Dinosaur Mountain at Gold Canyon Golf Resort

This course is a must for anyone planning a golf trip in the Phoenix area. By far the best course for scenery and wildlife.

This was truly a remarkable place to play golf. The views are awesome and the staff was very professional and courteous.
Thanks for a remarkable round. We will be back.

Course was in great shape but what really made the experience is the views! You must play this course if you get the opportunity.

Le Dinosaur est mon terrain favori. Même s'il n'est pas excessivement difficile, il possède plusieurs défis. Pour moi c'est un "MUST"

great course almost worth the 150,00 fee really loved the free message before the round nice touch john

Pace of play was just over 4 hours 20 minutes. Excellent and well groomed fairways. Greens fast and true. I would say this is the finest course in the valley. I would come back any time!

One if the best desert courses I have played. The views are incredible and the greens are outstanding.

Beautiful track, but condition not up to previous standards. Especially greens!

They also need a bigger putting green and a proper driving range to charge a premium price per round.

Sorry, but not worth $199/round.

Parcours visuellement extraordinaire. Conditions de jeu excellentes. Verts très rapides. Top 3 de notre voyage.

Probably the most fun I've had golfing in this area in the 7 years I've been going down there. Almost every hole on this course had it's own special photo op. The elevation changes were amazing. The staff was very friendly and made us feel welcome. The course itself was in great shape, especially the greens.

My only gripe is that we didn't get to finish the last hole due to darkness. We were playing as a twosome and caught up to a few very slow groups. Would have been nice to get through but we didn't let it ruin our day!

The course, as is typical, was in very good condition with the exception of some dying spots in the fairways which is not unusual this time of year in the desert. Pace of play was disappointing as we were "pushing" the group in front of us and being "pushed" from behind since the course marshal seemed to be more interested in finding lost golf balls than keeping things moving.

Have been in town for a week of golf and this was the most beautiful course we played, from when you drop the bag until you got back in the car at the end of the game it was a great experience, the course was in fantastic conditions, the staff was very helpful, some of the views were the best i have experienced while playing golf, we enjoyed it so much that we played a second 18 on the sister course ( Sidewinder), will play again next year.

amazing day, amazing course
will put on preferred list

I don't know about Sidewinder, but as for Dinosaur, I recommend that for the same money you should be able to play some other course you like in the Phoenix area 2 or 3 times.

I don't understand what all the fuss over this course is about. The scorecard does not add up the yardages, and the reason seems to be that it has 6 par 3s. There seemed to be weeks of unrepaired ballmarks (dents) in the greens, and at least two-thirds of the pins were on the very edges of the greens, many of which were quite large. As if the game and this course weren't challenging enough already. When I complained to golf course staff about all the edgey pins they said, "We hear that all the time."

And for all this, not to mention a joke of a driving range (mats), they like to get a buck thirty-five or more with seemingly very little discounting. Yes, it's pretty and you get to drive a golf cart through the foothills of the Superstition Mountains, and in fairness it does have a number of very nice golf holes, but to me, overall, this is an overly expensive, very indifferent golf product. They fooled me once. It won't happen again.

Our day was fantastic. My wife, an LPGA teaching pro, shot a 73 from the whites. I had to keep pace, and also shot a 73 from the whites. Our pairing group was a great couple from Canada, and even they couldn't believe what happened on 14. I put a pretty good swing on it, but didn't expect a back spin roll, RIGHT INTO THE CUP. It wasn't my first ace, but definitely my favorite. I love Gold Canyon, and I can't wait til next year when we return.

This is a must play….Dinosaur course!
Unbelievable par 3's with elevations out of this world. Fantastic course! Best be hitting your tee shots well!

This is a course pretty far off the beaten track for those in central Phoenix. It is an older course, mats on the range, and looks rather dated in the accommodations. The course itself is harder than one might think. It plays far longer, despite 6 par 3s, and the greens were very inconsistent, some very fast, others slow. They need work.

Even at that, it is a pretty course and while I would not play it again because of its location, it's worth a round if you are in the area.

Scenic course, well maintained. Service excelent. Good working GPS on the cart. Worth the 40 minute drive from central Phoenix and or Scottsdale

We were the first group out and set a good pace coming in 25 minutes under the recommendation. It helped to have a member playing with us to point us in the right direction. Excellent condition, challenging but fair. Would play it again and recommend others play it. Walking is not allowed on Dinosaur.

One of the best courses we have played this winter!! Pace of play was excellent. We definitely will play again!!