Desert Forest is a private, member-owned golf club located in Carefree, Arizona, north of Scottsdale and Phoenix. It is widely considered to be the first desert-style course ever built.
The Desert Forest story is about the game of golf and the bond that forms among golfers. The club was designed around a sing...ular vision; not to serve an existing market for tourists or house hunters, but to create a home for serious golfers willing to travel far off the beaten path. To this day, that spirit endures. It is no coincidence that some of America's greatest modern golf courses...