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Arizona

Red Rock Golf and Exploring the Splendor Of Sedona

Program No. 4803RJ

With Red Rock State Park as your background, play three renowned golf courses and enjoy small-group instruction from PGA-certified pros on this golfing adventure of a lifetime.

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6 days

5 nights

13 meals

5B 4L 4D

Check-in, Registration, Orientation, Welcome Dinner

Sedona, AZ

Golf Instruction, Play 9 Holes of Golf at Oak Creek

Sedona, AZ

Sedona by Trolley, Golf Instruction followed by 9 Holes.

Sedona, AZ

Montezuma Castle Monument, Play 18 Holes at Oak Creek

Sedona, AZ

18 Hole golf "Scramble" at Canyon Mesa, Free Time

Sedona, AZ

Program Concludes, Independent Departures

Sedona, AZ

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At a Glance

In the red-rock surroundings of beautiful Sedona, experience a first-class golf adventure on three of Sedona’s finest courses. PGA-certified pros provide small-group instruction to improve all aspects of your game. Off the links, Sedona’s culture and history come alive during field trips and excursions. Enjoy presentations on desert critters and Sedona’s storied past in the motion-picture industry.

Activity Level

Outdoor: No Sweat

Walking up to two miles on uneven terrain. The challenge of the golf courses make this best-suited for experienced players. Elevations of 4,500 feet.

Small Group

Love to learn and explore in a small-group setting? These adventures offer small, personal experiences with groups of 13 to 24 participants.

Best of all, you’ll…

Play three great golf courses, including the Robert Trent Jones-designed Oakcreek Country Club, set against stunning red-rock cliffs, and the four-star Hilton Sedona Golf Resort, one of the top public courses in the state. Enjoy 54 holes of golf, including a fun nine-hole scramble.
Experience four hours of small-group golf instruction with PGA- certified pros who delve into swing mechanics, chipping and putting.
Explore Montezuma Castle National Monument’s five- story cliff dwelling and enjoy an open-air trolley excursion to Sedona’s favorite destinations.

General Notes

Due to the nature of this program, listening devices are not available.

Featured Expert

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Heather Risk

Heather Risk is the head golf professional and the director of instruction for Oakcreek Country Club. Heather’s passion is teaching golf. It shows in her preparation and enthusiasm in her lessons and the results that her students have enjoyed. Heather has over 15 years of teaching at country clubs and resort golf courses in northern Arizona with a clientele ranging from scratch golfers to beginners and everywhere in between. Heather is a Class A LPGA teaching and club professional.

Please note: This expert may not be available for every date of this program.

Stewart Lasseter View biography

Stewart Lasseter completed studies in geo-science, natural history and Spanish at the University of Arizona. He then studied as the protégé of a Native American healer, learning from her practices of wholeness, kinesiology, mind-body medicine, and dyslexia correction. He has years of experience bringing groups in touch with the natural world and has completed post-graduate studies in health sciences at Prescott College.

Richard Stephens View biography

Rich has been director of Northern Arizona University’s highly popular Road Scholar programs since 2001. He previously spent many years in the field as a program coordinator and group leader, where he honed his skills and learned the importance of detailed, pre-trip planning. Before making his home in Arizona’s spectacular red-rock country, Rich spent 10 years in Yosemite National Park and the Santa Cruz mountains as an environmental educator.

Margaret (Maggie) Mitchell View biography

Maggie Mitchell has spent years leading educational excursions throughout the Sedona area. Her passion lies with the study of Arizona's wild creatures, and she loves sharing her love of reptiles and spiders with students of all ages.

Heather Risk View biography

Suggested Reading List (4 books)

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Red Rock Golf and Exploring the Splendor Of Sedona

Program Number: 4803

Ancient Peoples of the American Southwest

by Steve Plog

The American Southwest is home to some of the most remarkable monuments of America's prehistoric past, such as Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde. Stephen Plog, who has spent decades working in the region, provides the most readable and up-to-date account of the predecessors of the modern Hopi and Pueblo Indian cultures in this well-received account. Chaco Canyon became the center of a thriving Anasazi cultural tradition. It was the hub of a trading network extending over hundreds of miles, whose arteries were a series of extraordinary roads that are still being discovered and mapped. Interweaving the latest archaeological evidence with early first-person accounts, Professor Plog explains the rise and mysterious fall of Southwestern cultures. 224pp.

Explorer's Guide Phoenix, Scottsdale, Sedona & Central Arizona: A Great Destination

by Christine Bailey

Imagine all the adventures you’ll have in Arizona— touring the mountains and red deserts, seeing one spectacular natural wonder after another: the Grand Canyon, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument...Discover the art galleries, museums, resorts, and cuisine that help make Phoenix and Scottsdale such hot destinations. Full-color photographs throughout.

Secret Sedona: Sacred Moments in the Landscape

by Larry Lindahl

This book provides an overview of the terrain, ancestral Indian ruins and petroglyphs found in Sedona's wilderness areas. Extraordinary photography from one of the nations most photogenic areas. 80 pages.

Arizona: A Cavalcade of History

by Trimble, Marshall

During America's first 100 years as a nation, pioneers moved ever-westward to new frontiers. When it became too crowded or the soil was mined out, they moved on to virgin land. Those days are gone forever. We have to learn to live with the problems we create. The knowledge gained from studying the mistakes of the past can help provide a better future. Will Rogers said it best: "The Indians never got lost because they were always looking back to see where they'd been." 368pp

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