Where to Stay Arizona
All of the best places to stay in Arizona.
2017 Spring Training Guide: Scottsdale, Phoenix, Tempe
Scottsdale Salt River Fields at Talking Stick Both the Rockies and Diamondbacks share this one of a kind stadium on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. The 140-acre complex and stadium, with the motto “Two Tribes. Two Teams. One Home,” was designed to be respectful of the surroundings and traditions of the Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. … Read more
2017 Spring Training Guide: Goodyear, Surprise, Avondale, Peoria
On the Tee Verrado Golf Club (Buckeye) If you like jaw-dropping views and rugged beauty amid a charming little town, this is the place for you. Two courses, designed by 1996 British Open champion Tom Lehman, are a little-known secret in the charming planned community of Buckeye. The Founder’s Course and the newly opened Victory … Read more
2017 Spring Training Guide: Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert
Golf in the East Valley & South Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club (Maricopa) This Troon-managed desert oasis is worth the 30-minute drive south of Phoenix on I-10. Fred Couples teamed with the Schmidt-Curley design team to create one of the area’s most intriguing layouts. Instead of a traditional target-style desert course, it plays more like … Read more
JW Marriott Desert Ridge is First Class
Life is good for Alex Fisher, a world-traveling snowbird that has dual warm-weather residences in Colorado and Arizona. Thanks to his highly respected status as a PGA Certified Instructor — he is PGA Director of Instruction at Durango’s The Glacier Club and also teaches swing mechanics at the Wildfire Golf Club in Phoenix — Fisher … Read more
Tonto Verde Seduces Snowbirds
Given the wicked blast of this week’s cross-country, sub-zero temperatures, Coloradans are probably dreaming less about a white Christmas and much more about a warm-weather vacation. I certainly am. Having spent 12 years living in Phoenix, I remember with growing affection the sumptuous 60s and 70s winter temperatures of the Valley of the Sun plus … Read more
Escape to Tubac Golf Resort & Spa
For generations, Southern Arizona has been a revered getaway for chilled Coloradans looking for a break from winter’s cold and snow. This bastion of Sonoran Desert majesty is augmented by 330 days of bluebird days annually, much of which is presented during the blissful, cool-temperature months of November through March. Among the region’s more venerated … Read more
