Golf manages the facility, which also has a flourishing junior program and features two 18-hole courses — the Canada and the Conquistador — and a nine-hole short course that wraps around the resort called Pusch Ridge. One 18-hole course is reserved for members and the other open to public play, and they alternate each day. Along with 45 holes of golf, the


town of Oro Valley also gained an aquatics center and a fitness center along with 31 tennis courts, which like its nine-hole course is located near the resort. But with 45 holes of golf, and over 1,000 private members, El Con is doing quite well these days. There are other courses in


The patio at El Conquistador Golf & Tennis is the perfect place to kick back and enjoy an evening sunset.


Tucson that rival anything you’ll find in Scottsdale. For instance, Jack Nicklaus built 27 holes at La Paloma back in the days when he was simultaneously doing Desert Mountain Golf Club in Scottsdale. Ventana Canyon also had a big-time architect in Tom Fazio, who built the Mountain and Canyon courses. And that big-time public course atmosphere you find so prevalent on the


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