signature-type experiences thanks to some beautiful box canyons, island greens (both water and the sand variety) and elevated tees that give the course an up-and-down feel despite its flat terrain.<\/p>\n

Blame it on the bulldozer, as Panks and Graham moved a massive 200,000 cubic yards of dirt. The greens also have a little bit of a Six Flags Over Arizona feel, with several boasting tripled-tiered surfaces. \u201cWe gave them exactly what they wanted,\u2019\u2019 Graham said in defense of the Augusta-like surfaces. \u201cGranted, they\u2019re a little outrageous, but overall it\u2019s a pretty darn good golf course.\u2019\u2019 It\u2019s also a few strokes easier than its big sister, the Raptor, and that also makes for \u201ca pretty darn good\u2019\u2019 golfing experience.<\/p>\n

Make yours a 36-hole day; read the review of sister course – Raptor – by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Buzz: Two Arizona Golf Hall of Famers had a lot to do with the Talon Course at Grayhawk, a golfer-friendly layout at 6,975 yards that exudes variety and views. let\u2019s start with Heather Farr, the late LPGA and Arizona State star whose impact on the course includes a life-size bronze statue on the first hole that is appropriately named \u201cFarr View.\u2019\u2019 Continuing with that theme …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4895,"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":[165,133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-central-arizona","category-scottsdale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572","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=2572"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2574,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572\/revisions\/2574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}