Palmer Course at Wildfire Golf Club at Desert Ridge

Golf in Scottsdale in January is almost always excellent, but also very expensive relative to other times of the year. We paid $139.00 each and that was inexpensive compared to other comparable courses in Scottsdale. I live in Arizona and have played almost all the known public courses, including both Troon North courses (both are excellent) We-Ko-Pa (both courses are excellent), The Boulders (both courses are very good), and so on. I would rank my first experience at Wildfire as at least very good if not excellent. Everyone associated with the course was very friendly and helpful. We played the Palmer course and it was excellent, with a fair amount of wildlife throughout the course (which I enjoy). Parking is weird, but all you need to do is take your parking ticket inside and they will exchange it for a pre-paid ticket so you don't pay the $10 fee once you exit the parking lot. Practice facilities are abundant and very nice. Course has a really good layout, is mostly a good challenge, especially the fast greens, but overall you should be able to score pretty well. Bathrooms on the course are very nice, and the refreshment cart came by at least 3 times during our round. I really can't think of one negative and at some point we will go back to challenge the Faldo course. Our experience was extremely positive and a great day of golf in Scottsdale.

Been wanting to play here for a while and we got it on a hit deal and did not disappoint, course was in great shape and was challenging. Staff really friendly. Definitely want to try the Faldo course on my next trip to Scottsdale.

I have played this course many times over the past several years. It is very scenic, well maintained, and with a nice variety of holes. However, on this occasion the pace of play was atrocious.Not a ranger in sight to move things along, and calls to the pro shop went unanswered!

Very fun and fair golf course. Great conditions, considering all the rain we’ve had.

Had no expectations going into this round and was pleasantly surprised. Other than the $10 for parking the course and amenities were top notch. $10 to park but you get a full practice facility and range balls… pretty worth it to me. Rangers were doing their jobs as well. We started our round at 1:30pm on a Sunday and finished 5:25 as the sun was just setting. I will be back to play the Faldo course where I hear there are some crazy bunkers scattered all over FUN!!

The course was in great shape, especially for mid August. Challenging layout, great fairways, only downside was the greens were a bit hairy but still very well kept, im assuming left a bit longer due to how dry it is this time of year.
Worth the money