SunRidge Canyon Golf Club

Beautiful course, extremely rude Marshall.

We came from out of town for a wedding which was on Sunday. So, with a Saturday to kill and the course at our resort booked with a large charity event, we decided to try out Sunridge Canyon. Looked like great scenery online and good reviews.

Well the scenery was good, and most of the front desk/cart runners were extremely friendly.

However when we showed up to the tee box 10 minutes early as requested, the group before our threesome had not shown up. This was fine with us and we volunteered to go ahead and start. We were told to wait because they were having trouble locating the single that they had slotted to play with us.... ok, no problem so far.

Then as we were teeing up 2 minutes after we were supposed to start and they had given up, he showed up. No big deal, we all shake hands, get introduved, and get started.

4 holes in, we get warned by the on cart gps we are 5 minutes behind schedule. There's no issue though (we think) because we got started late and there is no one behind us. We are all having a rough start (we 3 rented our clubs), but our pace is decent. We get another cart warning to pick up the pace or we will be moved into position in 2 holes.

There's still no one around us. We've finally seen the group behind us but they're not even close at this point when the Marshall shows up about 30 seconds after we get the 2 hole warning.

This guy pulls in front of us on the path blocking the way and hops out to tell us that out pace is too slow and we should be playing up against the group that I'd 2 holes front of us. I told him this was our first time playing the course, made a joke about us being so bad we couldnt keep pace then tried to explain that we were held late and the group in front of us were no shows so that should explain the 2 hole gap.

His response was to be condescending and tell us it shouldn't be very hard to catch up and he will be watching and if we can't keep pace then we'll be asked to skip holes.

His attitude rubbed me the wrong way and I offered to leave immediately if I got a full refund. He said no that wasn't possible or necessary, then he proceeded to follow us from hole 6 through hole 10 and supervise our play.

This really irked me and was making a bad day of play worse for me, so I elected to pick up until he left. However, at hole 10 he obviously had called his manager out who showed up and asked us how things were going. I told him the situation and explained that I'd like to get a refund for half the course in exchange for him taking my clubs back then and there. He told me that was fine and I could keep the clubs as long as I didn't play.

Not long after that the cart I was in started badly grabbing when ascending even a tiny grade. We caught the group in front of us on 13 and we're waiting 10+ minutes every tee box by 16...

I have played many courses all over the country and have never had even a complaint about pace of play. To have a cart tell me twice I'm playing top slow then a Marshall come bird dog our group for 4 holes and treat me like a liar was completely uncalled for.

When I got back to the clubhouse, they wanted the refund me in course credit! I was too mad to laugh, although they did finally give me a refund on my card.

It had been a long time since playing this course, and while trying to find a course under $200 per person didn’t work out, this one ends up being about $240 with taxes and etc.
I had read reviews pro and con, and while I thought the course was in good shape, and the greens were pretty true and fast, there are 3 holes that I would recommend the mgmt think warning visitors about. 3 holes in a row have barancas (rocky trenches with sand) crossing the fairway right about where a normal tee shot might land. I have played these types of courses before and often they will have signage at each tee box indicating how far the hazard is. We had to drive up to the hazard just to verify what was going on, and then subtracting the yardage back to the tees we were playing and hope the GPS was accurate. Cumbersome….
Otherwise, I enjoyed the round, the views are awesome and I could live in Fountain Hills!!

Tough layout with very tricky sloped greens.. any two put on these green is a big win..
Fairways also slope severely so take careful aim..

This is a beautiful course winding through the natural canyon terrain. The course has many undulations and uneven lies. The hardest part of this course, IMO , are the tiered slopping greens.
I play to a 14+ hdcp and this was a difficult play.
Staff was great.

Very nice layout. Best holes are the last 6. Compared to other courses we played in the area, we were disappointed with the course for the amount of money we paid to play! We would recommend the course to friends, but only if they could get a reasonable rate. We were also stuck behind a bachelor party of 7 slow, loud and very drunk young men who were blaring music which was not enjoyable for us. Wont play it again if we return to Scottsdale.

This is my 3rd time playing Sunridge Canyon. I love this course. We booked a 12:20 tee time and arrived excited to be here. On the first tee box we were greeted by the bev cart. She informed us that she was finished for the day. So we ordered drinks and snacks to hold us over until the snack shack on 10. The shack was not open. We expected to grab a quick bite to eat but the shack was closed. My partner needed to eat so we ended at 14. We had a nice golf day but we were bummed not to finish the round because of hunger. Great course, I wish the food and bev hours would have been communicated at check in.

Great layout, trademark desert golf. Friendly staff. Not worth $300 compared to other desert options by course condition. Spend an extra $50 to play Boulders, Quintero, or others. This place is a good value in the warmer months and you can get on sub $100.

Great course. Not a long one but challenging on the back-9 if you are playing for the first time. Fairways are in great shape. So were tee boxes and greens rolling good.

Staff were OK. They pushed me to start 20 min before my tee time, although turned out to be good as I played with a 2-some couple that were very friendly. It's at least worth $50-60 lesser than the rate I paid.

This is the course to play in Fountain Hills! Perfect blend of fun and challenging. Was in perfect shape

8:03am tee time. Finished at 11:50am. Got paired with two some and the 3 of us never saw the group ahead or behind us. Course was in incredible shape! Such a fun course!

It was my first time playing this course. They just allowed carts on the fairways which was helpful for pace of play. Fairways were great but there was little roll out because of the newly seeded fairways. It is imperative to stay out of the desert or it will cost you a stroke. Greens were in great condition as well. Lots of undulations. It is a course I want to play again

Practice facility was good - no mats. Staff was helpful and supportive. Pace of play was great initially but we encountered some delays. The course and greens were in great condition. A couple greens had some repairs. The views from the course are amazing.

Fun layout. Challenging holes. Greens are a litter slow. Staff great

Great course…

Only issue was Marshall suggested we were behind by two minutes while we were repeatedly waiting on the group in front of us…

Course was just recovering from punched greens, but they were in reasonable shape…. Traps were a bit thin on sand, Otherwise, I’d play here again…