We’ve been plenty of times to Myrtle Beach for golf, but this year, we decided to change it up and head west. We picked Scottsdale, Arizona and we thoroughly enjoyed what Scottsdale offers. There’s great golf, great food, the weather is warm in the winter, there’s a young University crowd, and we could see why people chose to retire here. There’s no humidity, it only rains occasionally, there are tons and tons of golf courses, no earthquakes, no hurricanes, no mosquitoes and the desert lawns need no mowing. What else could anyone need?
After we check in to our resort hotel, which we found this site: online, we went out for dinner, we were in the mood for Satori Sushi and the restaurant we found was very delightful, it’s called Pearl. They had a great special the night we were there, 2:1 sushi! They had a bar that was both on the inside of the restaurant and on the outside. At the bar we got to watch some sports as we ate very delicious sushi.
The next morning, we started off by going to the PGA superstore. After we purchased several golf items, we hit the golf course. It became very evident that there was a great amount of young people working at the courses and at the golf stores. This is so opposite of Myrtle Beach, where most of the people are retired and working at a reduced rate in order to keep there Social Security benefits. Scottsdale was teeming with young blood.
We never saw a rattlesnake, but we did see one on top of the tee box who had lost the battle to a nine-iron. Since we were here during the shoulder season, we got to pay reduced rates, which allowed us to play 9 rounds at 8 different golf courses. We heard if we come back in June, the rates drop even lower, but we doubt we’d enjoy golfing in 100 degree weather. We also found out that if we do come back during the Arizona summer, hotel rates drop dramatically also. Plus, if we purchase what’s called a ‘Southwest Pass’, this pass gives up to 50% discount on certain golf courses. We didn’t find that out until we were heading back home.
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