{"id":685158,"date":"2026-06-05T03:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T03:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/685158\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T03:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T03:40:16","slug":"arizona-national-golf-club-one-of-tucsons-toughest-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/685158\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona National Golf Club one of Tucson&#8217;s toughest courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Arizona National Golf Club\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full\" width=\"1296\" height=\"754\" data- data- itemprop=\"url\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Arizona National Golf Course, owned by Sabino Springs Homeowners Association since 2021, is one of the top golf venues in Tucson.<\/p>\n<p>            Courtesy of Sabino Springs Homeowners Association<\/p>\n<p>Location: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Arizona+National+Golf+Club\/@32.3014971,-110.7861352,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x86d66be05f5d38f3:0x3efe323b299b2880!8m2!3d32.3014971!4d-110.7835603!16s%2Fg%2F1tdgkpyc?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDYwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">9777 E. Sabino Greens Drive<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Length:\u00a018 holes, 6,606 yards<\/p>\n<p>Notable hole: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NcdkxGWrS4c?si=TiUgr1I43bHlXfYP&amp;t=1482\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">18, Par 5 (516 yards)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The rundown:\u00a0Planted in the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains near Sabino Canyon, Arizona National Golf Club is one of the most underrated \u2014 and most challenging \u2014 golf courses in the Old Pueblo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arizonanationalgolfclub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Arizona National Golf Club<\/a> \u2014 previously known as Raven Golf Club at Sabino Springs \u2014 was designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. in 1996. Jones has designed over 500 championship-caliber courses worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The slope rating at Arizona National Golf Club is about 139 \u2014 155 is the highest possible rating \u2014 so the home golf course of Sabino High School is considered one of the most unforgiving courses in Tucson. If you&#8217;re a scratch golfer, the strategy at Arizona National Golf Club will test you. If you&#8217;re a high-handicap golfer that&#8217;s trying to break 100, Arizona National will push your patience.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"24 HS GIRLS GOLF gb-p1\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full\" width=\"1701\" height=\"1219\" data- data- itemprop=\"url\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sabino High School senior Gillian McClellan tees off during practice at the Arizona National Golf Club in Tucson on Aug. 23, 2007.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>            Greg Bryan, Arizona Daily Star<\/p>\n<p>The most iconic hole at Arizona National Golf Club is the grand finale at No. 18. The tee shot is elevated above the fairway, and the visual is a panoramic view of the city of Tucson, saguaro cacti, the Arizona National clubhouse, the nearby neighborhood and mountains.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arizona National Golf Course, owned by Sabino Springs Homeowners Association since 2021, is one of the top golf&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":685159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[1017,16343,16342,427,15226,79875,79872,297861,17355,79874,99,79873,5052,17434,13177],"class_list":["post-685158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-arizona","tag-ball-games","tag-balls","tag-golf","tag-golf-course","tag-grass-field-surfaces","tag-lawn-games","tag-lawns","tag-outdoor-sports","tag-precision-sports","tag-sports","tag-summer-sports","tag-tucson","tag-turf-sports","tag-university-of-arizona"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/685159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}