Cave Creek Golf Course

Overview: At 15202 North 19th Avenue, Cave Creek Golf Course gives North Phoenix a full municipal round and is not in the town of Cave Creek. The city describes wide rolling fairways, a winding creek and enough room for different shot choices, giving the course a more open parkland feel than its desert location might imply. Its appeal is practical and local, but the setting still brings mountain views and the visual contrast of green fairways against the surrounding Arizona landscape.

History: Phoenix identifies Cave Creek as a 1983 landfill reclamation project, a useful part of the course's story because the golf layout transformed land that had a very different civic purpose. Jack Snyder is listed in the architectural record for the original Cave Creek Municipal Golf Course design. The course has remained part of the city's public golf network, with a current 18-hole identity that should be kept separate from shorter Phoenix facilities and from golf courses in the similarly named town.

Did You Know? Cave Creek's story begins with an unusual piece of land: Phoenix built the course in 1983 as a landfill reclamation project. The city also describes it as its most popular municipal course. That combination of reclaimed ground, an urban setting and a creek running through the layout makes Cave Creek a distinctive part of the city's golf map.