At various points in the last 45 years, developers have tried to raze the Shalimar Golf Club, fittingly located off Golf Avenue and Loop 101 in Tempe. In 1979, developers purchased the land with the intent to build high-density homes in place of the nine-hole course. The Shalimar Association, formed by residents of the surrounding Shalimar Estates neighborhood, pooled money and won a legal battle to save the course. In 2005, the same group – which now also goes by “Save Shalimar” – successfully opposed an attempted sale to another developer hoping to replace the fairways and greens with houses.