Scottsdale National Golf Club (The Mine Shaft)

Overview: The Mine Shaft Course at Scottsdale National is a private desert layout by Jay Morrish and Dick Bailey, set against Fraesfield Mountain and the open Sonoran landscape northeast of Scottsdale. Its playing corridors are broad and visually uncluttered, but the elevation changes and exposed desert edges give the round a strong strategic spine. The course's most dramatic moments arrive late, including a downhill par three from the mountain side and a closing sequence known as Gambler's Bluff. It is a large-scale desert course that remains closely tied to the raw character of its site.

History: The original Mine Shaft course was built in 2003 as the first of what is now a 45-hole private golf property. Bob and Renee Parsons purchased the club in 2013 and undertook extensive improvements to the course, including changes to the par-five fifteenth and par-four seventeenth and a broader effort to sharpen the strategy and presentation. The course retains its original Morrish and Bailey identity while carrying a substantial modern renovation layer.

Did You Know? The course's name comes from a 13-foot-deep bunker near the fifteenth green. Its wood-planked walls were inspired by the shaft entrances used in Arizona mining, giving the hole a direct architectural nod to the region's industrial history.