About this course
Payson Golf Course is an 18-hole, par-71 public golf course in Payson, Arizona. It was designed by Frank Hughes and Russell Zakariasen and opened in 1960, playing 5,854 yards from the back tees at an elevation of about 5,000 feet. The Payson course has a wide-open front nine and a hillier back nine, with a creek coming into play on several holes and ponderosa pine trees throughout. Wildlife including elk and migrating geese are commonly seen on the course, which sits near the Mogollon Rim.
Type
Parkland
Region
Southwest
Holes
18
Par
72
LooperScore
71.5
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Design & architects
- Frank Hughes, architect
- Russell Zakariasen, architect
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