Sidewinder at Gold Canyon Golf Resort
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About
The Sidewinder at Gold Canyon Golf Resort slithers about the base of Dinosaur Mountain among arroyos and dry creeks. Indigenous cacti like cholla and prickly pear and trees like mesquite and palo verde feature along the testing curves that require top play.
A round on the Sidewinder at Gold Canyon Golf Resort begins on the 487-yard par-5 first. It's one of four par-5s, with the others measuring over 500 yards from the gold tees; the second of these is the 523-yard sixth. The last is the 505-yard 18th, a tough way to finish, requiring a drive up the middle of the fairway, between two washes, to hit the green in two.
The reward after a round on the Sidewinder at Gold Canyon Golf Resort sits in The Bar & Grill, simply named and recently redone in marble and slate, but not in such a way to remove its casual ninth-hole charm.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 71 | 6533 yards | 71.6 | 132 |
| Black | 71 | 6137 yards | 69.4 | 127 |
| Blue | 71 | 5727 yards | 67.0 | 121 |
| Blue (W) | 72 | 5727 yards | 73.7 | 137 |
| White | 71 | 5315 yards | 64.8 | 112 |
| White (W) | 72 | 5315 yards | 70.0 | 125 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 4403 yards | 66.1 | 110 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 72.0/134 | 487 | 251 | 400 | 147 | 352 | 523 | 177 | 417 | 392 | 3146 | 165 | 511 | 435 | 372 | 212 | 418 | 447 | 319 | 505 | 3384 | 6530 |
| Black M: 69.9/129 | 477 | 180 | 378 | 133 | 338 | 511 | 163 | 372 | 375 | 2927 | 154 | 499 | 404 | 364 | 191 | 414 | 426 | 294 | 475 | 3221 | 6148 |
| Black/Blue M: 68.7/126 | 420 | 180 | 342 | 133 | 338 | 511 | 163 | 347 | 353 | 2787 | 154 | 499 | 362 | 364 | 180 | 394 | 370 | 294 | 475 | 3092 | 5879 |
| Blue M: 67.3/122 W: 72.9/130 | 420 | 160 | 342 | 127 | 309 | 444 | 150 | 347 | 353 | 2652 | 137 | 484 | 362 | 323 | 180 | 394 | 370 | 279 | 454 | 2983 | 5635 |
| Blue/White M: 66.1/118 | 420 | 140 | 342 | 127 | 309 | 414 | 150 | 296 | 278 | 2476 | 137 | 484 | 350 | 323 | 170 | 370 | 311 | 279 | 420 | 2844 | 5320 |
| White M: 65.2/116 W: 70.1/121 | 401 | 140 | 315 | 115 | 260 | 414 | 108 | 296 | 278 | 2327 | 116 | 464 | 350 | 303 | 170 | 370 | 311 | 233 | 420 | 2737 | 5064 |
| Silver M: 64.2/112 W: 68.9/116 | 378 | 135 | 300 | 109 | 257 | 404 | 108 | 287 | 278 | 2256 | 117 | 449 | 342 | 291 | 162 | 367 | 311 | 233 | 416 | 2688 | 4944 |
| Cooper W: 66.5/112 | 344 | 123 | 237 | 75 | 210 | 359 | 95 | 211 | 245 | 1899 | 104 | 440 | 301 | 277 | 151 | 354 | 275 | 178 | 334 | 2414 | 4313 |
| Handicap | 18 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 5 | |||
| Par | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 71 |
| Handicap (W) | 3 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 2 |
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Tight fairways
The course was in excellent condition the fairways were tight and you have to lay up sometimes if your afraid of spraying the ball around. Great staff couldn't do more for you
This course has great views
First time playing in Phoenix, and this course is one I'd play again. Looking forward to next year.
Just Two Complaints
This is a nice course and well maintained (except the bunkers). With a look at the course flyovers on their website before play it shouldn't present too much trouble. We played from the black tees. I did have a couple of issues though. The first is with some of the greens. Quite a few of them slope from front to back (?), they are fairly small and hard. Try sticking a longer appoach on that! My second beef also goes for the other 3 courses I have played around Phoenix in the last few days. This is a desert so is it hard to find a bit more sand for the bunkers? And the sand that is in them is full of small pebbles and rock chips that get sprayed over the green when it's a greenside trap. Yikes! Use fine, screened sand.
great course and great staff
Have nothing but good things to say about this course. First, the staff was very very friendly especially Mark the starter. He worked with is because our 4th was 15 minutes late, He asked (very politely) those tee times behind us if they wouldn't mind teeing off before us. He went out of his way so that our fourth could join us on the 1st hole.
Forget the price, treat yourself to a good course and play it. For us it was will worth it. Good job SIDEWINDER.
Nice Course
Really liked this course! A good test of golf skills. Front 9 pace of play was perfect at 2 hrs but when we got to the back 9, it slowed right down for some reason. Took 2 hrs 45 to do back 9. Homes lining some of the fairways can be a little intimidating but fairways still wide enough. GPS systems on carts ok but could have provided more info on distance to hazards and doglegs. I would score much better on my next round.
Nice track
This round was played on a great day, on a good course, but it was at a slow pace. Group in front was always waiting to tee off on the next hole when we pulled up. Nice views of mountains in distance and enough variety in tee lengths to meet the needs of all golfers.
Gold Canyon Sidewinder
Awesome Course! great views, manicured course, well worth going out to play!
Another great day at a first class course
We have played here 4 times in the last month- it is very good value with rounds at approx. $75. The course is very picturesque, well laid out, easy to play from forward tees, and quite challenging from the longer tees. We played last round on a Wed at 10am, and finished in under 4 hours. You will not be disappointed.
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