Crowne Plaza San Marcos Golf Resort
Rating Snapshot
About
The golf course at the San Marcos Golf Resort boasts an impressive list of past players that includes presidents and celebrities. The golf course is nestled on a property in downtown Chandler that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Although it has a desert landscape, the course is still lush with a canal that runs through it, a lake, and plush Bermuda grass greens, the former two creating water hazards that come into play on several holes. The San Marcos Golf Resort course is challenging with each hole having at least three bunkers. The two most difficult holes on the golf course are two lengthy par 4s, the fourth and the 10th.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6626 yards | 71.1 | 125 |
| White | 72 | 6158 yards | 69.3 | 120 |
| Gold | 72 | 5832 yards | 67.8 | 117 |
| Red (W) | 73 | 5431 yards | 70.2 | 119 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 71.0/124 | 411 | 367 | 212 | 482 | 483 | 421 | 428 | 161 | 474 | 3439 | 471 | 387 | 316 | 129 | 327 | 215 | 365 | 482 | 509 | 3201 | 6640 |
| Blue M: 68.9/120 | 384 | 348 | 182 | 464 | 464 | 371 | 372 | 144 | 423 | 3152 | 440 | 365 | 300 | 112 | 315 | 196 | 345 | 468 | 481 | 3022 | 6174 |
| White M: 67.5/117 W: 73.1/125 | 360 | 329 | 169 | 425 | 440 | 340 | 320 | 112 | 415 | 2910 | 392 | 360 | 277 | 100 | 302 | 153 | 330 | 459 | 467 | 2840 | 5750 |
| Red M: 65.1/112 W: 70.0/117 | 314 | 327 | 155 | 312 | 409 | 323 | 316 | 102 | 378 | 2636 | 340 | 342 | 272 | 93 | 300 | 120 | 291 | 455 | 389 | 2602 | 5238 |
| Handicap | 3 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 10 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 1 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 12 |
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Reviewer Photos
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Photo submitted by jefffss on 12/25/2023
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Photo submitted by realmonte on 06/27/2023
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Photo submitted by realmonte on 06/27/2023
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Photo submitted by realmonte on 06/27/2023
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Photo submitted by realmonte on 06/27/2023
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Photo submitted by u000001301764 on 12/07/2022
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Morning view down the Par-5 5th fairway. A strong drive, especially to the center-right fairway, sets you up to go for the green in two! Photo submitted by vmustang on 04/25/2021
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Photo submitted by DDTipton on 03/12/2020
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Photo submitted by thedoanezon3 on 05/31/2019
Horrible pace management, starter, ranger
Our morning began by having the starter push us to start early, our tee time was at 7:52am with two open holes in front of our foursome. About 40 minutes into our round in the middle of the 4th hole the ranger, Janet, approaches us and states she’s “been getting calls left and right” about our slow play. At this point we’re averaging ~10min per hole at a course with a 4 hour pace of play. We somehow became the scapegoat for the mess and bad pace management from the starter allowing golfers to tee off 2 minutes apart it seems like. We proceeded to skip the rest of the 4th hole, kept playing our pace, and on the 11th caught the group in front of us. We noticed golfers continuing to stack in the previous holes, and we now had a 2 hole gap between us the group behind us. We finished the round in 3 hours, and keeping our initial pace were later congratulated for being “rockstars”. You’re welcome for fixing your mess and bad pace management by skipping golf that we paid for.
PSA
-If you have somewhere to be don’t come play golf, go tend to your responsibilities.
-5 stars for the actual course this place is a gem, in great shape, and very forgiving. The burritos are amazing as well.
Fabulous Shape Right Now
SM is a fave of mine and my friends. It’s in fab shape currently (Feb 2024), pace of play just great on a Tuesday morning, food in the grill on point. We were able to get some footage for our channel (YT Two Average Golfers)—shameless plug, yes—without interrupting the pace of play and it was just a great time. We shall return!!
Great staff
Weather went from Marginal to Ice Station Zebra on the front. Rain and wind found us all thawing out in their bar area. Great service and rain checks for the back nine.
Nipplie Cold
Tee Time was great (0816am), price was $60.00 per player, total staff was very professional. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
By the way; Happy Birthday San Marcos!
Fairways need more and thicker turf
Ever try hitting a golf ball off the kitchen floor? That is about what you will encounter at San Marcos. Grass is so short in the fairways!
Bruce R - 12-10-2023 San Marcos
Course layout is nice overall. Some areas need some work in regard to fairways and flooding.
The staff is very friendly and professional, the bar / lounge environment is nice and the cook is great! Better keep him on staff, our lunch meals were awesome.
So slow
Course was in great condition, staff is friendly. The course isn’t difficult it’s actually a perfect course to work on your game but the pace of play was so slow and I mean the slowest I have seen anywhere. The marshaling needs to improve and they need to space out the tee times but at least 5 more minutes. Slow play and felt so crowded.
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