{"id":2100,"date":"2011-11-22T16:46:32","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T23:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeffwallach.com\/?p=2100"},"modified":"2012-02-12T11:13:24","modified_gmt":"2012-02-12T18:13:24","slug":"how-i-would-spend-10-000-on-golf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/golf\/courses-and-travel\/2100\/how-i-would-spend-10-000-on-golf","title":{"rendered":"How I Would Spend $10,000 on Golf . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/sat.gmncdn.com\/Blogs\/theoutwardnine\/files\/2010\/12\/WKP-SAG-17-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sat.gmncdn.com\/Blogs\/theoutwardnine\/files\/2010\/12\/WKP-SAG-17-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"463\" \/><\/a>\n<p>One word: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ScottsdaleCVB.com\">Scottsdale<\/a>. Which the\u00a0<em>Robb Report<\/em> once called the best place to live in the US for golf. I\u2019ll fly business class and begin my trip with a warm-up round on the <a href=\"http:\/\/troongolfaz.com\/Arizona-Kierlend-Resort-Golf_680.html?gclid=CJWn29edpKYCFQYLbAodOBvuog\">Kierland Golf Club<\/a> just because it\u2019s fun, then make my way to a Kiva suite (outdoor shower, fireplace, plunge pool) at the <a href=\"http:\/\/FourSeasons.com\/Scottsdale\">Four Seasons Resort<\/a>, where I\u2019ll walk the two terrific <a href=\"http:\/\/www.troonnorthgolf.com\">Troon North<\/a> courses at least twice or until I\u2019m out of golf balls. I\u2019ll eat pillow mints to make the money last longer and begin checking world-class courses off my list: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wekopa.com\">We-Ko-Pa<\/a> (the Saguaro course is shown\u00a0<em>above<\/em>), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grayhawkgolf.com\">Grayhawk<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theboulders.com\">The Boulders<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tpc.com\/TPCScottsdale.aspx\">TPC Scottsdale<\/a>, and every course with the word \u201cdesert\u201d actually in it, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertcanyongolf.com\">Desert Canyon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertforestgolfclub.com\">Desert Forest<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deserthighlandsscottsdale.com\">Desert Highlands<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertmountain.com\/golf.aspx\">Desert Mountain<\/a>. When I\u2019ve tried all the dinner entrees at the Four Seasons\u2019 Talavera Restaurant I\u2019ll move to the beloved <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairmont.com\/scottsdale\">Fairmont Scottsdale Princess<\/a> and squander the rest of my funds at the Willow Stream Spa. I won\u2019t leave until my pockets are empty and security escorts me to the outer gate with a stern warning.<\/p>\n<p>Excerpted from the December &#8220;A List,&#8221; available at <a href=\"http:\/\/theoutwardnine.com\/golf\/the-a-list\/607\/if-i-had-10-000-to-spend-on-golf\/\">The A Position.com<\/a>. \u00a0See how more than a dozen other writers at The A Position answered the burning question of how they&#8217;d spend $10,000 on golf. \u00a0And don&#8217;t expect to see my name on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.golfchannel.com\/tours\/usga\/2010\/us-open\/\">live us open golf scores<\/a> listing. \u00a0It won&#8217;t be there no matter how much I spend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One word: Scottsdale. Which the\u00a0Robb Report once called the best place to live in the US for golf. I\u2019ll fly&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/golf\/courses-and-travel\/2100\/how-i-would-spend-10-000-on-golf\" title=\"ReadHow I Would Spend $10,000 on Golf . . .\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2227,3913,5048,6569,175188,277563,18,17],"tags":[5203,1063,809,2328,5204,5205,3914,4232,5200,5206,525,5201,5202],"class_list":["post-2100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fairmont-hotels","category-scottsdale-cvb","category-alternative-golf-assoc","category-azga","category-grw-scottsdale","category-wisconsin-golfer","category-lifestyle","category-courses-and-travel","tag-grayhawk","tag-the-boulders","tag-tpc-scottsdale","tag-desert-canyon","tag-desert-forest","tag-desert-highlands","tag-scottsdale-golf","tag-desert-mountain","tag-kierland-golf-club","tag-fairmont-scottsdale-princess","tag-four-seasons-resort","tag-troon-north","tag-we-ko-pa"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2100"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3354,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100\/revisions\/3354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jeffwallach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}