Pine Canyon

Flagstaff, AZ • Private

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Overview

This luxury mountain community in Flagstaff features a championship golf course consistently ranked in the top 10 on our Best in Arizona list. There are a variety of holes at Pine Canyon, with towering ponderosa pines, meandering streams, tall native grasses and pristine ponds all coming into play. The San Francisco Peaks tower over the course and offer scenic views, especially on the back nine.

About

Holes 18

Length 7272

Slope 138

Facility Type Private

Designer Jay Morrish, ASGCA

Awards

Ranking history:

Best in State: Ranked fifth, 2011-'12, 2015-'16. Ranked inside the top 5, 2007. Ranked sixth, 2017-'22. Ranked seventh, 2013-'14, 2023-'24. Ranked inside the top 10, 2009.
2023-'24 ranking: 7th.

Panelists

Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

4.8

100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

Shot Options

7.1514

Character

7.484

Challenge

7.0952

Layout Variety

7.2428

Fun

7.2497

Aesthetics

7.61

Conditioning

7.3917

Reviews

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Review

“Courses like Pine Canyon are the reason we play golf. The combination of natural beauty, challenge, and the thrill of accomplishment affect you at an emotional level From a physical perspective, the course is quite-simply breathtaking, with stunning mountain views, ponds, meandering streams, waterfalls, and meadows. But all of that is wasted if the course doesn’t rise to the expectations of the property. At Pine Canyon, Jay Morrish has more than met this challenge. This is a course you could play the rest of your life and not get bored. It asks golfers to face just about every challenge. This is golf that transports you—it brings an inner joy that only golfers can understand. Pine Canyon is outstanding in many ways: its natural beauty, its overall golf facility (such as Hogan paths for walkers, a 19th hole to settle bets, caddy program), fairways with excellent roll-out and pure greens, along with a great mix of drivable and long par 4s and par 5s. Most importantly, Pine Canyon is fun—very good shots are rewarded but slightly poor shots are not doomed. The only negatives might be the strong prevalence for downhill tee shots and dogleg left holes, and the lack of directional variety in the par 3s and par 5s. But it almost every respect, Pine Canyon is, quite simply, a special golf course."

2021

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