Here are the Top 10 golf courses in Arizona, based on public voting for the 2025 edition of Ranking Arizona, the state’s biggest and most comprehensive business opinion poll. Ranking Arizona is based purely on opinion and ranks companies based on how voters answer this simple question: with whom would you recommend doing business?

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Top 10 public golf courses in Arizona

Here are the Top 10 private golf courses in Arizona, as featured in the 2025 edition of Ranking Arizona:

1. Talking Stick Golf Club

Background: Designed by legendary course architects Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore, Talking Stick Golf Club is comprised two distinctive championship golf courses offering beautiful, tranquil scenery and memorable experiences. The O’odham Course (formerly North Course), with its broad, angular holes, rewards thoughtful play through the rise of its many options according to one’s level of skill. The newly renovated clubhouse is ready to invite up to 500 guests with an indoor/outdoor space with stunning views at every angle. 

2. Raven Golf Club – Phoenix

3. We-Ko-Pa Golf Club

4. Eagle Mountain Golf Club

5. Grayhawk Golf Club

6. Springfield Golf Resort

7. Troon North Golf Club 

8. Gold Canyon Golf Resort

9. Las Sendas Golf Club

10. Phoenician Golf Club

Top 10 private golf courses in Arizona

Here are the Top 10 private golf courses in Arizona, as featured in the 2025 edition of Ranking Arizona:

1. Blackstone Country Club at Vistancia

Background: Blackstone Country Club at Vistancia, located in Northwest Peoria, features a one-of-a-kind private club experience unlike anything else available in the Northwest Valley. Members enjoy year-round events and activities and a Hacienda-style 30,000 sf clubhouse offering casual and fine dining, a fitness center, lighted tennis & pickleball courts, pool with private cabanas, lap pool and children’s play area and professional bocce courts. The 18-hole, par-72 Jim Engh-designed championship golf course was inspired by the links courses in Ireland and features mountain views, majestic saguaros and an abundance of desert wildlife. 

2. Forest Highlands Golf Club

3. Silverleaf Club

4. Desert Mountain Club

5. Chaparral Pines

6. Whisper Rock Golf Club

7. Encanterra Country Club

8. The Rim Golf Club

9. Alta Mesa Golf Club

10. Mesa Country Club

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