Estancia golf club

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Estancia Golf Club is a golf course located at the base of Pinnacle Peak Mountain in Scottsdale, Arizona, within the 600 acre Estancia Club gated community. Designed by Tom Fazio, the course was built around the natural features of the land in order to take advantage of the desert and mountain scenery.^[1] It was awarded Golf Digest’s award for the “Best New Private Course of 1996”, and, since then, the course has consistently been ranked among the best golf courses in America.^[2]

Estancia Club is a 7,146 yard par 72 course, with a course rating of 73.7 and a slope rating of 137^[3]

[edit] Recent rankings

Number 81 in Golf Digest's 2007-2008 ranking of America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses .^[4]
Number 81 in Golfweek Magazine's 2006 ranking of Americas top 100 modern courses.^[5]
Number 23 in Golfweek's ranking of America's best residential courses. ^[6]