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Hadn't played here for a few years, the course was in pretty good shape considering the extreme heat and drought conditions. Even the mature elm trees which line much of this course were showing signs of stress, sure hope the monsoon delivers soon.

This is an old school layout, looks like a course somewhere in the Midwest, with wall to wall grass on a lot of it, and the deciduous trees, which are making the fairways narrower every year as the crowns grow wider. It's a good course to walk at a decent price considering there is not much public golf in the area.
7 Likes.
Played 6/14/21. Probably the most impressive aspect of this course is the engineering it took to put a golf course on a very difficult site. The landscape is deeply dissected by washes, steep slopes and dense high desert vegetation. As such, the course is quite spread out to get between locations where holes could be sited. My guess is that the accumulated distance between holes nearly equals the yardage of the course itself. Thinking about putting in irrigation, concrete cart paths and electrical controls on this site--and the cost of doing so--is very impressive. They also have carts I've not seen before, they are electric, which is rare on slopes this steep, but they are geared down so that the ups and downs are handled easily. They also have "no brainer" brakes that come on when you stop, which is critical to not let one get away!

The course itself is a pretty wild ride, with lots of forced carries, vertical changes, and blind shots. It was in good shape, greens a bit slow for my taste (10ish) but overall quite well conditioned. The setting is pretty undeveloped and quite scenic for the most part, you are at a high elevation with nice views.
10 Likes.
Played 6/10/21 and found the course to be in the best shape I've seen it in 20+ years of playing, no small feat for summer in AZ. Greens were excellent, fairways lush and uniform, some bunkers a bit marginal. It seems they have upped their game in terms of agronomy. On course service good, they have an extensive practice facility likewise in good shape. Unfortunately the course has now had greens aerated, but hope to check it out again in a month or so.
7 Likes.
Played 7/11/20 about midday. Was very disappointed in the greens. Despite calling to inquire about the greens as I knew they were aerated fairly recently--and being told they "came in great"--they were awful. Bumpy, sandy, very little recovery from serious aeration. As such, hitting a green was a crapshoot as to whether it would hold immediately or bounce away.

I've played these courses quite a few times and have always been somewhat bewildered at the layouts. The designers (Crenshaw, Coore) had a completely blank slate to work with on the Salt River Reservation. Yet, quirky things like not returning to the clubhouse at the turn, instead stopping within sight of the clubhouse several hundred yards away--not terribly walker friendly. The other course has goofy crossovers despite having unlimited room to work with. The most puzzling aspect is that the holes are so generically alike that you can scarcely remember one from another after the round.

It's a beautiful setting and was very quiet given the typical pool parties at the casino hotel are not happening because of the pandemic shutdowns.
10 Likes.
I have to put a plug in for this golf course, there have been major positive changes. This is a traditional old school layout, another Billy Bell design (he of Papago, Torrey Pines, etc.) dating from 1936. It is a unique setting in the center of Phoenix and historical neighborhoods. Beautiful historic homes and downtown high rises are some of the views from the course.

It is a great course to walk and very playable. The greens are the defense here, if you get out of position it's pretty much a 3-putt waiting to happen. The course is in the best condition I have seen it in 20+ years (of course it will be torn up in a week for overseeding...) And they are finally in the process of refurbishing the bunkers, the new ones are great, better than many of the upscale resort courses.

They have completely remodeled the restaurant and bathrooms and they are both first rate. The value is exceptional for the current product, go have a throwback day!
7 Likes.
Just have to put a plug in for this course, perhaps the most overlooked course in the PHX metro area. It has become one of our favorites from the huge portfolio of courses we have access to here. As one of my playing partners puts it, this course checks all the boxes. Conditions are generally excellent year round (including bunkers, no small detail in the desert), the setting is beautiful with the Estrella Mountains as a backdrop, there is little development near the course. It is a very walkable course and a terrific Gary Panks design. They have a better than average practice facility. There is a new concessionaire onsite that runs a good restaurant and on course service. Finally, it is one of the very best values around, right now it is only $24 to walk, $10 more to ride.
13 Likes.
We played 10/7, the last day before closing for overseeding. As has been the case all summer, the course was in excellent condition, the only real room for improvement is some of the bunkers need work. The new restaurant/pro shop had very recently opened and is one of the nicest facilities anywhere in the Phoenix Metro area. The restaurant has an excellent menu and beer selection, Along with having one of the very best views and setting in town, there are already non-golfers that are showing up just for the food and ambience.

