Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Golf Trip to Sedona

My wife and I traded one of our timeshare weeks this year for a week in Sedona, AZ next month. She doesn't play golf, but is generous enough to let me sneak out and play a few rounds in between our hiking adventures. Traditionally, our vacations have centered around our mutual love for hiking in the mountain ranges of our western states. We've enjoyed many trips to Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Washington, Oregon, and of course, California. Now that I play golf, I enjoy traveling to places where I can do both.


Sedona's Seven Canyons Golf Course

I realize that Sedona is not a true golf destination, like Scottsdale is to the south. But from what I gather, it does offer some good courses in an awesome setting. For instance, the Sedona Golf Resort was voted among the "Best Places to Play" in 2006 by Golf Digest Magazine and has received a Golf Digest 4-star rating.

But the course I really want to play is Seven Canyons, an exclusive private destination resort, rated among America's Best Courses by Golfweek Magazine.

Estates West Golf Living Magazine describes Seven Canyons as, "a masterful Tom Weiskopf-designed golf course that weaves past canyon mouths and features one picture postcard view after another. It will immediately jump to the very top of your 'most memorable' golf course list, and deservedly so. There are few sites in the world as naturally blessed as this; Cypress Point Club and Augusta National Golf Club in full bloom come to mind."

If anyone knows anyway I can get on this course, let me know! I'd also welcome any other golf course suggestions within an hour drive of Sedona.

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