ANTHEM GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB - IRONWOOD COURSE

The desert's unforgiving beauty reaches its apex on this Tom Lehman design, where massive granite boulders and towering saguaros frame elevated tees that demand both precision and nerve. Sonoran Desert golf doesn't get more authentic than the par-4 16th, which threads between house-sized rock formations while desert washes lurk to punish wayward approaches. Every hole celebrates the high desert's dramatic topography, making this northern Phoenix layout a thinking player's paradise where course management trumps brute force.