“With our climate, courses and mindset, Scottsdale is unrivaled in the world when it comes to golf,” warns Professional Golf Association legend Tom Weiskopf. Weiskopf has designed courses at Troon North Golf Club, DC Ranch, and the Tournament Players Club, in fact. Other golf iconoclasts such as Robert Trent Jones Sr., Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Fazio, Robert Cupp, Billy Casper, Ben Crenshaw and Bill Grove have also contributed to the development of Arizona’s award-winning golf properties in Scottsdale.

Expert golf instructors like Jim Flick also say that Scottsdale golf properties are some of the best designed and maintained. “Scottsdale has its own distinctive look,” explains Flick. He adds that desert golf plays quite well with the natural landscape, where players bounce their golf balls off still rocks, around towering cacti, through sand pits and narrow fairways.

Desert Highlands is one of Arizona’s favorite golf properties in Scottsdale. Built around an exclusive Jack Nicklaus golf course, the community consists of 560 homes spread across 850 acres of the Sonoran Desert. The wonderfully landscaped course takes advantage of the mountainous and desert terrain. In addition to golf, there is tennis, a state-of-the-art gym and spa, private pools, and 3.5 miles of walking or jogging trails. His clubhouse has won several prestigious awards, including: “America’s Most Beautiful Clubhouse” (Tom Doaks Confidential Guide), “Interior Design Excellence Award” (American Institute of Architecture), and “Third Best clubhouse of the world. “(Golf Magazine, 1989), to name a few. Amenities are plentiful, with plenty of nearby shopping centers, Mayo Clinic medical facilities, upscale boutiques, salons, coffee shops, and top schools. Homes range from $ 995,000 to $ 8 million.

Desert Mountain is another excellent collection of Scottsdale golf properties. Here serious golfers will find six exclusive Jack Nicklaus golf courses (with six different clubhouses). Naturally, state-of-the-art tennis courts, spas, gyms, and restaurants also welcome residents of this gated community. “Desert Mountain is one of the highlights of my career as a golf course designer,” admits Nicklaus himself. According to the Robb Report, the 8,000 acre residential and recreational site is the “World’s Best Golf Community.”

Newcomers will be happy to learn that 11 of America’s top 100 golf instructors live on Scottsdale golf properties. For the best instruction, visit the Golf Digest Learning Centers at Talking Stick Golf Club, John Jacobs Golf School, Nicklaus / Flick Game Improvement Center, and Lyford Golf School. Arizona golf properties are not only comfortable communities to develop a new hobby, but they are also an inspiring home for professionals. Several professionals have made Arizona their happy homes, including Tom Lehman, Tom Weiskopf, Andrew Magee, Hale Irwin, Jim Carter, Brandel Chamblee, Kirk Triplett, Billy Mayfair, Jonathon Kaye, Tom Purtzer, Curt Byrum, Gary McCord, Mike Nicolette, Dan Pohl, Jerry Smith, Grace Park, and Carin Koch.