Volunteers Marianne Berlan and Missy Goerner put in plants for pollinators along the sixth hike at the Pusch Ridge Golf Course in Oro Valley. The plants are part of a new butterfly garden. (Carolyn Weinig / Submitted) By Dave Perry Tucson Local Media Contributor Mar 11, 2026 Updated Mar 18, 2026 "Dee Ann Leuzinger and Jim Schilling spent part of a warm February morning poking signs into the dirt near desert plants at the Pusch Ridge Golf Course in Oro Valley. First, they had

Volunteers planting activity as part of the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf (ACSP) Friends of Pusch Ridge Golf March 2026 News Happy March everyone. Our mild winter has certainly been great for golf in Oro Valley. The Pusch Ridge Course hosted 2,931 rounds in January and 3,224 in February. March is also trending upwards and the current season projection is 20,800! (As you may re-call – prior to closing in 2020 the annual rounds were around 3,500!) We have exp

BY DAVE PERRY, TUCSON LOCAL MEDIA CONTRIBUTOR, Printed in the Explorer Newspaper Golfers are not the only creatures drawn to Oro Valley’s gleaming Pusch Ridge nine hole course. Bobcats, snakes, bats, coyotes, javelina, the occasional bear, a bighorn ram photographed on the #1 tee box, egrets, “a blue heron or two, lots of ducks, and fish” dwell and thrive on the course astride the Santa Catalina Mountains, according to Carolyn Weinig, a golfer and member of Friends of Pusch R

We have EXCITING NEWS for those of you who love to play the Pusch Ridge Golf Course; those who live on or near the Pusch Ridge Golf...