A Golf Oasis in The Valley of the Sun Over breakfast with The Phoenician's sales and marketing director one morning several years ago, I was asked to pinpoint the weak points of his property. It was a brilliant summer morning and people were flocking to the seven sprawling swimming pools a few yards from where we sat. Up on the hillside behind the hotel, joggers were out for their morning exercise through the cactus garden in the shadow of Camelback Mountain. Others were emerging onto their...