cmkdeery

Have played here 4-5 times over the past couple years. Usually in good shape. NOT today! Rough was ridiculously long - spent way too much time looking for balls just a few yards off the fairway, and lost a couple even though we saw right where they landed. Greens were fast, as always - but didn’t roll true, lots of “wobbling”.

Pace of play here is pretty much always bad, but get worse each time we play here. A full five hours today, waiting on nearly every shot! No rangers moving anyone along, no beverage cart slowing people down. I get that people want to walk the course, but if you choose to do that keep a decent pace. So much for the reminders on clubhouse signs to “play well, and play fast”!

Love the layout, but not sure we’ll be back. Five hours for a round of golf is ridiculous.

Front nine should NOT have been open today! Course SOGGY… cart paths only, but the fairways were so wet they shouldn’t even have been walked on in many places. Lots of plugged balls, several lost in the rough due to wet conditions.

Even accounting for cart paths only, pace of play was abysmal! Four hours and fifty minutes. Two rangers on duty, but neither was doing anything to move slow groups along.

Course has potential, but even accounting for soggy conditions, it’s a little rough around the edges and could use some TLC.

The axiom that you get what you pay for definitely applies to Phoenix golf. This is one of the cheaper courses we’ve found, and while not terrible it’s definitely among the area’s low tier courses. Tee box grass was long, fairways were OK to hit off of, greens rolled OK speed wise but were very bumpy. WAY too many weeds around the green complexes and in what little rough there was - most rough was hard pan dirt or rock. Sand traps were mostly dirt. Carts paths are terrible!

We knew going in, from the reviews we read and the price we paid that the course would be rough around the edges, but it actually wasn’t as bad as we feared it might be. Perfectly serviceable for a cheap round with friends when the main.goal was to get out for a social outing.

We’ve played about half the Sun City and SC West courses now, and this is the best we’ve played. Tees, fairways and greens are all in good shape. Sand traps are actually taken care of. The Sun City courses aren’t always the most exciting layouts, but this one has more character than most. Pace of play was also among the best, at 3:50.

Greens were OK, but fairways mediocre and tee boxes poor. Even for a par three course, a pretty boring layout with almost all the holes between 115 and 125 in length.

Pro shop, starter and Marshall were all very friendly and welcoming.

Fairly typical of the Sun City courses…. Nothing really “bad”, but nothing really inspiring either. As with most SC courses we’ve played….
- the staff is welcoming and accommodating
- the course layout is rather boring
- pace of play, compared to course difficulty, is ridiculously slow
- law of supply and demand results in overpriced golf
- greens are generally in good shape, fairways not so much - rough is terrible

Very disappointed to how much this course has declined in just a year! Have played here at least once each year for the last three winters, have really enjoyed the course, and returned this year expecting a fun round. What a disappointment! Top of the list… the greens are TERRIBLE! Tee boxes are beat up. Fairways are in very poor shape, little to no grass in way too many spots. Anything in the rough, you might as well be hitting off blacktop - harder than rock, as bad as hitting out of one of the washes (where at least you expect and “deserve” a poor lie).

Customer service, always an OUTSTANDING feature in the past, is now just mediocre… not terrible or unfriendly, per se, but certainly not energetically making you feel welcome as they have in the past.

Had planned to play here a couple times this trip, but now will look elsewhere. Hoping we see positive reviews before next year’s trip that they’ve turned it around so we can return… we REALLY like the layout!

One of our favorite Phoenix-area courses, probably the best value for price. In an area where you definitely get what you pay for….. if you want to play a better course, you’ll pay a LOT more money, and if you try to go cheaper you be greatly disappointed in course quality. Coyote Lakes hits the sweet spot! Has been in good condition every time we’ve played it, from tee to green. A nice variety of hole layouts and elevation changes. Pace of p,at tends to be better than most, holding right around four hours or just under. All staff we’ve had contact with have been friendly and helpful!

Fairways and greens mostly OK, but greens not rolling very true as it looks like they were probably slit seeded not too long ago… lots of wobbly putts. Anything off the fairway is pretty rough… some “true” desert features with rock, gully’s, mesquite, cactus — but a lot of just plain unattractive mud and dirt. Carts paths are terrible!

Ranger was friendly, other staff just kind of “there”.

Pace of play just a bit slow, but not terrible.

Course was in better shape than when we played here last year… smoother greens and more grass in the fairways. Off the fairways, though, are still in rough shape… the rough is dormant now, but looks better than last year, lots of bare dirt in places. Tee boxes are a mix.. some OK, some pretty beat up.

Pro shop guy and starter were both friendly and welcoming. Pace of 0lay was good, right at 4 hours.

Fairways and greens in good shape, greens maybe a little slow. Everything off the fairways is mud and dirt — pretty rough. Cart paths are TERRIBLE. Hard to get into much trouble, easy enough course to score well.

All staff we had contact with were friendly. Were paired up with two guys who never shut their mouths (mostly to each other, rarely to us) so that got tedious.

