By Tim McDonald

National Golf Editor

updated 10:57 a.m. ET June 11, 2008

June is the marrying month, known to many single people as the time when life as you know it comes to an end.

This story is dedicated to the male half of the coming, blessed event. What better way to celebrate a life of love and bondage than one last wild, lascivious blowout, especially if you can combine the bachelor party with a golf trip?

As far as the golf goes, WorldGolf.com has you covered ...

Phoenix-Scottsdale
A walking golf course may sound like a strange choice for a bachelor party trip, but the Saguaro Course at We-Ko-Pa Golf Club is not your ordinary golf course.

For one thing, less than 50 percent of the people who play it actually end up walking. For another, the option to walk in the middle of the desert is only one small part of what sets this Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw design (yes, the same guys from Bandon Trails) apart.

Saguaro provides a striking setting with the green of the fairways contrasting sharply with the hulking desert bushes that creep in here and there. Set on an American Indian reservation, there are no houses and no plans for ever having houses, and Coore and Crenshaw often set the greens back around bends and up on ridges to add to the sense of isolation.

Tim McDonald / WorldGolf.com We-Ko-Pa Golf Club's Saguaro course is a muct-play during a Scottsdale bachelor party'golf weekend.

So go ahead and walk off that hangover. You get Speedcarts for your clubs that motor along besides you (it's not exactly roughing it) and you won't regret it.

For those seeking a great splurge bachelor bash, it's still hard to beat Troon North Golf Club and its two courses. Especially after original designer Tom Weiskopf completed a revamp rerouting of Scottsdale's high-end golf institution last year.

The $295 high-season, prime-time green fees can make the other bachelor party entertainment seem less expensive too (you can actually play Troon North's Monument or Pinnacle Course for only $55 in the summer, though).

For entertainment, the Mondrian Hotel (7353 East Indian School Rd., tel. 480-308-1100) and its Red Bar is a good party central place for a bunch of rowdy guys. "Oh yes, absolutely," said Assistant Manager Katie Evans. "The area is great for a bachelor party. We're within walking distance of all the restaurants and clubs or a five-minute cab from everywhere."

Palm Springs, Calif.
If you're more interested in golf than close encounters with silicone on your bachelor retreat, La Quinta Resort & Club in greater Palm Springs could be the answer. You get five courses to choose from within a very easy drive (or shuttle) from the resort.

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The Palm Springs area does not come close to the strip club power of Las Vegas and Phoenix-Scottsdale, but it is bachelorette party central for many young women from Los Angeles. Head to the Desert Springs JW Marriott in nearby Palm Desert, 74855 Country Club Dr., tel. 760-341-2211), the luxury hotel version of a chick flick, and you'll have no trouble finding brides-to-be and bridesmaids who are looking to let loose just as much as you.

Las Vegas
Those who want to stay right on The Strip and never leave have only two options in Las Vegas golf — Bali Hai Golf Club and the Tom Fazio course at the Wynn Las Vegas (and you have to stay at the Wynn to get to pay $500 to play the Wynn). If you're willing to give up some party time, a lot more options open up in Las Vegas golf.

Head out to Paiute Golf Resort, a good half hour from The Strip, and you'll find three golf courses by architect Pete Dye in a desert setting that gives no sense of Las Vegas' building sprawl. The diabolical Wolf Course will surely give you some bachelor-bash war stories to take home.

Hungover and looking for a gentler escape? The Concord Course at Revere Golf Club has big mounding on its fairways that funnel some of even the ugliest hooks right back down into nice, safe fairway grass.

Of course, there are limitless options for crazy nightlife in Las Vegas.

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