Arizona is one of the great golf destinations in the world, and among the names most associated with its finest courses is Tom Weiskopf - the major champion turned course designer whose work has left a lasting mark on the desert.
The Weiskopf way, as players and admirers describe it, favors courses that work with the natural terrain rather than fighting it: generous strategy over brute difficulty, memorable individual holes, and a respect for the desert landscape the course is set within. The result is golf that tests the accomplished player while remaining a pleasure for everyone else.
For Valley residents and visitors alike, a round on one of these courses is more than a game - it is a few hours spent inside the Arizona landscape at its most beautiful, with a little competition thrown in.
Originally published in View AZ Highlife Magazine, June / July 2007.