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3.5
1961 Reviews (1961)
5 Stars
346
4 Stars
838
3 Stars
494
2 Stars
174
1 Stars
109
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.6
Layout
3.8
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
3.4
Amenities
3.5
73.2%
Recommend this course
1480 out of 1961 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.4
135 Reviews (135)
5 Stars
26
4 Stars
43
3 Stars
40
2 Stars
11
1 Stars
15
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.4
Layout
3.6
Pace
3.2
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.2
69.6%
Recommend this course
94 out of 135 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.6
294 Reviews (294)
5 Stars
57
4 Stars
114
3 Stars
76
2 Stars
29
1 Stars
18
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.5
Layout
3.8
Pace
3.4
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.2
73.1%
Recommend this course
215 out of 294 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public/Resort
Style Traditional
Par 70
Length 6021 yards
Slope 110
Rating 66.3

The Painted Mountain Golf Club is a challenging desert-style course with a variety of different tees to accommodate every age group and skill level. The course offers a lengthier challenge from the first hole, a par-5 dogleg right, to the last, which requires an approach shot over water in order to reach the green. The Painted Mountain Golf Club, in addition to the course, is also home to the John Jacob's Golf School.

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Course Details

Year Built 1969
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Frank Boxberger

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes
GPS No
Pull-carts No

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Caddies No
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, Apple Pay Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Collared shirt, no cutoffs, denim ok.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks, Grill, Restaurant, Beverage Carts

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Reviews

3.5
1961 Reviews (1961)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 39
Patio Dining 34
Dinner 25
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 45
Water Hazards 42
Undulating Greens 31
This course/club is great for:
Locals 52
Seniors 48
Beginners 32
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 44
In the 'Burbs 31
Worth the Drive 19

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Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Not worth the $$$

Played it ✔️, for the same price there are at least 20 courses better. Greens in great shape, fairways are narrow but made narrower by lots of dirt, sand and rocks where I would expect grass. Pace of play was slow today (5:15) but heard from others that is not “normal”.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Divots, dirt, and scruffy tee boxes

The club house and restaurant are ok, but the golf course is struggling. There is no driving range. You can chip and putt, but there is no place to warm up hitting full swing. The tee boxes are full of divots, scruffy grass, and dirt. And please know this is reflected in the price. We played on Saturday, Feb 3 for $100 per person, the week before The Waste Management Open, a bargain for this time of year. The course is short, and at times challenging, especially the first hole. The pace of play was good. We started at 7:30am and completed our round in 4 hours. If they could fix the tee boxes and add a driving range, they could charge $100 more per round.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 02/26/2024

There used to be a range there and an executive 9 but they filled it in with homes or apartments or whatever they built there now. All about the mighty dollar to the course's detriment.

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

Not in good condition

Painted mountain is what I consider my home course. I've played the course over three hundred times. Paid $81 to play today which was the most I've ever paid here. Course was in such poor condition. Fairways were bare. Green in terrible shape and grounds keeper put in every hole poorly .I've seen this course in much better condition and shape. And for the price that's being charged it needs to get back to that condition.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Painted Mountain

Not a 100 dollar course. Fairways were spotty. The greens were good. Short course, relatively easy. Friendly people working there. A 5 hour round with poor course conditions simply isn’t worth that green fee. I suppose supply and demand dictates the price.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Odd layout very close to residences. Not very challanging greens

Odd course layout. Sandwiched between residences. Short. Greens were good. Probably several other courses in the area to play before considering Painted Mountain

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Fun

Fun course. Thought it was in pretty good shape and definitely has a lot of scoring opportunities as it’s not the longest but a lot of cool holes. Group of 4 slow women held us up and couldn’t finish last 2 holes but I’d play it again.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

Space Tee Times Properly

Well kept course, amazing staff…terrible pace of play…multiple instances with FOUR groups on one hole…obviously overselling tee times and overpopulating the course makes for a miserable overall experience. Unable to finish 18 holes with a 2:20 team time. Miserable.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fair but redo

The golf course looks pretty fair after just closing for to overseed. My thought would to go over the course with the overseed equipment and dazzle some areas with more seeding.
Recommend.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Some surprise hazards for first timers

If you’ve never played this course you may be surprised at walking up tour ball and discovering a water hazard just a few feet away—- if you’re lucky. The water hazards are practically invisible from the tee box. Once you get familiar with them, of course your decision to lay up or go for it becomes much more data driven.
On the whole the course is fairly challenging for all but the very best golfers. Even scratch players might find it amusing if not worth the trip for the sheer beauty of it.
The staff was extremely friendly.
The only downside was the adjoining restaurant was closed for renovations, but there is a pretty good Thai bistro just down the street.
All in all, a great way to end our golf vacation.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 18
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 37
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Winter golf in Arizona

Course grass is the best it's been in years. Played in 3:45 hours.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Ridiculous

1:30 tee time...Took 4 hours to play 11 holes...then got too dark to play...meaning that even if we could have played more, 18 holes would have taken 6 or 7 hours. They shove as many people on the course as possible with no regards to pace of play. Every tee box had 8 to 12 carts waiting to tee off on every hole. Just total greed on their part...jack up the prices double while the winter is here and over crowd the course knowing a round will take 6 hours to play. Then I called to complain about 4 hours for 11 holes and they defended that pace of play and the guy hung up on me. What a bunch of greedy jerks...don't waste your money...it will take all day to play and you will wait 30 minutes at each tee box waiting.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 42
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
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