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Hilton El Conquistador Golf Club

The Hilton Tucson El Conquistador Golf & Tennis Resort is a Mobil Four-Star and AAA Four-Diamond, full destination golf resort nestled in the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains on 500 acres of high Sonoran Desert. With 45 holes of spectacular golf, it is the largest golf resort in Southern Arizona. Two championship 18 hole layouts are situated at the Golf Club, while a superb 9-hole track plays around the resort further up the mountainside. All the golf is fun to play, especially now that the extensive refurbishments by original architect Greg Nash are finished and in place.

Each of the two courses at the Golf Club are exciting and play very different from each other. Both the Canada Course and the Conquistador Course wind through numerous stands of mesquite trees offering a parkland feel in a desert environment. Many desert washes and arroyos run adjacent to the fairways and gobble up any errant tee shot. The greens are generous and very fair, but knowing where or where not to go on the approach can capture a birdy or yield a bogey just as easily. Closer to the resort at the Pusch Ridge course, the golfer plays from elevated tees to sloping fairways and more often than not, back up to an elevated green overlooking the valley floor below.

The Conquistador & Cañada Courses
At our Golf Club, just seven minutes from the resort by shuttle, are two championship 18-hole layouts. Each course is exciting and plays very differently from the other. Both the Cañada and Conquistador courses wind through numerous stands of mesquite trees offering a park-like feel in a desert landscape. The Conquistador is an exceptionally playable course where the desert rarely comes into play. The Cañada retains the charm of the popular high-desert courses and demands a good deal of strategy and every club in your bag.

Pusch Ridge Course
Encircling the El Conquistador resort is one of the best kept golf secrets in Tucson - the 9-hole Pusch Ridge Course. It is by no means an executive course. The golfer plays from elevated tees to sloping fairways and more often than not, back up to an elevated green. The layout makes full use of the ravines and ridges as well as indigenous cactus and trees to challenge any player.

At A Glance

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Pusch Ridge

Canada Course

Conquistador Course

Address & Directions

El Conquistador is located just 45 minutes from the Tucson airport or only 1 1/2 easy hours from Phoenix Sky Harbor airport.

Directions

10000 N. Oracle Rd., Tucson, AZ 85737

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