Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club

This Fred Couples design sprawls across 200 acres of rolling Sonoran Desert terrain, where massive elevation changes and strategic bunkering create a target-golf experience that rewards precision over power. The routing cleverly uses the natural desert washes and dramatic grade shifts to frame shots, particularly on the stunning par-3 15th that plays 40 feet downhill to a peninsula green. Desert golf purists will appreciate how the layout preserves the raw beauty of saguaro-studded hillsides while delivering legitimate championship conditioning year-round.