“If I had invented golf, I would have made the hole a little bit bigger,” my playing partner says to me. “Not a lot bigger, just a hair.”
It’s my sixth day and my seventh round of golf in Arizona on a trip to one of the great golf destinations in America. With my gas tank on empty both literally and figuratively, I’m ending the week at Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, Ariz., where I’m paired with a group of three old friends who have been trading birdies, bogeys, one-liners — and bets — for the past four or five decades.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.The state of Arizona is synonymous with golf.
I always like to start or finish a golf trip on a good short course if possible, and they are becoming easier to find these days. After spilling out of a plane and into a golf trip, the first thing you want to do is hit the course, but nobody is looking to get beat up out of the gate so a fun par-3 track is ideal.Article content
The Cemelback Inn is a sprawling beautiful resort with plenty of history. Actor Jimmy Stewart was a frequent guest. My goal for the week was a little more modest, but after two days in Scottsdale it was time to hit the road and head 120 km northwest to Wickenburg, Ariz., to check outScottsdale is a modern city that seems to want to maintain its ties to history just enough for some cool guided golf cart tours. Its downtown is an eclectic mix of shops and restaurants, and what impressed me is how easy it was to find great places to eat, and cool breweries and bars to grab a drink.
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