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The Estancia Club is a private golf club located at the base of Pinnacle Peak Mountain in Scottsdale, Arizona, within the 600-acre (2.4 km2) Estancia Club gated community. Designed by Tom Fazio, the course was built around the natural features of the land in order to take advantage of the desert and mountain scenery. It was awarded Golf Digest’s award for the “Best New Private Course of 1996”, and, since then, the course has consistently been ranked among the best golf courses in America. Membership Information: Lori Wacaser, Club Administrator, 480-473-4400, lwacaser@estanciaclub.com
Estancia Club is a 7,146-yard (6,534 m) par 72 course, with a course rating of 73.7 and a slope rating of 137
The Estancia Club is member-owned and has 325 full golf members (maximum). Memberships are available. Residents and non-residents may apply.
Recent rankings
- Number 82 in Golf Digest's 2000-2010 ranking of America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses.
- Number 81 in Golfweek Magazine's 2006 ranking of Americas top 100 modern courses.
- Number 23 in Golfweek's ranking of America's best residential courses.
Estancia Accolades:
- America's Top 100 Communities 2007 - #11, #1 in AZ - Travel & Leisure Golf
- Top Rated Golf Courses for Arizona 2005-06 - Golf Digest
- America's Top 100 Residential Courses 2005 - Golfweek Magazine
- Top 500 Holes in the World 2000 Hole 2, Par 4 - Golf Magazine
- America's Best New Private Golf Course 1996 - Golf Digest
References
- ^ Barr, Jeff (2005). 1001 Golf Holes You Must Play Before You Die. Ronnie Sellers Productions. p. 846. ISBN 1569065853. http://books.google.com/books?id=l4K6G9nSyZMC&pg=PA846&dq=%22Estancia+club%22+golf&sig=EwLpNUg_Plhaj-HFk4JF09SY0u8.
- ^ Review on Golf.com
- ^ .Estancia Club on Golflink.com
- ^ America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses/2009-10, Golf Digest, Accessed April 8 2009
- ^ Golfweek's 2006 rankings
- ^ Golfweek's best residential courses rankings
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