{"id":3479,"date":"2010-11-16T18:39:17","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T18:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/golftriparizona.com\/coursedirectory\/?p=3479"},"modified":"2013-11-07T12:56:32","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T19:56:32","slug":"we-ko-pa-saguaro-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/we-ko-pa-saguaro-course\/","title":{"rendered":"We-Ko-Pa Saguaro Course"},"content":{"rendered":"

We-Ko-Pa Saguaro Course – Arizona Golf Courses<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

If you were tasked with choosing the best piece of property in Arizona\u00a0 for a pair of golf courses, the site at We-Ko-Pa Golf Club would be one of your finalists. Both courses, Cholla and Saguaro, provide native-natural terrain and boast spectacular views.<\/p>\n

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The team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw laid the Saguaro Course in place with their distinctively delicate hand about\u00a0 five years after the Cholla Course opened for play. It made WeKoPa Golf Club “the” place to play in Arizona and with the addition of Saguaro, it still is!<\/p>\n

One of golf\u2019s red-hot design teams of the past decade, Coore-Crenshaw did not disappoint with their stellar effort at We-Ko-Pa Saguaro, even if a few holes did turn out rather unique, like the super-short uphill par-3 ninth and super-challenging par-4 finish at the eighteenth.<\/p>\n

Course conditioning and incredible desert-mountain views don\u2019t get much better than here at We-Ko-Pa and the Saguaro Course offers up an entertaining mix of of short par 4s and long par 4s right in the middle of the surrounding natural splendor.<\/p>\n

The golf course plays firm and fast throughout so don\u2019t be frightened by the 469-yard par-4 first hole; your tee ball is going to run forever. Just remember that\u2019s just as true at the 336-yard par-4 second or your tee-ball will run-out and find a fairway bunker you thought you were playing short of.<\/p>\n

The signature 14th<\/sup>, a 538-yard uphill par 5,\u00a0 presents a different dilemma: a tempting split fairway and fantastic mountain views both vie for your attention. Here\u2019s a tip: highly skilled players go right, the rest of us play to the left-side fairway – your choice.<\/p>\n

The par-3 fifteenth is another favorite. The elevated tee tempers it\u2019s 255-yard length, reducing your club selection by at least two clubs. The green complex below offers an open door for the baby-draw shot we all see ourselves playing from time to time. Go ahead and author one, the forgiving slope on the right-hand side of the green will collect those shots that stay straight.<\/p>\n

One thing to definitely smile about is that We-Ko-Pa\u2019s slightly shorter Saguaro Course (a little over 6,900 yards) allows walking and that\u2019s a good thing. This is no level stroll through your local parkland muni though, you\u2019ll be up and down through the natural arroyos that give this course it\u2019s desert character.<\/p>\n

\"wekopa-ben-crenshaw-bill-coore\"<\/a>True to form, Messrs. Coore-Crenshaw left the fairway and green sites completely natural. Or as Crenshaw spun it:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just kind of draped the grass over what was already there.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the less is more, minimalist philosophy the dynamic-duo adheres to and it\u2019s perfect for property this stunning. Another thing to like is the old-style bunkering, which undoubtedly is a Coore-Crenshaw strength. Not only are there several gaping pot bunkers on the Saguaro, there also are plenty of elongated fairway bunkers known as \u201cfurrowed brows\u2019\u2019 with a touch of wispy grass hanging over the edges strictly for effect.<\/p>\n

Add it all up and Saguaro is pure, compelling golf in the desert.\u00a0 Also featured are a cool, rustic half-way house that looks like it was built in the days of yesteryear, and We-Ko-Pa\u2019s striking clubhouse – it\u2019s first-rate and ultra-chic in a new-age Native American way.<\/p>\n

Arizona Golf Authority AZGA “Local Hang”<\/span><\/strong> for We-Ko-Pa Golf Club is the club\u2019s panoramic patio, especially if you indulge in the magnificent mahi-mahi sliders with zesty Pico de Gallo and a draught of Drop Top amber ale.\u00a0 No wonder We-Ko-Pa markets the final moments of a day of golf as \u201cgood food with a view.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Click We-Ko-Pa Cholla Course<\/a> to check out Saguaro\u2019s sister course; these two pair for a world-class 36-hole day of Arizona golf.<\/p>\n

Visit our Arizona Golf Course Reviews<\/a> and read the AZGA Player\u2019s review for every golf course in Arizona at http:\/\/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":"

We-Ko-Pa Saguaro Course – Arizona Golf Courses: If you were tasked with choosing the best piece of property in Arizona for a pair of golf courses, the site at We-Ko-Pa Golf Club would be one of your finalists. Both courses, Cholla and Saguaro, provide native-natural terrain and boast spectacular views. The team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw laid the Saguaro Course in place with their…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8606,"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":[165,91,133],"tags":[170,173,171,181,182,179,178,172,175,174,177,176],"class_list":["post-3479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-central-arizona","category-fountain-hills","category-scottsdale","tag-arizona-golf","tag-arizona-golf-authority","tag-arizona-golf-course","tag-arizona-golf-course-directory","tag-arizona-golf-course-guide","tag-arizona-golf-course-list","tag-arizona-golf-course-reviews","tag-arizona-golf-courses","tag-azga-arizona-golf-authority","tag-azga-arizona-golf-courses","tag-phoenix-golf-courses","tag-scottsdale-golf-courses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3479","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=3479"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8629,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3479\/revisions\/8629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonagolfauthority.com\/coursedirectory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}