Wildfire

The Sonoran Desert's unforgiving beauty becomes your playing partner on this desert target-style layout, where elevated tees launch balls over arroyos thick with palo verde and cholla toward generous landing areas framed by the McDowell Mountains. Designer Arnold Palmer understood that desert golf works best when it rewards bold shotmaking rather than punishing wayward drives, creating a layout that demands precision without the penal rough typical of Scottsdale's resort tracks. The par-3 17th plays downhill to a green guarded by a massive boulder outcropping—pure Arizona theater that reminds you why desert golf beats links golf when the conditions are right.