Golf Courses: Gold Canyon Golf Club

Gold Canyon blends the panoramic views of the Superstition Mountains and the natural Sonoran desert setting into a truly memorable golf experience. Ranked by Golf Digest as one of Arizona's top-rated public courses, the Dinosaur Mountain course wraps up, over and around picturesque Dinosaur Mountain and offers breathtaking tee to green elevation changes and long, loping fairways. The course has great balance and the holes play in a variety of directions. Expect to use your full array of clubs, because each shot will present you with options for the best path to the green. During your round you are likely to see some of the wildlife that inhabits this area including rabbits, javelina and coyotes. This award-winning course has become a popular destination for golfers young and old.

The Sidewinder Course opened in 1998, and essentially is made up of the old front nine built by Greg Nash at Gold Canyon in 1985, and a new front nine done by the club's superintendent, Stuart Penge. Similar to its sibling, Sidewinder is also deeply interwoven into the Superstition Mountains. Instead of unwinding up the mountain, it snakes around the base of Dinosaur Mountain, through natural arroyos and dry creek beds. The native Cholla and prickly pear cacti, mesquite and Palo Verde trees that line the course provide challenging twists and turns that will keep you on top of your game. Penge's front nine features the toughest stretch on the course, holes 4 - 7. The back nine is perhaps a little bit more scenic, but much tighter and tougher due to the small, turtle back-shaped greens. Translated: Get your birdies early, when the greens are bigger and easier to access. Overall, the Sidewinder is scenic adventure that will give you a pristine desert golf experience and will bring you back again and again.

Gold Canyon Golf Course Stats

Dinosaur Mountain Course

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Sidewinder Course

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Gold Canyon Golf Club Facility & Course Information

• Course Style: Desert
• Number of Holes: 36
• Green Type: Bermuda
• Fairway Type: Summer: Bermuda, Winter: Rye
• Twilight Rates: Yes, rates & times vary with season.
• Replay Rates: Yes, replay rate is the same as the twilight rate and can be booked in advance.
• Junior Rates: Yes, junior rate is the same as the twilight rate.
• 9 Hole Rates: Yes, 9-hole rate is the same as the twilight rate.
• Practice Facility: Yes, all grass areas including driving range, practice putting areas and pitching/chipping areas, practice balls $5.00 plus Tax.
• Cart Access: Cart path only or 90 degrees rule depending on time of year.
• Club Rental: Yes, $35.00 plus Tax.
• Lessons: Yes, lessons are available from pro shop staff. Rates range from $35.00 to $50.00/Hour. Please contact the pro shop for more details.
• Locker Room/Shower Facilities: No, not available
• Dress Code: Yes, proper golf attire, collard shirts, hemmed shorts and no denim
• Spike Policy: Yes, soft spikes only. Metal spikes are not allowed. Changeovers are available for $10.00/pair plus Tax.
• Shoe Rental: No, not available
• Restaurant: Yes, Kokopelli and Greenwood's Bar & Grill, open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
• Bar: Yes, full service bar is located at Greenwood's Bar & Grill.
• Rider Fee: Yes, $25.00 plus Tax.
• Conference & Banquet Facilities: Yes, offering a total of 10,000 sq ft of indoor meeting space plus many outdoor areas.
• Director of Golf: Scott Scherger

Gold Canyon Golf Club Awards / Recognition

• Gold Canyon Sidewinder "4 Star Award Winner" By Golf Digest, 2000
• Gold Canyon Dinosaur "4 Star Award Winner" By Golf Digest, 2000
• "Ranked #2 Public Golf Course in Arizona" By Arizona Business Magazine, 2001-2002

Address & Directions to Gold Canyon Golf Club

Gold Canyon Golf Resort
6100 S. Kings Ranch Rd.
Gold Canyon, AZ 85218

Directions from Phoneix Sky Harbor international airport:
Follow the exit signs and take 202 Loop East. Exit AZ-101 Loop South (exit number 9)
Merge onto AZ-101 Loop South. Take the US-60 exit (exit number 55). Merge onto US-60 East towards Globe. Exit US-60 East at Kings Ranch Road and continue approximately 1 mile to the Resort on your left.

Directions from Phoneix:
Drive east on US 60 seven miles past Apache Junction to Kings Ranch Road (approx. 35 miles). Take the left hand exit and turn left (east) across the divided highway on Kings Ranch Road and proceed one mile to the resort entrance (on the left).