One of only 10 such facilities in the country, a Callaway Golf Performance Center has opened at Troon North Golf Club in Scottsdale. Using the same Callaway club fitting system as Els, Mickelson, Sorenstam and other pros, the facility combines high-speed cameras and ball-flight simulators, 3-D imagery and precision software to analyzing a golfer's clubhead and ball speed, launch angle spin rates and more.
The Troon Tune Up package at the nearby Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North includes, per night, a 1.5-hour golf lesson at Troon North, daily lunch and round of golf for two, and luxurious casita accommodations at the resort. Rates start at $1,015 through the end of the year.
The legendary Pinnacle and Monument courses at Troon were recently transformed by Tom Weiskopf, who rerouted the two, resulting in an even more dramatic marriage of the turfed landing zones with the stunning desert landscape and the iconic granite boulders, the towering saguaro cacti and the sandy washes. The greens are new, and bunkers were reconfigured or removed on both tracks. At the Four Seasons resort, an intimate compound of Pueblo-style casitas in the highland foothills of Pinnacle Peak, rooms and suites are newly renovated--most have kiva fireplaces and deep soaking tubs, and some have outdoor showers and private patios. The lobby, lobby lounge and the Talavera restaurant have a new look, too, and even wider vistas of the spectacular Sonoran Desert panorama.