The practice facility is ready to open and will be one of the best as well. It is fair to say that this is now perhaps the premier public golf facility anywhere in AZ. Between the old school William Bell layout, the conditioning, and the facilities, it can't be beat.
10 Likes.
I have been playing this course for about 20 years, it's only a couple of miles from my house so I have played it quite often over the years. However, it had fallen out of favor due to the declining conditions. I have played it twice in the last couple of weeks and the course is in the best shape I have ever seen it. There is new management group that just took over that seems very committed to restoring the course and customer service overall.

This is an old school style layout, very straightforward with mature trees and is a good course to walk. There is a fair amount of OB and water on a few holes that help up the slope/course rating. The practice facilities are adequate, the driving range has been restored as well, used to be a challenge to find grass to hit off.

The greens are fairly slow (8-9+ or -) but they are uniform and well conditioned. Likewise the fairways, in the past they were hard, dry with many browned out patches, now they are uniformly green and well conditioned. They have started mowing the fairways and growing some rough to better define them. The bunkers are as good as any in town, better than some of the pricier resort courses.

For under $20 to walk, this is a great value, check it out.
8 Likes.
Played a few weeks ago, this is a newer layout located on the Pascua Yaqui reservation west of Tucson. The course was designed by Notah Begay, not sure if he has done other courses. As such, there is no development around the course and it is set in treeless desert terrain. The course is really not walkable, it is spread out in quite a few areas due to the terrain. Conditions were impeccable and it doesn't appear the course gets a lot of play. It was a very good value, the fee included range balls, bottled water, GPS in carts. The practice areas are excellent as well. One thing to keep in mind playing for the first time is that there is a fair amount of water that is not visible/obvious from some tees and approach shots. The GPS has a flyover feature that you should consult on holes that do have water. There is a lot of bunkering in green complexes and framing tee shots. Bunkers were excellent. Very enjoyable round, pace of play good, conditions excellent, service excellent, try this one out.
17 Likes.
In a desperate search to avoid post-overseeding conditions, we drove out to Sun City West to play here the day before it closed. This was a really good experience, I was pleasantly surprised at the course, it has a lot of movement in the fairways and the green complexes are relatively difficult, with lots of bunkering on many holes. The course is very aesthetically pleasing, mature palm trees and bunkers frame most of the shots nicely. There is a lot of rockwork around ponds and perimeters of some fairways that is likewise very attractive. While surrounded by housing, it is generally set back well from the course. Good bunkers, good greens, good experience, good value, worth the drive.

Not the greatest course to walk as it is spread out to maximize real estate development (my buddy's fitbit said it was nearly 8 miles of walking) yet we finished the round in just under 4 hours.
10 Likes.
Played on 10/20, about a week after the course reopened from a 6 month closure. The closure was primarily to completely replace the irrigation system, which was badly needed. They have also obtained rights to canal water to use going forward, a major improvement. So the entire system was replaced complete with a new pumphouse, a reservoir and the plumbing/sprinkling system. The course is still a little rough in places, mainly around where the reservoir was constructed but should recover rapidly and there will likewise be turf in areas that previously were barren. It should only get better going forward.

This is still the best executive course in the PHX metro area, or anywhere that I've seen, you will use pretty much every club in your bag. There is a lot of vertical on the course and the greens are small and very difficult when speeds are up. New, longer tee boxes were added on several holes that will increase the challenge.
7 Likes.
Played yesterday, last day before closure for overseeding. This is a private course that like many others allows some public play in the off seasons. The course was pretty much impeccable, I've not seen such attention to detail anywhere, every bit of turf is edged where it meets the desert, every tee box has a aggregate path leading up to it, every place to park at tee boxes has embedded rocks, so there is basically no dirt anywhere through the green. Bunkers are outstanding, looks like Augusta almost, and tee boxes, fairways and greens all excellent. We walked the course, there are a few longer walks between greens and tees, but overall very walkable with a fair amount of up and down. Even though there are houses lining most fairways, they are well set back and screened quite effectively by the Sonoran Desert vegetation. The setting is outstanding, with views of Four Peaks, Superstition Mountains, McDowells and southern Mazatzal range.

The clubhouse facilities are outstanding, the starter told us they had undertaken a $6 million renovation a few years back, really a first class facility all around.
7 Likes.
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