Troon Country Club is located at a high elevation in the beautiful Sonoran Desert. The course was designed by Jay Morrish and Tom Weiskopf in 1986 and is named after Weiskopf's famed Scottish Alma Mater, Royal Troon, where he won the world championship and claret jug by three shots over us open champion Johnny Miller and Britain's Ryder Cup stalwart Neil Coles in 1973. Troon was originally Weiskopf's first venture into golf course architecture, as well as the first of several projects he and architect Jay Morrish would work on.

The Troon course is routed through residential properties that back onto many of the fairways, especially on the back nine, and is one of the original desert layouts to come from the Scottsdale area during a prolific time in the 1980s and 1990s. Thankfully, the housing is low density and unobtrusive, enabling golfers to enjoy a sense of seclusion amid the canyon landscape.

The 207-yard 7th hole (The Lake) is the most challenging of the four short holes on the map, thanks to the daunting water hazard in front of the tee. The 139-yard 15th hole, which requires a dramatic tee shot over a ravine to a plateau green surrounded by hundreds of cacti, is the most exciting of the par threes.

Jim Stuart won the united states open in 1990. Here, he won the mid-amateur championship, and the following year at long Cove Club, he became the first player to win consecutive mid-amateur titles.