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I will be spending the 3rd and 4th week in Phoenix. What courses should I play. I already have a tee time for TPC Scottsdale on the 24th. What other courses should I try for?

I wanted to play Gold Canyon Dinosaur but it will not reopen after over seeding till the 30th and I will be coming home that day.

Barry

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Hello, anyone there?

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I will be spending the 3rd and 4th week in Phoenix. What courses should I play. I already have a tee time for TPC Scottsdale on the 24th. What other courses should I try for?

Third and fourth week... of October??


Posted
Check the Playgrounds forum for tons of Phoenix/Scottsdale information.

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Assuming you are coming in October, many of the courses will be early into the overseed grow-in period. A fair warning that many courses will open before the conditions are acceptable given the prices they charge.

Please read my post about overseed conditions in this thread:
http://thesandtrap.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29799

You can find the published overseed schedule here:
http://southwest.pga.com/gui/pgasout...edschedule.pdf

I would look for courses that started their overseed in Sept for the best conditions.

Enjoy your visit.

Posted
Sorry, I did mean October.

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Wedges - Titlest Vokey Wedges SM5 56-14 and 52-12


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Ocotillo in Chandler is a great Troon course. It isn't your typical arizona golf. Lots of water, little dessert.

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I think you need to play the following for sure:

TPC of Scottsdale
Troon North
Karsten ASU golf course

These are all target style desert courses....will really test your driver.

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Grayhawk will probably be in the best condition of any valley courses being that it will host the Frys.com Open 10/22-10/25. As others have stated, most courses are overseeding for winter. AZGOLF.org has a good listing of the overseeding schedules.

Brian

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Kind of a long drive but one of the most unique courses I have ever seen. Apache Stronghold. I think it was lke an hour and half drive but I have never seen such a golf course, condition was pretty good but the course itself was probably built on over 1000 acres and is in the middle of nowhere on an indian reservation, they also have a casino and a small airport right across the street. I think the back tees were about 7500 yards or more. Interesting golf course to say the least.

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I vote for TPC, Troon or Camelback (either course).

Don't let them talk you into playing forward tees at TPC. Play it from the back, if they have the forecaddies this time of year they'll help a lot, if you need that kind of thing. We played right after the FBR. Not only was the course perfect the view is beautiful.

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