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Phoenix Arizona Golf Properties Still Favored Nationwide

"With our weather, courses and mindset, Scottsdale has no rival in the world when it comes to golf," admonishes Professional Golf Association legend Tom Weiskopf. Weiskopf has designed courses at Troon North Golf Club, DC Ranch and the Tournament Players Club, in fact. Other golf iconoclasts like Robert Trent Jones Sr., Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Fazio, Robert Cupp, Billy Casper, Ben Crenshaw, and Bill Grove have also played a hand in developing the award-winning Arizona golf properties in Scottsdale.

Expert golf instructors like Jim Flick also say that Scottsdale golf properties are some of the best designed and maintained. "Scottsdale has its own distinctive look," Flick explains. He adds that desert golf plays off the natural scenery quite well, where players ricochet their golf balls off immobile boulders, around towering cacti, through sand pits and down narrow fairways.

Desert Highlands is one of the favorite Arizona golf properties in Scottsdale. Crafted around a Jack Nicklaus signature golf course, the community consists of 560 homes spread out on 850 Sonoran Desert acres. The wonderfully landscaped course takes advantage of desert and mountain terrain. In addition to golf, there's tennis, a state-of-the-art fitness center and spa, private swimming pools and 3.5 miles of walking/jogging paths. Their clubhouse has won a number of prestigious awards, including: "Most Beautiful Clubhouse in America" (Tom Doaks' Confidential Guide), "Interior Design Award of Excellence" (American Institute of Architecture) and "Third Best Clubhouse in the World" (Golf Magazine, 1989), to name a few. Amenities are rich, with a plethora of nearby shopping centers, Mayo Clinic medical facilities, upscale boutiques, salons, coffee shops and top schools. Houses range from $995,000 to $8 million.

Desert Mountain is another excellent collection of Scottsdale golf properties. Here serious golfers will find six private Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Courses (with six different clubhouses). Naturally, state-of-the-art tennis courts, spas, fitness centers and restaurants greet residents of this gated community as well. "Desert Mountain is one of the highlights of my career as a golf course designer," Nicklaus himself admits. According to the Robb Report, the 8,000-acre residential and recreational site is the "World's Best Golf Community."

Newcomers will be happy to know that 11 of America's Top 100 golf instructors live in Scottsdale golf properties. For the best instruction, check out the Golf Digest Learning Centers at Talking Stick Golf Club, the John Jacobs Golf School, the Nicklaus / Flick Game Improvement Center and the Lyford School of Golf. Arizona golf properties are not just comfortable communities to develop a new hobby, but they're also inspirational home for the professionals too. A number of the pros have made Arizona their happy homes, including Tom Lehman, Tom Weiskopf, Andrew Magee, Hale Irwin, Jim Carter, Brandel Chamblee, Kirk Triplett, Billy Mayfair, Jonathon Kaye, Tom Purtzer, Curt Byrum, Gary McCord, Mike Nicolette, Dan Pohl, Jerry Smith, Grace Park and Carin Koch.

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With more than 174 public and private golf courses and over 329 days of sunshine each year, it's no surprise that Arizona golf properties are some of the most coveted in the nation. Please visit Judybrickman.com for a href="http://www.judybrickman.com/">Phoenix Golf Properties and real estate listings.

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