Just four miles down the road is Heritage Highlands Golf Club. The front nine serves as a warm-up for the accuracy test of the back and offers both elevation changes on the approaches and waste areas to penalize inaccurate shots. Two distinct nines may leave you wondering if they're both part of the same course. The Golf Club at Vistoso. Designed by Tom Weiskopf, the course lay-out gives the feel of a Tour site.
Ridges divide large greens into sections, requiring sound course management plays.
Tucked pins behind the many sand traps dare you to go for them, but without a perfect shot you're in the sand and struggling to make par. Beautiful landscaping around the five tee boxes adds an extra touch of desert charm. It plays tough from all tees, but from the women's, the copper, it also plays very long. On the far northeast of Tucson is The Raven Golf Club at Sabino Springs. Demanding on both the tees and the greens, the best holes are the ones right against the mountains.