Golf courses by state
Arizona Golf Courses & Tee Times
Arizona's state golf association dates to 1923. Now called AZ GOLF, it governs amateur golf in the state, issues handicaps and course ratings under a USGA contract, and counts over 575 clubs and 100,000-plus golfers. The best-known public stage in the state is the Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale, home of the WM Phoenix Open since 1987. The tournament started in 1932, and in 2016 it drew 618,365 fans for the week. Public golf goes back much further in the cities: Randolph North in Tucson opened in 1925, and Encanto in Phoenix in 1935.
Tee times in Arizona are easier to get when you know when they open. Yoink watches 204 public golf courses here, grouped into 5 markets: Phoenix & Scottsdale, Tucson, Prescott, Sedona & Flagstaff, Lake Havasu & Bullhead City and more. Choose a market to see every course, then get an alert when a tee time opens or someone cancels.
Arizona golf markets
Phoenix & Scottsdale
Aguila Golf Course, Ahwatukee Golf Club, Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club…
Tucson
Arizona National Golf Club, Crooked Tree Golf Course, Dell Urich Golf Course…
Prescott, Sedona & Flagstaff
Antelope Hills Golf Course-North, Antelope Hills Golf Course-South, Continental Country Club…
Lake Havasu & Bullhead City
Cerbat Cliffs Golf Course, El Rio Golf Club, Iron Wolf Golf and Country Club…
Yuma
Butterfield Golf Course, Coyote Wash Golf Course, Desert Hills Golf Course…
More Arizona
Birdie Ranch at Silver Creek Golf Club, Palms Golf Club, Bison Golf Club…
Who runs public golf in Arizona
The biggest public golf programs in Arizona belong to the cities. Phoenix has five 18-hole and three 9-hole courses, and a Premium card for Maricopa County residents gets discounts at all of them, Papago and GCU included, with tee times nine days out. Tucson City Golf runs five courses at four complexes, and its City Card covers all five. Tucson's courses carry real tour history. Randolph North hosted the Joe Garagiola Tucson Open and the LPGA, and El Rio was the first home of the Tucson Open, where Babe Didrikson Zaharias Monday-qualified in 1945. For juniors, AZ GOLF runs Youth on Course: $40 a year for ages 6 to 18, and rounds for $5 or less at participating courses.
Public courses worth knowing in Arizona
- The Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale: Opened 1986 to a Morrish and Weiskopf design on Scottsdale and Bureau of Reclamation land; the WM Phoenix Open's home since 1987.
- Encanto Golf Course: Phoenix city course built in 1935 to a William P. Bell design, the third oldest in Arizona per the city.
- Randolph Golf Course - North: Tucson city course from 1925 that hosted the Joe Garagiola Tucson Open, the Seiko Tucson Match Play and the PING/Welch's LPGA Championship.
- El Rio Golf Club: Tucson's 1930s course and the Tucson Open's original site. A country club until the city bought it in 1968.
- Wigwam Golf Resort - Gold Course: Robert Trent Jones Sr. design from 1965 in Litchfield Park, 7,345 yards, a regular USGA qualifying site.
Booking tee times in Arizona: the local rules
In Phoenix, card holders book nine days out (up to 14 online for a fee), everyone else calls 602-534-GOLF or books online, and a missed time costs $20 unless you cancel 24 hours ahead. Tucson City Golf takes bookings at (520) 791-4653 or online. In the desert, fall is overseeding season: Phoenix's courses each close for two to three weeks between early October and early November.
Yoink
Book on release day, then let Yoink watch the rest
Booking windows decide who gets first pick. After that, times come back one at a time as plans change. Yoink watches all 204 courses in Arizona and tells you when a time that fits comes back, so you're not refreshing the page all week.
Towns with the most courses
- Scottsdale · 20
- Phoenix · 18
- Mesa · 17
- Sun City · 10
- Surprise · 8
- Chandler · 8
- Sun City West · 6
- Peoria · 5
- Gilbert · 4
- Glendale · 3
- Litchfield Park · 3
- Casa Grande · 3
- Goodyear · 3
- Buckeye · 3
- Green Valley · 3
- Maricopa · 2
- Fountain Hills · 2
- Cave Creek · 2
- Queen Creek · 2
- Tempe · 2
- Wickenburg · 2
- Laveen · 1
- Apache Junction · 1
- Avondale · 1
Getting a tee time in Arizona
Arizona is a winter golf destination. The months other places shut down are the busiest here, so November-through-April mornings go first, weekdays included.
Each course releases its tee times on its own schedule, commonly a week or two out, with residents of town and county courses often booking first. Leagues, outings and members claim chunks of the sheet in advance, and whatever prime weekend times are left tend to go on release day.
A full tee sheet rarely stays full. Many courses let you cancel without a fee up to 24 or 48 hours before your time, so spots tend to reappear in the last couple of days. A bad forecast shakes more loose, and a foursome that drops to three opens a single. None of it is announced. The time just shows up again on the booking page, and whoever looks first gets it.
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Watch all 204 courses in Arizona. Hear the moment one opens.
Yoink checks all 204 courses in Arizona every few minutes, so every open time is in one place and you're the first to know when one that fits your day, window and group appears, cancellations included.
Tee times in Arizona: questions
How do I get tee time cancellation alerts in Arizona?
Pick your courses in Yoink (204 in Arizona), set the days, time window and group size you want, and Yoink sends a notification when a matching time opens up. You book directly with the course.
When is golf season busiest in Arizona?
Demand peaks from roughly November through April. Weekend mornings are the hardest tee times to get.
When do tee time cancellations usually show up?
Mostly in the 24 to 48 hours before the tee time, as golfers cancel ahead of the course's cancellation deadline, and whenever the forecast turns.
Sources
Facts on this page come from these pages, checked 2026-09-28. Rates and booking rules change, so confirm with the course.
- azgolf.org · association
- azgolf.org · association
- azgolf.org · association
- phoenix.gov · official
- phoenix.gov · official
- phoenix.gov · official
- tucsoncitygolf.com · official
- tucsoncitygolf.com · official
- tucsoncitygolf.com · official
- tpc.com · official
- yourvalley.net · media
- en.wikipedia.org · media
- wigwamgolf.com · official
The best tee times in Arizona open up at random
Cancellations don't get announced. Yoink watches the sheets around the clock and buzzes your phone when one fits.