Golfing is known as the single most popular sport in the Phoenix, Arizona area and luxury golf resorts have sprung up to meet the tourism demand, offering a wide variety of in activities in addition to golfing. These resorts have played an important role in the population and housing price increases in this fast growing city. The Legacy Golf Resort, Ancala Country Club, Orange Tree Gold Resort, and the Phoenix What Gold Resort at Wildfire Golf Course are some popular resorts in the area.
Features
Phoenix, Arizona golf resorts are all-in-one travel destinations that are popular with golfers, their families and business travelers alike. They offer-five star hotel accommodations, fine dining experiences, and other amenities on the grounds of some of the highest rated golf courses in the entire world. Golf resorts in the area offer amenities like swimming pools, day spas, banquet halls, conference rooms, and even personal trainers, gyms and horseback riding.
Types
Some golf resorts cater to the public, with a focus on tourists. These resorts are open to anyone who can afford to book a stay there. Other Phoenix golf resorts are more exclusive and only take reservations from members of specific country clubs and golf courses. The vast majority of Phoenix golf resorts are open to the public.
Some of Phoenix's golf resorts have their own golf courses on premises that are only available to guests of the resort. Other golf resorts are located near, or directly next to a golf course and resort guests play with members of the course or with guests from other nearby golf resorts.
Geography
Until the recent real estate boom, large tracts of relatively flat land were available throughout the state of Arizona, making it an ideal, cost effective place to build state-of-the-art luxury golf resorts.
The warm sunny weather of Arizona adds to this area's appeal as a golf resort. Arizona has, on average, more than 300 rain-free days per year and hot to moderate temperatures all year long. In Arizona, golf is a year round sport, unlike in many other areas of the country.
The golf resorts in Phoenix have played an important and vital role in the real estate boom in this area. Many tourists who traveled to Phoenix decided to buy second vacation homes or even stay on as residents to be near the luxury golf resorts and other attractions this area has to offer.
Evolution
Originally golf resorts were exclusive travel destinations for people who already had membership with a country club or golf course that allowed members of sister golf courses to use their amenities. Over time, as golf's popularity has increased, golf resorts are now travel destinations in their own right.
- — The Legacy Golf Resort
- — Phoenix golf courses
- — Wildfire Golf Club
