How to Get Tee Times in Scottsdale and Phoenix

How the booking works, course by course

TPC Scottsdale: the tournament course anyone can book

The Stadium Course, the WM Phoenix Open venue with the coliseum 16th, is fully public and books through the club's online engine or by phone. Pricing is dynamic and brisk: indicative 2026 peak rates run roughly 400 to 579 dollars, easing to 150 to 250 dollars in the shoulder months of November, December and late April, and 100 to 175 dollars for summer twilight. The sister Champions Course typically runs 100 to 200 dollars less. Forecaddies join groups through the winter season with a gratuity expected; confirm the current policy with the club. One hard date: the Stadium closes to the public around tournament week, February 2 to 8 in 2026, and the 16th hole grandstands take about two months to dismantle, so spring players should expect construction views.

Troon North and Grayhawk: dynamic pricing, 90 days out

Troon North's two Tom Weiskopf courses, Monument and Pinnacle, are the high desert benchmark and open their tee sheet 90 days out, with rates moving in real time and prime winter mornings pushing past 300 dollars. Read the fine print: a 5 percent water surcharge lands at check in, twilight rates do not guarantee 18 holes, and from mid January to late April a forecaddie joins weekend morning groups with a recommended gratuity of around 40 dollars a player. Grayhawk, public since it opened in 1994 and host of three NCAA championships, prices its Raptor and Talon courses dynamically too, around 250 dollars at peak before tax and a 5 percent water resource fee are added at checkout.

We-Ko-Pa: the fixed price exception

We-Ko-Pa, two courses on Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation land with no houses in sight, is the transparency standout in the whole market. It publishes a fixed seasonal rate card, sells no inventory through third party aggregators, and opens bookings 90 days out. The published 2026 rates tell the valley's whole pricing story in one line: 309 dollars at the February to April peak, 229 then 159 dollars through the late spring steps, and a 109 dollar floor from mid June to late August, all before 9 percent sales tax. Arizona residents pay sharply less inside seven days. The Saguaro course, a Coore and Crenshaw design, is the one purists book first.

Resort courses and the municipal route

The resort tier rewards staying. At Camelback Golf Club, guests of the JW Marriott Camelback Inn book 90 days out against 60 for the public, a meaningful edge in March. At The Boulders in Carefree, the North Course went members only in 2023, so the South Course is the one hotel guests and the public can book, on dynamic pricing with a 90 day window. At the value end, Papago in Phoenix, the Arizona State home course beneath the red buttes, opens to the public 60 days out at an indicative 100 to 140 dollars, with resident cardholder discounts inside nine days. It is the best 100 dollar walk in the valley.

Timing the trip

For a peak season trip, work backward from the 90 day windows: pick your March or February dates, then book Troon North, We-Ko-Pa and the TPC the morning their sheets open, because the 7 to 10 am times go first and groups of eight or more should start even earlier. Avoid WM Phoenix Open week unless you are going to the tournament, since the Stadium is closed and the whole valley spikes. In summer, book a week or two out, take the first times off the blocks at dawn, and pocket savings of half to two thirds. Two fall traps: October overseeding closes courses on a rolling schedule, We-Ko-Pa's two courses among them, and the reopened ryegrass plays cart path only for a spell. Check the maintenance calendar before locking flights.

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