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The Club at Starr Pass Pioneer Palmer is an 18-hole resort golf course in Tucson, Arizona.

Designed by Arnold Palmer. It plays 6,538 yards from the Gold tees, rated 71.5/139 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
70
par
6,538
yards (tips)
139
slope (gold)
The shape of the round · Gold teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — GOLD TEES436423495435170350198543381199413223391194347451556333142435445364738594103114123134143154164175184PAROUT 3,431 YDSIN 3,107 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
Arnold Palmer reported
access
resort
address
West Lost Starr Place, Tucson, AZ, 85745
elevation
2,648 ft derived
opened
2004

32.20343, -111.03787 — open on OpenStreetMap →

From above

Aerial imagery of the area around The Club at Starr Pass Pioneer Palmer. None of its holes has been traced yet, so nothing is drawn over it, and the frame follows the course's location rather than a surveyed property line.

Aerial imagery of the area around The Club at Starr Pass Pioneer Palmer, NAIP 2023. None of its holes has been traced yet, so nothing is drawn over it.

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Aerial imagery of the area around The Club at Starr Pass Pioneer Palmer, NAIP 2023. None of its holes has been traced yet, so nothing is drawn over it. The map itself needs JavaScript.

Aerial imagery only, nothing traced over it yet · USDA NAIP 2023-09-03

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 6 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 6 rows.

GoldM70653871.513934313107
BlackM70632769.813433782949
SilverM70572467.412830732651
BlueF70524171.213727872454
BlueM70524165.712127872454
RedF70474867.212325932155

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 445434354343434454 70
Gold 436423495435170350198543381199413223391194347451556333 6,538
Black 422420490425165346191538381178401200361174323445540327 6,327
Silver 402372480318160325138502376156352160340132302420505284 5,724
Blue 359349437300125300100458359135336157280114265402493272 5,241
Red 3633284152741152669641931710330414524078228343464250 4,748
Handicap 148181042121661371793111155

The Studio

The Studio can't plan The Club at Starr Pass Pioneer Palmer hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard, but nobody has traced its holes: the bunkers, water and fairway edges a plan aims around.

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  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

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Also bookable nearby: The Club at Starr Pass Gambler Pioneer (0.8 mi) · The Club at Starr Pass Palmer Gambler (0.9 mi) · Sewailo Golf Club (5.9 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn ArizonaNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,538 yds232nd of 361=5,733rd of 12,02530th of 39 in the Tucson, AZ metro area · =407th of 601 resort courses · =2,807th of 7,004 courses you can book · =5,688th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 139=49th of 294=1,166th of 8,7108th of 38 in the Tucson, AZ metro area · =104th of 477 resort courses · =445th of 4,936 courses you can book · =1,140th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 71.5=168th of 267=4,693rd of 7,615=22nd of 36 in the Tucson, AZ metro area · =337th of 446 resort courses · =2,226th of 4,145 courses you can book · =4,633rd of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,790 yds between tees166th of 348=3,526th of 11,52321st of 39 in the Tucson, AZ metro area · 265th of 593 resort courses · =1,790th of 6,653 courses you can book · =3,471st of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 2004=275th of 303=8,690th of 9,368=36th of 39 in the Tucson, AZ metro area · =462nd of 516 resort courses · =5,137th of 5,526 courses you can book · =6,463rd of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level2,648 ft derived =96th of 366=992nd of 12,437=25th of 39 in the Tucson, AZ metro area · 86th of 616 resort courses · =564th of 7,274 courses you can book · =717th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

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What's on this page

In progress2 of 6 built

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  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 6 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 6 sets of tees.
  • Course map, not built yet.We don't have a map of this course yet.
  • Per-hole distances, not built yet.The holes aren't traced yet, so there are no measured carries or distances to the green.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.5 of 7 background details — we don't hold a phone number and the grass on the greens.

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Sources

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Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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