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| golfers, looking for a different kind of golf | | | | pause. |
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| once said of desert golf, âItâs | | | | designer Rees Jones. Youâll be lulled by |
| like a voyage into the unknownâ. The | | | | the first few holes, thinking, âyeh, this |
| first desert course, Desert Highlands, was | | | | course is duck soupâ, with minimal desert |
| designed and built by Jack Nicklaus and Scott Miller | | | | carries, but whoa, then comes hole #7, a par 5, |
| in the mid 1980âs, and it was home to | | | | with water, then on the back nine youâll |
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| courses in Arizona. | | | | outstanding views, maybe a great place to start |
| Taking advantage of the desert terrain, | | | | your Scottsdale Golf Vacation. |
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| âmust-playâ for a great golf | | | | >> In a B&B do you have to |
| vacation. We-Ko-Pa, built by Native Americans | | | | prepare breakfast or just provide the food for |
| over in Fountain Hills is probably the most scenic | | | | breakfast that they prepare in there own apt.? |
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| Mountain (their sacred mountain) is visible from | | | | phantom acres |
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