Through the eyes of the project’s visionary, Gregg Tryhus, Images Arizona magazine takes readers through the timeline and teamwork needed for creating the Arizona Golf House.
More than just a building, the Arizona Golf House is a strategic investment in the future of golf as a vital economic engine for Arizona. It is a first-of-its-kind collaborative hub dedicated to strengthening one of the state’s most impactful industries. It provides a common place for the state’s many golf nonprofits to provide the public with services and benefits to create thriving pathways for personal and professional growth using the values inherent to golf as the catalyst: “Play it as you find it, and finish what you start.”
Located on the grounds of Papago Golf Club, the partnership that made it happen spans from the local golf nonprofits who call it home to the City of Phoenix, ASU, Grubb Foundation and Arizona’s golf ecosystem, including Papago, Arizona Alliance for Golf, Arizona Golf Fund and others.
Aesthetically pleasing and public facing, “There are glass garage doors that open to bring the outdoors in,” said Tryhus. “The facility features a public area that anyone can rent for events, as well as a boardroom available for private functions.”
“It’s not just for golfers – the benefits extend to nongolfers in a very real way,” said Tryhus. “What’s next is for tenants to take this as far as they can in the Arizona golf world.”
These active local golf nonprofits area already reaching more Arizonans from all walks of life – especially young people – reinforcing the reality that “golf is good for everyone.”
