VENTANA CANYON GOLF & RACQUET CLUB

The Catalina Mountains provide a stunning backdrop for this desert masterpiece that threads through towering saguaro cacti and dramatic washes cut deep into the Sonoran landscape. Tom Fazio's routing takes full advantage of the natural elevation changes, delivering memorable forced carries over desert arroyos and approach shots to greens nestled against granite outcroppings. The signature par-3 3rd hole demands a nerve-testing shot across a deep canyon to a green that seems to float in the desert air—a shot that separates the confident from the cautious.