Yes, most of Arizona’s courses are challenging given their desert locales. Here, we highlight five notable exceptions—any of which make for
a great start to a golf adventure. By Shaun Tolson. Dynamically routed and dramatically set, the vast majority of Arizona’s courses bring golfers into the arid expanses of the state’s Sonoran, Mojave, and Chihuahuan deserts, where the surrounding cacti, sagebrush, and dry washes put considerable emphasis on accuracy.