You’ve obsessively checked the weather app on your phone, hoping that the temperature hits that sweet spot where, if you bundle up just so, you can maybe trundle off to the driving range and hit a small bucket—okay maybe a medium.

To be sure, there are ranges—and courses—that are open in Colorado, but don’t kid yourself, winter is coming. So why settle for hoping for the random, occasional temperate day? No matter what the calendar says, there are sunny days to be found not too far away from the Centennial State—in Arizona.

In Troon Magazine, local journalist Tom Mackin takes a look at a few of the spectacular choices that are beckoning you.

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