Marriott Scottsdale McDowell Mountains

Promising a knock-you-off-your-cleats golf experience, the new Arthur Hills designed Resort Course is a classic course layout in a lush parkland setting with spectacular mountain views. Challenge your skills on the 6868-yard, par 72, Resort Course with multiple lakes, traditional square tees, and an abundance of bunkers.

The 7014-yard, par 72 Club Course, laid out in links-style, was designed by Arthur Jack Snyder in 1978 and remains a dynamic course testing your best golf game. The Club Course features secluded sand traps, rolling terrain, tree lined fairways, with a magnificent mountain backdrop.

A desert-style course of championship length (7,170 yards), with generous fairways and large (average size 7,000 square feet), bent-grass greens, the Palmer Course features from four to six tee boxes on every hole, challenging all levels of golfing skill. The 415-yard par 4 6th is Palmer's signature hole, with the beautiful Camelback Mountain as the backdrop.

The par 71 layout sits on a 174-acre site, and offers a slight variation from typical Sonoran Desert-theme courses. It features generous fairways, large bent grass greens and tee boxes. The surrounding mountains and century-old saguaro cacti as well as 106 sand bunkers, reminiscent of the Australian sand belt courses, provide a spectacular setting for the golf course and golfing guests.

The par-71 Stadium Course is spacious, with 28 acres of fairways, and long at 7,089 yards from the championship tees, though carries over the desert scrub are minimal. The greens are moderately large and most sit in an amphitheater setting, but their tiers and curves will not reward mediocre approach shots.

Contributing to the course's difficulty are the numerous mounds and bunkers, 72 of the latter, which, in conjunction with the desert areas, create a course of significant strategic difficulty.

The Desert Course has been distinguished as the Valley's "Diamond in the Rough." This uniquely different golfing venue offers impressive course conditions, magnificent views, forgiving fairways and a high standard of maintenance, all at a great value. The Desert Course also offers golfers the opportunity to walk or ride all year.

The 6,973 yard Talon course opened in 1994 and has a rating of 74.3 and a slope of 141 from the Talon tees. The Talon course, designed by David Graham and Gary Panks, with only 73 acres of turf, provides the golfer with an exceptional desert golf experience.

The 7,135-yard Raptor course opened in 1996 and has a rating of 74 and a slope of 136 from the Raptor tees. Raptor, designed by Tom Fazio, offers more subtle (hence, more difficult to read) undulations than Talon, but is an equally fantastic golf experience.