Desert Mountain Apache Golf Course

Few golf destinations in the American Southwest can match the scale and ambition of Desert Mountain, the sprawling private club community that Jack Nicklaus built across the high Sonoran Desert north of Scottsdale. Apache is 1 of 6 Nicklaus Signature courses winding through the property — an extraordinary concentration of design work from a single architect that has made Desert Mountain one of the most discussed private clubs in the country. The Apache course plays at a higher elevation than many of its siblings, and the terrain is rugged and genuine: saguaro cactus, mesquite, and desert scrub frame virtually every hole, with the McDowell Mountains providing a commanding backdrop.