Arizona National is tucked away in the foothills of Mount Lemon, so as we approached it, we were already intimidated, thinking this could be a really tough course. Hole number one didn’t disappoint our fears, and hole number two started making me wonder what I had gotten myself into, but as we continued on, we fell into a rhythm, and the course seemed to get easier and more beautiful as we went. We were both surprised by the amount of wildlife we saw as we played…coyote, deer, road runners, and lizards to name a few. And the course was very spread out, sometimes driving 1/4 to 1/2 mile between holes. There were Mountain View’s on one side, and Tucson city views on the other side on almost every hole. There was also a lot of elevation change on this course. The 18th hole has a 200 foot drop from the blue tees to the fairway, so of course Steve and I both had to try teeing off from there. We both hit the fairway and had a great hole! The staff were all very friendly, and we again used our Troon 2 for 1, so we paid $18.50 a piece, for a total of $39. We had a nice icy cooler on our cart to keep our water cold, so we were calm and cool for our 18 holes. Steve ended up with seven pars (he blew-up on a couple holes, also…darn!) and I got two, so we definitely got more comfortable as we went. We both really loved this course, and would definitely play it again!
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