Tours and Special Events
Golf Outing
Thursday, February 11
More than just a golf course...The McCormick Ranch Golf Club offers any
caliber of player two spectacular resort golf courses. We will be
playing on the Palm Course; a lush, well-manicured, traditional layout
located amidst gorgeous scenery in the heart of Scottsdale. Meet the
challenge of these fine courses, known for hosting the Arizona Amateur
Stroke Play Championship, the Golf for Women National Club
Championship, the Arizona Open Professional Golf Tournament, and the
National Junior College Golf Championship.
Although we are visiting Scottsdale in the midst of the high season, we
are able to secure tee times for a special rate of $150 per golfer. The
fee includes 18 holes of golf, cart, lunch and round trip
transportation. Club rentals are available for $45. The first group
will tee off at 12:01. As usual, there will be flag events and other
contests. Join your peers for a fun, sun-filled day.
REGISTRATION is handled by the IARP National Office. Be sure to check
the appropriate box on the registration form to participate.
Things To Do and See
Grand Canyon National Park and the Navajo Indian Reservation Tour
The tour route takes you onto the Navajo Indian reservation for an early lunch on your own. You will spend plenty of quality time at the Grand Canyon National Park, with three hours of spectacular views from Desert View, the Watch Tower, Grand View Pointe, Mather Pointe, Yavapai Point and the historic Tovar. You will have dinner on your own at the Grand Canyon Village and then head back to the Doubletree Paradise Valley Resort.
APPROXIMATE COST: $130 per person (does not include lunch or dinner). Please call the Doubletree Paradise Valley concierge at 480-424-4038 to book this day long tour.
Sedona, Jerome & Montezuma's Castle Tour
Join us for a journey back in time with a visit to a prehistoric Indian ruin where you can explore the visitor's center with its excavated treasures of the Sinagua people. Next tour the red rock formations of Sedona, visiting photo stops like the spectacular Chapel of the Holy Cross. After lunch in Sedona, choose from either shopping or joining your guide for more sight seeing, then on to Jerome, a turn of the century copper boom town perched on the side of Mingus Mountain. Lunch is on your own. PRICE: $99.00. Please call the Doubletree Paradise Valley concierge at 480-424-4038 to book this tour.
Botanical Garden
Nestled among the red buttes of Papago Park, the Desert Botanical Garden is home to one of the world's finest and most diverse collections of succulent plants, including rare, threatened and endangered species from around the Southwest. HOURS: 8am-8pm ADMISSION: $15.00 – Please check with the Doubletree Paradise Valley concierge at 480-424-4038 for shuttle information.
Spa Lamar
Arizona's largest privately owned resort-style spa. Any service priced at $50 or more includes all-day use of the Heated Swimming Pool, Whirlpool, Steam Room, Sauna, Robe Locker and Tropical Fruit and Beverage Bar.
CONTACT the concierge at the Doubletree Paradise Valley Resort 480-424-4038 for further information.
