Whirlwind Golf Club - The Devil's Claw Course
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About
Devil's Claw is one of two golf courses at Whirlwind G.C., part of the Wild Horse Pass Resort and Casino on the Gila River Indian Reservation near Chandler. In addition to its views of four mountain ranges -- South Mountain, the Estrella Mountains, the San Tan Mountains and the Superstitions -- Devil's Claw overflows with Native American culture.
A round on the Devil's Claw at Whirlwind Golf Club begins on Greasy Mountain, a par-4 424-yarder that faces Muh-wah Ha-dahk - the Gila River Indian Community's name for South Mountain. Things get long on the fifth, Maricopa Journey, a par-5 593-yarder designed to memorialize the travels of the Pee-Posh (or Maricopa tribe) from the Colorado River to where the Gila and Salt rivers meet. Go home via Going Home, the 18th hole, a par 4 that measures 442 yards from the Black tees. As the Gila River Indian Community sings it, "Our songs are ending as you go your separate ways, take along with you the good songs that were sung here today, as within your hearts."
Don't go straight home: You can still fit in another song after golfing the Devil's Claw golf course at the Whirlwind Golf Club in the clubhouse, which features a fully stocked bar and plenty of plasma televisions for relaxing and catching up on other sports.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 7029 yards | 72.7 | 127 |
| Gold | 72 | 6487 yards | 70.4 | 123 |
| Silver | 72 | 6034 yards | 68.2 | 118 |
| Silver (W) | 72 | 6034 yards | 74.7 | 130 |
| Copper (W) | 72 | 5540 yards | 71.6 | 126 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 72.7/127 | 424 | 399 | 593 | 190 | 410 | 564 | 160 | 317 | 441 | 3498 | 407 | 444 | 222 | 361 | 172 | 507 | 425 | 551 | 442 | 3531 | 7029 |
| Gold M: 70.3/123 | 392 | 366 | 566 | 159 | 376 | 535 | 148 | 289 | 411 | 3242 | 376 | 411 | 191 | 329 | 142 | 484 | 387 | 518 | 407 | 3245 | 6487 |
| Gold/Silver M: 69.3/122 | 367 | 366 | 549 | 140 | 376 | 511 | 148 | 289 | 393 | 3139 | 347 | 378 | 164 | 329 | 142 | 484 | 387 | 518 | 380 | 3129 | 6268 |
| Silver M: 68.1/119 W: 74.7/130 | 367 | 342 | 549 | 140 | 348 | 511 | 126 | 268 | 393 | 3044 | 347 | 378 | 164 | 300 | 118 | 461 | 358 | 484 | 380 | 2990 | 6034 |
| Silver/Copper M: 66.6/114 | 335 | 342 | 530 | 140 | 314 | 480 | 126 | 268 | 393 | 2928 | 347 | 345 | 164 | 300 | 118 | 461 | 333 | 459 | 340 | 2867 | 5795 |
| Copper M: 65.4/111 W: 71.6/126 | 335 | 316 | 530 | 123 | 314 | 480 | 95 | 242 | 346 | 2781 | 321 | 345 | 136 | 270 | 98 | 440 | 333 | 459 | 340 | 2742 | 5523 |
| Handicap | 11 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 9 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
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Photo submitted by 8zFZ0TTaFkm2HtyuYHcB on 02/11/2024
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Photo submitted by u314161622535 on 12/20/2023
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Great vistas! Photo submitted by daveloney on 02/14/2023
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Photo submitted by u128400273 on 10/10/2021
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Photo submitted by Heated35 on 09/07/2021
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Par 3, #7 - Beautiful! Photo submitted by u000002627226 on 06/02/2020
Fun course, great conditions and pace of play
First time I have played Whirlwind and was impressed. Conditions were very good and pace of play was excellent.
Great course
Great golf course. Cart girls are awesome. Do not go into the restaurant for anything. Horrible service and extremely rude bartenders. I will not be back. My first visit to this facility was good but this last time sealed the deal . Horrible.
Great experience!
Fun time with a group of buddies that were in town. Highly recommend if you are in the area.
Excellent day of golf.
Great greens and carpet fairways. Friendly staff and service.
Restaurant closed early which was a shame. Drinks available for splendid desert views.
Nice course but prefer others
Played Devils Claw and read many reviews on how amazing it was only to show up and be underwhelmed. Course was in fair conditions. Some dead grass in the fairways and rough. The tee boxes and greens were in great shape. Range, chipping and putting greens were in excellent condition. Was very impressed about that. However for the cost, layout and condition of the course, I would rather play another course in the valley. Happy I played it once, but probably won’t play it again.
Excellent course layout
Very nice course - the best I've played in the Phoenix area
Great course conditions.
We played Devil’s Claw in the afternoon, and the course conditions were absolutely spectacular. The practice facilities are second to none and everybody we met with was very friendly and helpful. The pace of play on the back nine was quite slow, but we will definitely come back here again.
5 hour round
Pace of play was horrendous and not much was done to speed people up.
Nice layout. Greens are very true.
We enjoyed our round, and had a great pairing, since we were a twosome. Course is very playable and the greens were in great shape.
Recommend the course
Everything was good from the driving range, putting green, tee boxes, fairways and greens
Bunkers were good, a few needed more sand
Overall great experience, will be back.
The pace of play was terrible. We played in four hours and 45 minutes. I think you need to go back to being a Troon course maybe things will improve!!
Beautifully Maintained Course
Greens were perfection. Grounds were well maintained and the course employees were friendly and helpful. We will definitely return when in Arizona.
Nice desert corse
This course wasn't as lush as I rembered. It has a great practice area included with greens fee. The course overall is in good condition all around. Greens are firm a quick.Sand traps are in good shape and plentiful. The course gets tough as the day wears on. There are a couple doglegs with blind layup shots. We saw a giant fat rattlesnack off one of the greens. That was a first I'd be fine not repeating. A highlight is a cold brew at the Gila River Casino after the round.
Favorite course
This is one of our favorites in the Phoenix area and it didn’t disappoint. Overpriced as most of the area courses are but we got a hot deal on golf now that made it more affordable..
overpriced for average course
Peak season or not, this course does not warrant $275 for 18. Course was average difficulty. Fairway and greens are well kept. The roughs are desert and dirt.
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