Few private clubs in the Sonoran Desert carry a name with as much weight as Troon — borrowed, of course, from the ancient Scottish links town that gave golf one of its most storied venues. The Scottsdale club that bears that name has in turn lent its identity to Troon Golf, the management company that grew from this address into a global hospitality brand. That origin story alone gives the club an unusual place in American golf history.
Scottsdale's McDowell Mountains provide the backdrop, and the high Sonoran Desert setting means dramatic elevation changes, saguaro-studded terrain, and the kind of sharp-edged beauty that defines upscale golf in the Valley of the Sun. Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish — the partnership responsible for several of the region's finest layouts — designed the course, and their touch shows in the way the routing moves with the land rather than against it.
As a strictly private members' club, Troon rewards those fortunate enough to play it with an experience that sits at the very top of what desert golf offers.