Pace of play ruined the experience. Have played here many times, and always enjoy the course- but NOT today. Just shy of FIVE HOURS- ridiculous!

Course conditions were not quite up to the usual high standards we see here. Pin positions were ridiculously difficult, then made much worse by all the spike marks and ball marks. Greens are often very quick, but that’s OK because they usually run true - but NOT today! Very bumpy!

Fortunately we’ve played here enough to know (hope?) that today was an exception… otherwise we’d consider the course over-rated.

Friendly counter guy/starter. Very welcoming and gave us the important things a person needs to know first time here, checked us in quickly. Course seemed to be in average winter condition for Phoenix, greens were in great shape. Layout is a bit boring, but not terrible - every green slopes down from back to front. Carts could use some updating.

Can’t say enough about the friendly staff. Starter thanked us twice, very sincerely, for coming out - saying “we know there are lots of places to golf in Phoenix, and appreciate you choosing to come here.”. Classy!

Course is a nice layout with a nice variety of holes. Plenty of trouble to get into if you hit it poorly, but very fair — no hidden surprises. Greens are as good as any of the ten course we played in the Phoenix metro, and a lot more character (slope, tiers and shaping) than anywhere else we played. Pace of play was good, right at four hours.

Phoenix golf is pricey this time of year, and this course was our best value for the money. If we were locals, we’d play here often.

One of the few courses we have actually been able to get on in the Phoenix metro, and it’s obvious why. This is definitely a bottom tier, limited golf options course. BORING layout, painfully slow pace of play (1:50 for nine holes on a SHORT course with nowhere to waste time looking for balls).

Greens were in good condition (fast and smooth), but the rest of the course in mediocre condition — not terrible, but very dry with sparse grass in the fairways and none off the fairways.

If we lived in Phoenix and had to play courses like this, we’d give up the game.

More interesting variety of holes than many executive courses. Unfortunately, course conditions are disappointing. Sparse, beaten-down grass in the fairways, little to no grass off the fairways. Greens were very slow, and rough. Pace of play was a bit on the slow side, but not terrible. (1:25, but it’s a short course with few hazards, so no time needs to be wasted looking for balls.)

This course has potential, but is the second-worst conditioned course I’ve played. It has been VERY sadly neglected. Greens are not too bad, but the rest of the course is TERRIBLE! Hardly ANY grass in the fairways or rough — hard to even tell which is which. Sand traps are terrible - like hitting off a range mat. LOTS of damage from borrowing animals, lots of leaves lying around — just generally UNKEMPT and NEGLECTED. Make note that your online booking does NOT include a cart, so add another $15 to the overpricing. In its current condition, this is a $35 course — not a $65 +.

Pace of play was SLOW.! We quit after 15 holes, because we were already over four hours and looking at a 4:45+ round — absolutely ridiculous on this course.

To leave at least one positive - staff that we had contact with were friendly and welcoming.

Greeted at the car by friendly staff delivering a cart to us. Quick, easy check-in.

Course was in good condition. Greens maybe a bit slow, but certainly not bad. Good condition for a mid-February round.

Pace of play was good, waited on only a few shots, and no one pushing from behind — helps when everyone keeps the ball in play and we didn’t have to look for balls.

Very playable course — generous landing areas, no blind shots.... everything right there in front of you. Hit it straight and make your approach shots and you’ll score well.

As often happens when playing as a twosome, we were paired up with another twosome. And, as often happens, we found once again that golfers are good people — we enjoyed playing with them.

In Destin for a week of golf, and this is the fourth course we have played. Got a great price (hot deal) on Kelly Plantation, so it was the best course of our trip, but for every day rates Rocky Bayou is the best value course we played.

Greens were fast and smooth, despite their appearance — some looked VERY good, others looked like the greens crew was trying to fix some problems — but all rolled fast and true.

Fairways were in good shape, for this time of year. Some of the rough was a bit thin, but again, not too bad for this time of year — and certainly better than a couple courses we played.

A nice variety of holes — not a lot of water in play, but some actual elevation changes. Some trouble to be found if you get wild, but very playable course. Like most Destin courses we’ve played, traps have NICE sand to play out of — something us northerners would kill for to have back home.

Pace of play was great! Played as a twosome, and several four and fiivesomes let us play through. Finished in about two and a half hours.

A nice day of gol!

Starter was friendly and helpful, and few of the greens keeping staff were friendly — but the pro shop staff were not at all friendly, helpful or welcoming.

Course conditions were not very good. Many fairway shots were like playing off a sandy waste hazard. Greens were slow, and very rough. Lots of workers on the course today, but didn’t seem like much was being done that would improve the quality of play.

Layout itself is BORING — with just a few exceptions, just a collection of flat, straight holes with sand traps mid-way down the fairway. Trees lining the fairways rarely come into play — water on only a couple holes.

Add to all this the constant over-flights by fighter jets from the neighboring base (making any conversation almost impossible),....

Even on a beautiful sunny day, a decent score, and greens fees below many of the area courses, this round kind of seemed like a waste of money