Tee It Up in the Morning and Catch an Afternoon Spring Training Game

Tee It Up in the Morning and Catch an Afternoon Spring Training Game

It’s hard to improve upon a morning at the golf course, but with spring training in town, adding an afternoon at the ballpark makes for an full day of good, clean fun. And with fifteen MLB baseball teams playing in ten baseball parks scattered across the Phoenix – Scottsdale metro area, it’s easy to pair any of several Arizona golf…

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Cave Creek, Encanto and Grand Canyon to Host 2016 Phoenix Championship

Cave Creek, Encanto and Grand Canyon to Host 2016 Phoenix Championship

It’s time to get your game in shape for the 2016 City of Phoenix Stroke Play Championship. Play begins Friday, April 8 at Cave Creek, moves to Encanto Saturday, April 9 and finishes up at Grand Canyon Sunday, April 10. Players must carry a handicap index of 13.6 or below and four flights of competition are available. Players will compete in threesomes with assigned tee times each day, beginning at 6:30 each morning…

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5th Annual MCPF Charity Tourney at Arizona Grand Golf Course

5th Annual MCPF Charity Tourney at Arizona Grand Golf Course

The Fifth Annual Phoenix Morton Cure Paralysis Fund Golf Tournament will take place on Friday, March 4, 2016, at the Arizona Grand Resort in Phoenix, Arizona. The weather will be spectacular so sign-up your foursome today! And contact MCPF at 612-904-1420 for more details…

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SunRidge Canyon Golf Club – “Wicked Six” is Wicked Good

SunRidge Canyon Golf Club – “Wicked Six” is Wicked Good

Put SunRidge Canyon Golf Club on your near term play list and go enjoy the fruits of the hard work completed there this past summer. Owner’s Don and Cindy Misheff, who purchased the club in 2010, invested in four months of serious improvements this year and the results are spectacular. First, the golf course…

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Wigwam Celebrates 50 Years of Golf With Holiday Scramble

Wigwam Celebrates 50 Years of Golf With Holiday Scramble

The Wigwam Gold and Wigwam Patriot golf courses — now that’s a pair to draw to! Split by RTJ, Sr. in 1965, the two original nines are part of the package this holiday weekend. The Wigwam Golf Club invites golf enthusiasts to join in commemorating the 50th anniversary of its iconic Gold and Patriot courses…

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Desert Forest Golf Club Continues Reign as Best Desert Design

Desert Forest Golf Club Continues Reign as Best Desert Design

CAREFREE, Arizona – Desert Forest, the first desert golf course ever built is still the best desert golf course ever built. Desert Forest Golf Club enlisted the services of former Coore & Crenshaw protégé, David Zinkand who masterfully designed and implemented a modernization of the golf course in four months’ time, within…

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Southern Dunes Golf Club – Ak-Chin’s Great Golf Course Get’s Even Better

Southern Dunes Golf Club – Ak-Chin’s Great Golf Course Get’s Even Better

Southern Dunes has kicked off a significant renovation project to maintain playability for leisure players, while refining its famous championship venue shot-values. Ak-Chin Community ownership brought all the principals back to the design table to make sure things were done properly. Architect of record, Fred…

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Golf Bikes Join Segways at Kierland Golf Club

Golf Bikes Join Segways at Kierland Golf Club

Long known for its popular Segway golf vehicles, the innovative Kierland Golf Club at The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa has introduced yet another new way for golfers to enjoy the course – by bicycle. New golf bikes allow golfers to enjoy the game while getting a workout. Designed to create minimal impact on the course and…

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Orange Tree Golf Course Plans New Practice Facility

Orange Tree Golf Course Plans New Practice Facility

Great news from Shelby Futch, Scottsdale Golf Group CEO: Orange Tree Golf Club practice facilities will receive a complete makeover this summer by Ken Kavanaugh Golf Course Design. Ken Kavanaugh is a local design hero in these parts and the master golf course architect has worked with SGG for over 15 years. We have…

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