Wow.........As I am reading your rankings, then rereading them again, out of my mouth comes "golfadvisor.com must have been given free golf at these course, to have included them". Only to read the 1st two comments suggesting the same thing.How on earth could so many of AZs' top ranked courses (by the other 50 or so AZ golf course rankings btw), be missing from your list?
You are trying to say that Sewailo Golf Course in Tucson is better than Stadium TPC, We-Ko-Pa (either course), Troon N or S or even Boulders????? And they are 6th in NATION???? Is this a joke?? And just to clarify..... you mean Sewailo golf course that I have NEVER even seen ranked in an AZ top 20 ranking?? You mean that one??PLEASE explain how you derived at these rankings? What reviews are you talking about?
These are based on ratings submitted by anyone throughout the year, not the staff.
Not really "top" courses. These are just some that are apparently popular with a certain level of golfer. I've played with some of these people and they won't give a good rating to any course that they consider too difficult. One even just called some "tricked up" when they couldn't score well on it.
How does Wickenburg Ranch GC not make the list? It is easily in my top 3!!
It has done very well on our site so far but not quite enough reviews to qualify in 2015. http://www.golfadvisor.com/courses/34994-wickenburg-ranch-golf-course/
It is obvious that Golf Advisor was compensated to create a list like this....
How can you exclude both courses @ WeKoPa? Ranked #2 + #4 last year (if I'm not mistaken) and this year BAM! - gone? Also, Talking Stick North, another Coore/Crenshaw design deserves a place among your Top 25.
Too bad - I was actually looking forward to this list...maybe next year?
TK
Talking Stick (both courses) are totally lame.
We-Ko-Pa simply didn't receive enough reviews last year to qualify. Hopefully this year.
Talking Stick didn't fare particularly well last year, as its overall score was below 4 and in the middle of the pack.
Sorry...not a very good list at all. How about both We-Ko-Pa Courses or SunRidge Canyon? Even Eagle Mountain should be in there for consideration. CyberLinksGolf.com has video on all the above mentioned tracks.
We-Ko-Pa didn't receive enough reviews to qualify. SunRidge Canyon came close but maybe now that it will have a full year post-reno it will make the 2016 list. Eagle Mountain's overall score was below 4 and in the middle of the pack.
Doesn't receive enough reviews because it costs $235 a round !! People that can afford that don't write reviews, too busy playing places the rest of can't afford...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! WORST RANKING I have ever seen. What ever you are smoking please sell it, make millions and hire someone who know how to do a course rating. God bless!
agreed...it leads me to believe this list is junk
Was down there at the first of the year and did golf several of these courses as well as two that were mentioned as should have been, well I believe your list for the most part is spot on and as was stated Talking stick North was not good either the conditions or the hospitality, Eagle Mountain was close but still needs some work. Good job
Talking Stick courses are boring . Eagle Mountain is hit or miss in regards to condition ; at least you have some great views at Eagle Mountain. Neither belong on any top list
I think you need to understand the criteria on which the list was created before "HaHa"ing it. It's based on reviews from users. There are a couple of courses that are missing, some could be rated higher, and some that seem to be rated higher than I'd suggest, but it's not that bad that it deserves the dissing that you've given it. It's a very subjective rating.