And the winner is...
No. 1 Phoenix

Golf is all about numbers, and these figures are inviting: more than 200 courses and 330 days of sunshine each year. Small wonder that golfers target the Phoenix-Scottsdale-Mesa area like a barrage of heat-seeking missiles.

• 3 Budgets: Phoenix
• Course Spy: Scottsdale's Grayhawk Golf Club
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