{"id":3473,"date":"2012-11-16T18:31:50","date_gmt":"2012-11-17T01:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/golftriparizona.com\/coursedirectory\/?p=3473"},"modified":"2013-06-26T12:55:15","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T19:55:15","slug":"vistoso-golf-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/vistoso-golf-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Vistoso Golf Club"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arizona Golf Course Reviews:<\/span><\/strong> Located just north of Tucson, the Golf Club at Vistoso marks Tom Weiskopf\u2019s first solo design effort after he parted with architect Jay Morrish and it\u2019s obvious from the get-go that the former PGA Tour pro had a real knack for creating memorable golf holes.<\/p>\n

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Golf Club at Vistoso<\/p><\/div>\n

Vistoso is Spanish for \u201ccolorful views\u201d and the course offers plenty due to its setting in the picturesque Santa Catalina Mountains, with panoramic views of the nearby Tortolita and Tucson Mountains.<\/p>\n

It is a true desert course with all the forced carries one would expect on that style of layout, combined with concepts from classic designers Alister Mackenize, A.W. Tillinghast and Donald Ross including Winged Foot-type finger bunkers and elongated rectangular tee boxes.<\/p>\n

The native desert flora and fauna produce a virtual rainbow of colors in cooler months and desert wildlife is abundant here. Little wonder then that after it opened it was nominated by Golf Digest for \u201cBest New Course of the Year\u201d in 1997.<\/p>\n

Vistoso has four sets of tees, stretching to 6,932 yards, with a rating of 72.1 and a hefty slope of 147. The front tees play at 5,095 yards.<\/p>\n

Head and shoulders above all the great holes here is the signature offering is No. 14, named \u201cRisky.\u201d Every course Weiskopf has designed since features this type of memorable, risk-reward hole but few if any are better than this.<\/p>\n

The par-4 measures 350 yards but, because of the dogleg configuration, the green is drivable for long hitters. It has a split fairway and playing to the end of the first portion leaves a 100-yard shot over desert transition to the pin. Hitting to the second portion of fairway leaves a shorter approach but it is to a shallow green with a large bunker in front and three more behind.<\/p>\n

No. 8 is memorable as well. The par-4 plays at 389 yards from the tips with a sweeping dogleg left that has a large lake inside the elbow. The lake extends along the left side, wraps behind the green and is backed by a waterfall. Two large bunkers guard the right side of the green and a pot bunker looms on the left side.<\/p>\n

The most photographed, however, is the third hole, a 166-yard par-3 named \u201cTillinghast\u201d in honor of its classic design. The tee shot must find an elevated putting surface featuring two mammoth bunkers on the left side, with the rugged Catalina Mountains serving up a glorious backdrop.<\/p>\n

Practice facilities and amenities here are top notch, including the Tortolita Terrace, which is a great spot to relax with wonderful views after the round. The Golf Club at Vistoso is part of the Wildcat Trail network, a local program which offers discounted golf to its members at several of Tucson\u2019s finest courses.<\/p>\n

Read the Arizona Golf Course List AZGA Player\u2019s Arizona Golf Course Review<\/a> for every golf course in Arizona at www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s \u201cAll Things Arizona Golf\u201d from the Arizona Golf Authority<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arizona Golf Course Reviews: Located just north of Tucson, the Golf Club at Vistoso marks Tom Weiskopf\u2019s first solo design effort after he parted with architect Jay Morrish and it\u2019s obvious from the get-go that the former PGA Tour pro had a real knack for creating memorable golf holes. Vistoso is Spanish for \u201ccolorful views\u201d and the course offers plenty due to its setting in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7524,"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":[112,166,146],"tags":[170,173,171,179,178,172,175,180],"class_list":["post-3473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oro-valley","category-southern-arizona","category-tucson","tag-arizona-golf","tag-arizona-golf-authority","tag-arizona-golf-course","tag-arizona-golf-course-list","tag-arizona-golf-course-reviews","tag-arizona-golf-courses","tag-azga-arizona-golf-authority","tag-tucson-golf-courses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3473","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=3473"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3475,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3473\/revisions\/3475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}