It’s the season for skiing in the White Mountains near Show Low. Sunrise Park Resort is the premier ski resort in the area, located 35 miles from Show Low and close to the New Mexico border. Sunrise Park Resort is a year round vacation destination that becomes a snowy wonderland in winter. Operated by the White Mountain Apache Tribe, the resort is built near 3 mountains and features 65 ski runs. Skiers of all levels will find excitement on the slopes of Sunrise Park Resort and the Hon-Dah Resort Casino is close by for off-the-slopes entertainment.

The Arizona Republic recently published an article about the state of golf in Arizona. Some golf courses have been impacted by the recent crisis in commercial real estate, and about a dozen course have been foreclosed or have declared bankruptcy. However, this only represents about 5 percent of the approximately 340 golf courses in the state.

This is not to say that course owners are not being challenged by a drop in tourism. Arizona residents are reported to be playing less golf (possibly for financial reasons), and the costs of maintaining courses are rising. Many private golf courses have opened to the general public, which is a benefit for many Arizona golfers. For example, discount green fees for courses like the Phoenix Biltmore can now be found online.

The Charles Schwab Company knows that business and golf often go hand in hand, so they’ve enlisted award-winning golf instructor Hank Haney to put together a web-based series of golf lessons.

You can view these lessons at the Charles Schwab website. For a sample, check out Haney’s advice on improving your swing on YouTube. Haney shows in this video how to aim twice for every shot — once at address and once at the top of the swing.

SunRidge Canyon Golf Course, located in Arizona near Scottsdale, offers a challenging Arizona golf experience in a natural desert environment. Topographical features throughout the course create a dramatic effect and put the skills of both novice and advanced golfers to the test. The 6823-yard SunRidge Canyon Golf Course begins at the mouth of a canyon and descends via a series of switchbacks to the canyon floor.

This outstanding course has been enhanced with the availability of ProLink’s GPS system, which provides a full-color monitor which displays a map of each hole, yardage to pin information, playing tips and easy communication with the clubhouse. Tournament scoring and leaderboards cal also be tracked with ProLink.

For more information, visit the SunRidge Canyon Golf website.