Tucson Golf Courses & Tee Times

Who runs public golf in Tucson

Tucson City Golf runs five courses at four complexes: Randolph North and Dell Urich at the Randolph complex in midtown, plus El Rio, Fred Enke and Silverbell. The Tucson City Card costs $50 plus tax for the rest of 2026 and gets card rates, a free round, guest rates for up to three and 7-day advance booking. The 2026 Mega Pass covers unlimited golf at all five from May 1 to December 31, at $2,200 plus tax for every day or $1,750 for weekdays. The resorts are a separate world: Ventana Canyon has two Tom Fazio courses in the Catalina foothills, and Starr Pass has 27 Arnold Palmer holes for members and guests.

Public courses worth knowing in Tucson

• Randolph Golf Course - North: Opened in 1925. Hosted the Joe Garagiola Tucson Open, the Seiko Tucson Match Play and the PING/Welch's LPGA Championship. 6,900 yards with water on five holes.
• El Rio Golf Club: First home of the Tucson Open, where Babe Didrikson Zaharias Monday-qualified in 1945. A country club until the city bought it in 1968. Walkable, with tight fairways and small greens.
• Dell Urich Golf Course: Rebuilt in 1996 on the old Randolph South and the former home of Tucson's LPGA stop.
• Fred Enke Golf Course: The city's desert course: grass only on tees, landing areas and greens, 6,800 yards from the back, hilly enough that carts are recommended.
• Silverbell Golf Course: Par 70 on the west bank of the Santa Cruz River, two lakes in play on five holes, and at 6,936 yards the longest city course.
• The Club at Starr Pass: 27 Arnold Palmer holes. As the TPC at Starr Pass it hosted the Tucson Open from 1987, and Phil Mickelson won there as an amateur in 1991.
• Ventana Canyon Golf Club: Two Tom Fazio 18s, the Mountain and the Canyon, on a 600-acre desert preserve against the Santa Catalinas.

Booking tee times in Tucson: the local rules

Every Tucson City Golf course books up to 7 days ahead, online around the clock or by calling the course shop at (520) 791-4653 for Randolph. Public, City Card and Troon Access rates all book through the Troon site. Prices move with demand and time of day, and the green fee includes a shared cart, taken off at check-in if you walk. Groups of 16 or more call the shop directly.

Why tee times in Tucson are hard to get

Golf in Tucson peaks in winter, when seasonal residents and visitors arrive. From roughly November through April, weekend mornings are the hardest times on the sheet to get, and even weekdays fill up.

Most public courses open their tee sheet a set number of days ahead, often 7 to 14, and many municipal courses give residents or card holders an earlier window. The best weekend-morning times usually go the day they're released. Leagues and outings take blocks of the sheet before the public ever sees them.

When tee time cancellations happen

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.

How to get a tee time in Tucson

Doing it by hand? Here's what works.

1. Know the booking window. Find out how many days ahead each course releases times, and whether residents get an earlier window. Be ready the morning it opens.
2. Look again 24 to 48 hours out. That's when most cancellation deadlines pass and spots come back.
3. Be flexible on group size. Singles and twosomes fit into gaps a foursome can't.
4. Try twilight and weekday afternoons. They're the last to fill and often cheaper.
5. Widen the map. If your first choice is full, check the next town over. Green Valley has 3 courses on Yoink and Arizona City has 1.

Read the full guide to getting a tee time when everything's booked