Lives
Midwest Snowbird - Vikings Fan!
Handicap
10-14
Age
65+
Gender
Male
Skill
Advanced
Plays
A few times a week

Review Statistics

Average Rating

4.0
4.0
Total 8 Reviews

Rating Breakdown

8 Reviews
5 Stars
2
4 Stars
5
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Recommended Courses
7
Not Recommended Courses
1
Helpful Votes Count
0
Not Helpful Votes Count
0
First Review
02/21/2013
Last Review
09/28/2018

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Reviews

4.0
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I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great fall golf afternoon!

A great value! Beautiful setting, nice greens, excellent walking course, and the staff was way above average for helpfulness and being attentive to our needs. Would love to golf here on a regular basis is I lived in the area.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average

Coyote Lakes Golf Club

Played On 02/17/2018
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun day!

I played there 7 or 8 yrs ago and didn’t like. My poor play probably had a lot to do with it. Reluctantly came back with some friends and REALLY enjoyed the round. Only fault I would point out are the sand traps suck. Greens were OK - not great. Nice layout - not long - not exactly “target” golf but you need to hit fairways and to score you often need to be in the place on the fairways. We finished in just over 4 hrs and had a really good time. I’ll be back - great course for the price.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Response from on 02/21/2018:
Happy to hear you came back and had a great experience at Coyote Lakes Golf Club. We thank you for your helpful insights!

Union Hills Golf & Country Club

Played On 01/19/2018
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Great course

Friendly fairways with challenging greens. Hit it close or risk 3 putting. I always enjoy playing here and the only issue we had was the pace of play on the last 9 late in the day slowed to a death march. Barely finished with 18 played in the dark. It's not always like this - must have been some problems. A ranger on the course occasionally might help. Plan to play this course with some regularity as it's a great value, nice layout, and challenging greens!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging

Wickenburg Country Club

Played On 12/01/2017
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great value

Other reviewers have used the word “rustic” so I was curious what they meant. Fairways and greens were pristine! The yardage book (free! I’ve been hit up for $5 at some spendy courses?) was extremely helpful as there are doglegs & blind shots & some tight fairways. What’s rustic is the cart paths and there aren’t ball washers on envy tee box - not a big deal for me. This was a fun experience and well worth the great price with a friendly & accomodating staff. The greens were very fast and had a lot of undulations and weren’t all that big. It was a difficult course to consistently score well on first time out. I usually shoot in the low to mid 80’s and I had my hands full trying to stay in that range. It’s the kind of course you’ll play better the more you play it - can’t wait to return. My only criticism is that I love to walk and this is NOT a walking course - long carries between some holes and lots of elevations changes. There a few houses but it’s not lined by McMansions and the scenery is beautiful desert. I understand there are some newer, more upscale courses in Wickenburg, and we’ll get around to playing them someday, but this was a fun, challenging, classic old golf course and a GREAT value!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average

Mountain Shadows Golf Course

Played On 03/17/2017
2.0
First Time Playing

Poor value for the price!

Other reviews were glowing so our foursome's expectations were high. From the minute we drove onto the property they dwindled. Construction everywhere, pro shop was a disaster, dust/dirt/detours, and for $50/person this was very disappointing! Course was interesting and the views were nice, but not spectacular. Tee boxes were top-notch but the greens were terrible for this price - bumpy and slow! And the fringe was gouged - mowed very unevenly.

With these conditions the fair price would have been more like $30 - $35. We walked and it's a very walkable layout with interesting holes - a few blind shots into gimmicky greens but, hey that's golf and a few surprises are OK. The staff tried valiantly but the construction & conditions were unacceptable for that price. We won't be coming back and we won't be recommending this place to anyone else!

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
TheShortCourse
Commented on 03/24/2017

Thank you for playing The Short Course & thank you for putting up with our dust as we finalized the golf shop and resort. The course is interesting and the views are beautiful. Fun for any golfer.

I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Walked

WOW - great value

We played the older course several times when visiting Phoenix. Always handy either coming or going from Sky Harbor to the west side. The new course is awesome - very well bunkered and somewhat tricky first time out as the bunkers around the green are very decieving. Putting surface was very quick. Routing is pretty much the same but that's where it ends. GPS isn't updated so we had to rely on sight of line devices for distances. Club house wasn't quite finished but this will be a great place to play. Love this course and will come back!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Walked

Great afternoon of golf!

We play this course and it's sister course - Vistas - 5 or 6 times every winter. Always enjoyable. Very walkable and we finished in less than 4 hours. This course was renovated last year with new greens, fairways, and irrigation system and it shows. All were in excellent shape. Straight forward layout - no blind shots - what you see is what you get. Very fair with generous landing areas. Stay in the fairway and watch pin placements and you'll have a great round.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Great course.

We played this on a very windy day and felt like we could have been in Scotland or Ireland. Beautiful course! My only criticism was there wasn't a ball-washer on the course. A great value for the money and a course that will only get better with time.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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