This 850-acre property, located in Marana (just northwest of Tucson) will make its debut this month, and you’ll finally be able to see what all the fuss is about—we promise, luxury lovers won’t be disappointed.

The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain will feature 250 gorgeous hotel rooms, including 24 individual guest casitas and The Ritz-Carlton Club Level and suites, which will all boast beautiful desert, golf course or mountain views. While the rooms themselves are bound to be luxurious, the resort’s amenities most definitely won’t fall short of your expectations. Aside from adventurous attractions like the 20-plus miles of hiking and biking trails, Jeep tours, cattle drives, stargazing, 235-foot waterslide and children’s programs, Dove Mountain’s Ritz will also include spectacular dining opportunities, a Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course (which is already open and home to the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship) and a world-class spa.

The Ritz-Carlton Spa is the perfect opportunity to unwind while the kids are partaking in the children’s activities or splashing in the pool, or after a long day of golf. The 17,000-sq.-ft. space features 14 treatment rooms, two esthetic rooms, a hydrotherapy room, one Vichy shower and two oversized suites, perfect for couples and friends. Currently The Ritz-Carlton Spa is offering two tempting spa/resort packages to open the new property up with a bang. The first is the Signature Spa Package (from $449 per night), where you’ll receive overnight deluxe guest room accommodations, two 50-minute Ritz-Carlton signature massages, American breakfast for two each morning and overnight valet parking. The second is the Sonoran Golf and Spa Escape Package (from $529 per night with a two-night minimum), where you’ll get deluxe guest room accommodations, American breakfast for two each morning, two 18-hole rounds of golf, two 50-minute signature body treatments and overnight valet parking.

In addition to the resort, this Southwest property is also home to The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain. Located at the foot of the Tortolina Mountains, The Residences include eight customized home plans and three attached-villa plans, all of which include either golf course or desert views. The Residences range in size from 1,900 to 5,400 square feet, and an abundance of finishes are available for buyers to choose from, making for a fully customizable Ritz-Carlton home.

For more information on The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain, call 520.572.3000 or visit http:www.ritzcarlton.com/dovemountain.

Written by Amy Strand

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Of all the professional golf tournaments Tiger Woods could have selected to stage his colossal return to the game and his continued and inevitable domination over the sport – he chose Arizona. The Arizona-hosted World Golf Championships- Accenture Match Play Championship will be Tiger’s first competitive tournament since his U.S. Open victory at Torrey Pines last June. Having spent the past eight months rehabbing his knee, anyone with even the mildest interest in golf is curious about his condition and quality of play upon his return.

While the golf world is abuzz with the release of the news just a few hours ago, it is especially meaningful to Arizonans and even more so to Tucsonans, who I am sure are now re-working their plans for February 26- March 1 to accommodate some Tiger-watching time.

Adding yet another dimension to the return of golf’s mega-watt star is the fact that the Accenture Match Play will showcase the world’s top talent on the ultra-fresh fairways of the Ritz Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain in Marana, Arizona. Revealed to the public a little over a month ago on January 17th, the fairways at Ritz Golf Club are primed and prepared to stage the most-anticipated tournament of the 2009 season so far. Tiger’s presence there is just icing on the cake. I imagine tournament coordinators are toasting to Tiger as I write.

Also in the field will be Camilo Villegas and Anthony Kim, the two young guns who have taken advantage of Woods’s absent status. Aside from Tiger, I’ll be watching out for Rory McIlroy, the 19-year-old Irishman, who enjoyed victory at the Dubai Desert Classic earlier this season and is currently ranked 16th on the Official World Golf Rankings. Three-time Major champion Padraig Harrington, also an Irishman and ranked 3rd on the World Golf Rankings, will be onsite at Accenture as well. And the field also includes Sergio Garcia who has yet to play on American soil this season while instead concentrating on several European Tour starts.

Of the top 64 players invited to the match-play format, 17 hail from the United States, eight each from Australia and South Africa and seven from England. Other countries represented are Colombia, Fiji, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Argentina, Canada, Denmark, Spain and Sweden.

www.worldgolfchampionships.com.

- Nichole Brophy, Golf Editor.

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