Poston Butte Arizona

The Valley of the Sun, also known as the Phoenix area, is home to some of the best golf and top tournaments around. It’s little wonder why many from the Pacific Northwest make an annual pilgrimage to Arizona for a winter golf break. There is plenty to like.

Sometimes you need take the rental car and head a little distance from town and see other golf options are available. One option that is at the top of the list is Poston Butte located in Florence and a course, which fits in perfectly with the Arizona desert landscape.

Poston Butte is part of a master planned community called Anthem but don’t get the idea this is a course built with a tightly bunched plot of houses circling the 18 holes. On the contrary, the houses are set far off the fairways and the fairways are wide where even the spray hitter can find green grass instead of backyards.

The course was designed by Gary Panks and is managed by Troon Golf. Two names that go with quality golf. Poston Butte is a course that has a little of something for everyone. The tees range from 5,300 yards to 7,300 yards from the tips and new grass for the greens installed recently have has given Poston Butte perhaps the best putting surfaces in the valley.

The one hole that grabs people’s attention comes toward the end of the round. When golfer’s step on to the tee box on the par-3 17th hole and see an island green. Don’t be short, long, right or left or it will be splashdown city.

Fairway views offer golfers a glimpse of the historic fire temple resurrected in the 1800s by Charles Poston from an Apache ruin on a butte nearby, capturing the spirit of golf in the southwest. Memorable par-3 holes featuring island greens, stacked stone walls and bunkers stretching from tee to green will keep you coming back for more golf at Poston Butte.

Poston Butte recently added another amenity that is catching on with the local residents and golfers with its opening of its Grille. The new 6,000 square foot restaurant is a place that can seat 130 and also has a sports bar, with plenty of big-screen televisions as well as an outdoor patio seating area.

“The new restaurant really makes this a place people want to stay after a round of golf,” said General Manager Josh Clay. “The residents and the golfers really have taken to the new place. It’s a great new amenity that we can offer.”

For more information on what Poston Butte has to offer for golf, dining and living, see www.postonbuttegc.com.