Est. 1961 · Robert Bruce Harris (1961); redesigned by Robert von Hagge and Bruce Devlin (1983)
Why we love this place
We love Tucson National because you feel the history in every fairway: this is where the Tour came to town for years. The Catalina is old-school, tree-lined and demanding, a throwback championship walk that reminds you not every great Arizona course is a target-golf desert layout.
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About Omni Tucson National Golf Resort
The Catalina Course opened in 1961 to a Robert Bruce Harris design and was substantially reworked in 1983 by Robert von Hagge and Bruce Devlin, giving it the water-guarded, tree-lined parkland character it retains today. For decades it served as a home of the PGA Tour's Tucson Open, hosting the event across several eras beneath the Santa Catalina Mountains. In more recent years the resort has welcomed the PGA Tour Champions' Cologuard Classic. The Catalina plays long and traditional, with mature trees, fingered bunkers and a demanding closing stretch that rewards precise iron play. Its tournament pedigree and classic conditioning make it one of southern Arizona's most storied championship venues, a contrast to the region's newer target-desert designs.
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