John,
You sold me is it Phoenix then. It will never host a major I am guessing and it doesn't have any courses that come to mind. Houston at least has a few decent courses and has hosted a major. I would think Phoenix, what is even good there?
Not sure the quality of courses is the point... there is one 'major' in the desert–LPGA Nabisco in Palm Springs in March... no-one's going to put a professional golf tournament in the desert after that date no matter how good the venue. They even took the Tradition away from Scottsdale because they couldn't play it during the summer.
arb: