Scottsdale is the greatest golf destination in the world for desert golf, that unique experience where the raw beauty of the wild and dangerous is tamed by the ribbons of emerald green threaded through it. You really can not replicate the golf in Scottsdale anywhere else and the area has attracted some of the very best golf course designers eager to put their stamp on the drama of the desert landscape.

The TPC of Scottsdale plays host to what is the rowdiest PGA Tour event of the year, The FBR Phoenix Open, where the par three 16th is turned into a cauldron of spectators in stands along three sides and standing 30 deep on the hill behind the green waiting to cheer any ball that stays on the green and boo loudly any ball that does not. It was here that Tiger made a hole in one which prompted the entire crown to go crazy and throw beer over themselves and everyone else. Tiger has not returned.

Scottsdale is not just about golf as it is one of the most affluent places in America and the range of resorts and hotels is second to none as is the shopping and dining on offer. Culturally the area is justly proud of its native American heritage and the range of tours that specialize in the ecology of the desert.

Phoenix Sky Harbour Airport has direct flights from London on BA and just about every US airline flying from the UK has connecting flights. Scottsdale is about a 5 hour drive from the Grand Canyon while the red rock country of Sedona is just two hours drive away.