FORTUNA DEL RAY GOLF COURSE

The desert winds whip across this Sonoran layout where strategic bunkering and undulating greens demand precision over power, making it a shotmaker's paradise in Arizona's southwest corner. Water comes into play on six holes, creating dramatic risk-reward scenarios that separate the bold from the tentative, while the signature par-3 16th plays over a desert wash to a peninsula green that's as beautiful as it is treacherous. Despite the public access, conditioning rivals many private clubs, and the routing takes full advantage of the natural desert topography without feeling manufactured.