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  SUNRIDGE CANYON GOLF CLUB Fountain Hills, Arizona October 26, 2023 OVERVIEW FACILITY TYPE: Semi-Private ARCHITECT: Keith Foster PAR: 71 LENGTH: 5,034 - 7,002 MEN’S USGA RATING: 64.6 - 72.2 MEN’S USGA SLOPE: 113 - 138 WOMEN’S USGA RATING: 70.0 - 79.4 WOMEN’S USGA SLOPE: 124 - 151 TEE OPTIONS: 7 WEBSITE: www.sunridgegolf.com PHONE: (480) 837-5100   SunRidge Canyon Golf Club, just northeast of Scottsdale, Arizona, offers a truly special golfing experience. Nestled at the foothills of the McDowell Mountains, this out and back Keith Foster design takes you down into the canyon before returning back up and finishing with one of the best stretches in the whole state, nicknamed the Wicked Six. COURSE CONDITIONS RATINGS TEES: 4.00 FAIRWAYS: 4.00 GREENS: 4.25 BUNKERS: 3.50 SCENERY: 4.50 LAYOUT: 4.50 – OVERALL: 4.13 SunRidge Canyon is a beautiful desert course with a stark contrast between beautiful lush green fairways and greens, and the weather-worn brown desert. Th...

  THE CONCESSION CLUB Bradenton, Florida January 27, 2022 OVERVIEW FACILITY TYPE: Private YEAR OPENED: 2006 ARCHITECT: Jack Nicklaus & Tony Jacklin PAR: 72 LENGTH: 5,042 - 7,477 yards USGA RATING: 70.9 - 76.7 USGA SLOPE: 127 - 153 TEE OPTIONS: 5 WEBSITE: https://theconcession.com/ PHONE: (941) 322-1922   The Concession Club in Bradenton, Florida is a PGA Tour Venue east of Tampa, Florida, with too many accolades to list here. (Visit their website for a full list). This demanding course challenges the best in the world yet is accessible to all levels of play so long as you play the appropriate tees for you and your game. To provide a brief history, the course was designed by Jack Nicklaus and Tony Jacklin to celebrate the 1969 Ryder Cup in which Jack Nicklaus conceded the final putt against Tony Jacklin resulting in the first ever tie in the event's history.  What I didn’t realize until I arrived on site was that they also have a 9-hole Par 3 course called The...

  CAMELBACK GOLF CLUB (AMBIENTE COURSE) Scottsdale, Arizona November 3, 2022 OVERVIEW YEAR OPENED: 1970 ARCHITECT: Jack Snyder & Jason Straka COURSE LENGTH: 5,538 - 7,225 yards COURSE RATING: 69.0 - 75.8 COURSE SLOPE: 124 - 138 TEE OPTIONS: 5 LOCATION: Scottsdale, Arizona FACILITY TYPE:   Resort Playing new courses is something that always gets me excited about golf. Sure, I definitely have my favorite courses that I frequent but discovering something new and having a new experience is to me what this game is all about. I recently played the Ambiente Course at Camelback Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona and it was definitely not what I was expecting! When I think of desert golf, I think of green fairways surrounded by brown waste. The Ambiente course was a little different. They recently underwent a $10 million renovation that changed the course from classic flat desert golf into a links-style course with subtle elevations, dramatic bunkering, tall grasses, and trees...