Homer Flint and Ted Robinson (original 27-hole layout); reimagined into 18 holes by Phil Smith (2018)
Why we love this place
We love the Phoenician's transformation: Phil Smith took a sprawling 27-hole resort course and distilled it into one flowing 18 that hugs Camelback Mountain. It's polished, unmistakably Scottsdale, and a resort round we're always glad to point players toward.
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About Phoenician
The Phoenician Golf Club belongs to the luxury Phoenician resort on the slopes of Camelback Mountain in Scottsdale. Golf here began as a 27-hole facility, with early nines shaped by Homer Flint and later work by the father-son team of Ted Robinson and Ted Robinson Jr. In 2018 the resort commissioned Scottsdale architect Phil Smith to reinvent the property. Over a roughly ten-month renovation, Smith used existing fairway corridors to reroute and rebuild the layout into a single cohesive 18-hole course, reopening on November 1, 2018. Every hole was rebuilt with new TifEagle greens and Bermuda fairways. The reimagined course plays to a par of 71, stretching to about 6,500 yards from the championship tees, with four tee sets and desert-canyon character woven throughout.
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