I knew all along the golf was pretty good in Arizona, but had no idea of the quantity of great hotels and resorts. As it turns out Arizona landed 15 properties on the Travel+Leisure magazine's list of the 500 best around the world.

The top resort in Arizona, according to T+L's readers? That would be the Royal Palms Resort and Spa in Phoenix. To see the other 14 on the list, check out the story I wrote on GolfArizona.com.

By the way, only two states landed more on the list. California has a whopping 48 and Florida, 28. The highest ranked U.S. resort on the list wasn't from any of the above states, though. Coming in at No. 5 in the world is Triple Creek Ranch in Darby, Montana, one of five U.S. properties to make the top 25.

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