DEL LAGO GOLF CLUB
🇺🇸 Vail, AZ, USA
Designed by Dick Nugent, Tim Nugent
Del Lago Golf Club sits in the high Sonoran Desert southeast of Tucson near Vail, Arizona, where the landscape transitions between desert floor and mountain foothills. Dick Nugent and his son Tim Nugent designed the course, which opened in the late 1990s as part of a residential community development. The Nugents, based in the Midwest, brought their routing sensibilities to the Arizona terrain, working with the natural desert vegetation and incorporating the area's characteristic elevation changes and arroyos into the design.
The course plays through rolling desert topography with saguaro cacti, palo verde, and mesquite framing the holes. Water features appear on several holes, a notable design element given the arid setting, and the routing takes advantage of views toward the surrounding mountain ranges. The layout presents a mix of risk-reward opportunities and strategic options typical of desert golf, where accuracy off the tee and course management matter as much as distance.
Del Lago serves primarily as a semi-private facility, offering both member and daily-fee play. The club provides a desert golf experience accessible to Tucson-area residents and visitors exploring courses beyond the city's more prominent resort destinations. The setting emphasizes the natural desert character of southeastern Arizona, with the course maintained to balance playability with the environmental constraints of the region.
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Del Lago was designed by Dick Nugent and Tim Nugent.
Yes. Del Lago at Del Lago Golf Club is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.
Par at Del Lago is 72.
Del Lago plays 7,206 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Del Lago is 135.
Del Lago is a 18-hole course.