Tucson Country Club occupies a 200-acre site on the eastern edge of Tucson, bordered by the Rillito River and the Santa Catalina foothills. The course was designed in 1947 by William F. Bell and later revised by his son, William Park Bell Jr., in 1970. Its Bermuda-grass fairways are lined by mature Aleppo pines and velvet ash, while the small, undulating greens are planted with T-1 bentgrass that is overseeded with rye each October. Water enters play on eight holes, chiefly the creek that crosses the sixth and fourteenth fairways and the large pond guarding the seventeenth green. Elevation changes remain modest—roughly 40 feet from lowest to highest point—yet the subtle rolls often produce uneven lies. The native desert scrub that borders several holes supports wildlife corridors, and the club maintains a 12-acre riparian habitat along the riverbank under a conservation easement with Pima County.
