Sun City Vistoso Golf Club: Review from Arizona Golf Guides

Active adults in the Tucson area will be pleased to find that the Sun City Vistoso community has not neglected to provide quality entertainment options. The golf club here provides an enjoyable, desert-style experience that makes the most of the surrounding landscape.

520-825-3110 1565 E. Rancho Vistoso Blvd. Oro Valley, AZ 85755 www.suncity-vistoso.com private/semiprivate holes: 18 course par: 72 rating/slope: - championship 71.9/131 - regular 70.0/126 - forward 70.6/114 range of yardages: 5,111–6,715 head pro: Kim Griggs membership: annual membership available cart & green fees: summer $32, winter $59 course designer: Greg Nash shoe policy: alternative cleats required

Sun City Vistoso, developed by the Del Webb Corporation, is an active-adult retirement community northwest of Tucson. Situated within Rancho Vistoso, the massive 7,750-acre, master-planned development in the Oro Valley area, this 2,488-home development easily ranks among Del Webb Corporation's most beautiful active adult communities.

Designed as the prime recreational amenity for residents and their guests, this championship golf facility allows Sun City Vistoso homeowners to play the course for a daily green fee, or purchase an annual membership, which includes the trail fee for privately owned golf carts. A limited number of memberships are available to the public. We also offer tee times through GolfNow.com.

Phoenix-based course designer Greg Nash found an ingenious routing through 90 acres of rolling desert terrain for this striking and challenging layout. With the towering Santa Catalina Mountains in full view, ample fairways play from elevated tees to well-protected elevated green complexes that rise as much as 40 vertical feet—belying the yardages shown on the card.

Sun City Vistoso offers a stimulating but manageable desert-style course with a traditional feel and an inviting and varied mix of holes. The few inevitable forced carries over dry washes and natural terrain are never more than 140 yards from the back tees. Nash felt the terrain and desert rough created enough challenges. Stands of acacia, mesquite, and palo verde trees add to the natural beauty of this layout.

If the course and the views aren't enough, Sun City Vistoso is home to almost every species of wildlife that resides in the desert. Roadrunners, rabbits, lizards, horned toads, javelina, deer, bobcats, and even an occasional mountain lion are seen roaming these fairways. Sun City Vistoso appeals to all of your senses, so come relax, and enjoy.

DAVID HUBBARD

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