Troon North Golf Club boasts not one, but two of the best public courses in the country—and it has the accolades to prove it. Year after year, the likes of Golf Magazine, Golfweek, and the Golf Channel rave about what the club has to offer, cementing Troon as the benchmark for courses throughout the Southwest.

In the shadow of Pinnacle Peak—and on very sunny days, Pinnacle Peak's giant baseball cap—the club's 36 holes unfurl across natural ravines and rugged foothills. At 7,025 yards from the tips, the Pinnacle course challenges players with dramatically tiered greens that slope from front to back. The Monument course, meanwhile, features bump-and-run shots that conjure British Open golf—not surprising, considering British Open champion Tom Weiskopf was one of the course's original designers.