Raven Golf Club-Phoenix

The desert target golf here demands precision over raw power, with elevated tees launching drives across arroyos toward greens protected by strategically placed waste bunkers filled with decomposed granite. Arizona's signature saguaro cacti frame every shot, while the dramatic elevation changes create approach shots that play significantly longer than the yardage suggests. The finishing holes climb through quintessential Sonoran Desert terrain, rewarding course management over heroics in this unforgiving but fair desert test.