Desert Trails Golf Course at Sun City West
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Desert Trails Golf Course is an executive course that possesses an interesting variety of par 4s that gives the opportunity for getting practice with every club. The course is most suited for beginning and intermediate players, and due to its flat terrain it is a good course for golfers who enjoy walking. Desert Trails Golf Course features wide fairways and undulating greens. Water hazards only come into play on the front nine but there are sand bunkers throughout the entire course to add some interest. Each hole offers three different tees to provide more possibilities as well as the option to adjust the game to different abilities and skill levels.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 61 | 4027 yards | 59.4 | 89 |
| White | 61 | 3696 yards | 58.4 | 87 |
| Red (W) | 61 | 3090 yards | 56.1 | 78 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 59.3/89 W: 61.6/97 | 295 | 182 | 154 | 121 | 172 | 395 | 214 | 128 | 323 | 1984 | 351 | 139 | 181 | 239 | 171 | 370 | 121 | 150 | 321 | 2043 | 4027 |
| White M: 58.2/86 W: 59.8/92 | 281 | 158 | 139 | 106 | 153 | 373 | 199 | 125 | 292 | 1826 | 336 | 115 | 160 | 225 | 142 | 353 | 109 | 138 | 292 | 1870 | 3696 |
| Red M: 56.2/80 W: 57.1/82 | 250 | 138 | 103 | 78 | 106 | 340 | 170 | 84 | 259 | 1528 | 292 | 91 | 121 | 191 | 114 | 316 | 85 | 86 | 266 | 1562 | 3090 |
| Handicap | 6 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 7 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 61 |
| Handicap (W) | 4 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 7 |
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This course is fun to play.
I have golfed at this course several times and always
look forward to returning. The staff is very friendly and
everyone I've been paired with is very friendly.
Player marshall
This is a really nice course. Love the layout, greens are challenging because they are very firm and fast. My only problem is with the ranger. We teed off with nobody in front of us for the first two-three holes. Halfway through the front nine he comes by to ask us to pick up the pace. Mind you, my son and I are walking and the couple we played with had their own cart. None of us were messing around, taking too much time, etc. occasionally we saw people behind us, but not waiting like we were slow.
By the time we get to the 15th hole, this ranger is really adamant about us picking up the pace because “we are holding everyone up”. Well behind us the whole day is a twosome, followed by a threesome, (ALL IN CARTS)! Meanwhile we tee off on 16, and the twosome isn’t even in the fairway on 15 yet.. so how are we going slow? I even told him “look we are hitting the greens on our par 3’s how are we slow? His response, “move up to the next closest tee then. Wait what??? How about you tell the group of two and the group of three to chill out?
I then spoke to him after the round because I was going to complain to a manager inside. He said we should finish this course in less than 3 hours and that is what he was going by. Well we finished in 3 hours and 15 minutes.. so again tell the “members” who were complaing to relax. If I pay money to play a course and I’m not messing around looking for lost balls and taking too long then let me play my game otherwise adjust your tee times accordingly.
I can’t wait for summer time because there won’t be anybody on this course because it will be too hot. Even for the ranger!
Quite Surprised!
D Trails is thoughtfully laid out and well maintained. The greens are firm but receptive, and the ball rolls true with green speeds I'm guessing around 10+ on the Stemp meter. A fun course and very challenging.
Executive course
Desert Trails is an absolute gem of an executive course. Great layout in excellent shape from tee to greens with greens in great shape and fast just how I like them. Friendly staff that was very accommodating. I would highly recommend playing this course and I traveled from Tempe to do it.
Walked it in 2:30 minutes. My kinda golf!
Course is in great condition!!
Nice Exec Course
Really enjoyed our round here other than I thought a cart was included. Course is in great shape and pace of play was good.
Nice Executive Course
Fun course in really good condition. The only thing is I thought a cart was included in our price as most all are on GN but guess I didn’t read the fine print so that was another $32.
Best Executive Course Around
Really enjoyed the variety of distances and the greens were running true, but very challenging. Love this course!
Desert Trails - First Timer
This is the first time I played Desert Trails and I very much enjoyed it. The pace of play was very good. The course layout was challenging for me and very different from the other executive courses in Sun City West. Course condition was pretty good but there were some wet spots from water runoff and pooling. The greens were slow which is different from other Sun City West courses. They had all of the practice facilities and a well staffed and friendly pro shop. I will definitely play this course again.
Very fun course. But pace of play needs to be better
Very fun and exciting course. But there is a lot of waiting on the groups in front.
Great Executive Course - Greens were amazing!
This course is really great. I played the front 9. 3 Par 4s and 6 Par 3s. The greens were in amazing shape. I walked the course, pace was a little bit slow. Waited on multiple holes even with walking. Fairways in good shape on the Par 4s. Really nice little course. Will definitely be back!
Very Nice
We have added this executive course to our favorites list and will deginitely do it again. The fairways and greens are the best we have played this season. The length of the course is enough to give you full club utilization (7 par 4s). Bunkers are also well maintained and easy to hit from. Really enjoyable walk.
nice and quick to play
course is in excellent shape as are all the SSW courses. Executive course with challenging greens and pin placements. Greens in very good shape but run slow.
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