Golf courses in Fort McDowell, AZ.

Fort McDowell, AZ

Saguaro at We-Ko-Pa Golf Club sits on Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation land northeast of Scottsdale, Arizona. Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw designed it, and it opened in 2006 as the second course at the club. There is no housing and no development of any kind visible from the course, which is unusual in the Phoenix area, and the routing was laid out to stay on the natural desert grade. Fairways run into one another, the transitions to native desert are ragged rather than manicured, and the greens are open in front so the ball can be played along the ground. Saguaro is genuinely walkable, which almost no desert course is, and caddies are available. It is the shorter and lower-profile of the two courses at We-Ko-Pa, alongside the Cholla course, and both are daily fee.

Fort McDowell, AZ

The Cholla Course at We-Ko-Pa Golf Club is an 18-hole resort course in Fort McDowell, Arizona, on land of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation. It was designed by Scott Miller and opened in December 2001 as the club's first course. Cholla is a par 72 of about 7,225 yards, routed through desert arroyos and over ridges with no houses or roads in view. The club's second course, Saguaro, designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, opened in 2006.