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3.8
3027 Reviews (3027)
5 Stars
789
4 Stars
1213
3 Stars
568
2 Stars
290
1 Stars
167
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.7
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.9
77.4%
Recommend this course
2246 out of 3027 reviews
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4.1
283 Reviews (283)
5 Stars
111
4 Stars
107
3 Stars
43
2 Stars
14
1 Stars
8
Conditions
4.0
Value
3.9
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.4
84.5%
Recommend this course
239 out of 283 reviews
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3.9
478 Reviews (478)
5 Stars
154
4 Stars
197
3 Stars
70
2 Stars
36
1 Stars
21
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.8
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.3
81.6%
Recommend this course
390 out of 478 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Style Links
Par 71
Length 6288 yards
Slope 124
Rating 68.5

The Arizona Grand Resort (formerly known as Phantom Horse Golf Club) boasts a challenging golf course, blending desert target golf with traditional links, playing par-71 over 6,336 yards, and a 7,000-square-foot practice green with a bunker and chipping area for a pre-round tune-up.

After a round at Arizona Grand Resort, head to an onsite drinking or dining spot: there's Mexican food, and then there's Southwestern dancing, and then there's a sports bar so you can catch up with someone else's game indoors or outdoors on the patio.

The Arizona Grand Resort also offers several packages, ranging from stay-and-play to family deals to getaways for women to romantic suite packages, complete with breakfast in bed.

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Course Details

Year Built 1987
Golf Season Year round
Architect Forrest Richardson (1987) Brad Bartell Jack Snyder (1988)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper golf attire required.

Available Facilities

Conference Facilities, Banquet Facilities, Spa, Locker Rooms

Available Sports

Fitness

Reviews

3.8
3027 Reviews (3027)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 64
Patio Dining 54
Brunch 37
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 137
Bunkers 103
Water Hazards 91
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 88
Locals 66
Advanced Golfers 61
This Course's Location is:
At a Resort 126
Convenient to the City 119
Near the Airport 93

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STAY AWAY

Course has a boring layout....that's not ideal but that's not the major problem. The course might be THE WORST kept course I have ever played in my life. All fairways are burnt and spotty. You can't tell the fairway from the rough. The greens are also awful. Rangers are useless as there was a fivesome on the course ahead of us. Staff seemed to not care and didn't provide any useful information like where to hit your teeshot on the first hole which is a completely blind shot. Also no practice facility. Spend the money to go somewhere else. I've never felt compelled to write a review before but this course did it and I'd give it less than 1 star if I could.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing

Beautiful course

The staff were not interested in helping. Pace of play was very slow and they didn’t have marshals out on the course. We were told by another group of players that it was normal.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Course was pretty nice. The front 9 wasn’t what I was expecting for “desert golf” but the back 9 was. I used driver on hole one and didn’t even need to and never touched it again. You can get away with a 3 iron and have 130 in on average. (Depending on how well you hit your 3 iron. A lot of layup holes as well. Water features around the holes were nice to look at. Greens were skinny and long for the most part. No range, just a net with 3 mats that you hit balls into that looks over hole 2 and 3. Overall a nice course that I would play again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 36
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
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First Time Playing

Arizona Grand

The course after the first three holes is a very nice, picture taking course. The green on first holes was terrible, plus you have to walk a mile to get to your ball. The second hole had construction you could not see and green terrible condition. The third hole is hit and hope with long carry to possible fairway and mounds and water. The balance of the course was very nice, but several blind shots. We played with couple that had played the course before or would not known where greens were located. Very upscale facility, but would not pay to play it again. We were exhausted from excessive walking up and down mounds and hills after the first three holes because of cart restrictions. Would not recommend course to seniors or people with medical conditions.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

April Golf

Enjoyed our round at the Grand. Play slowed as group ahead of us delayed by slow play ahead of them. Course Marshall should be out checking on pace of play. Like the addition of GPS on the carts

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great track

The course was in good shape. Finished in 4.5 hours. Like the layout of the back nine.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fun challenge

This course forces a lot of blind shots and/or layups. The elevation changes make those calculations even tougher. The manager was very nice and helpful with this being my first time on the course.
Sometimes of the surrounding hikers on the back nine were loud and distracting but that’s the price you pay for getting those cool views.
Definitely going back with a better game plan.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Excellent time

The staff was outstanding as I've been accustomed to. They are always friendly and professional. I must say the pace-of-play was the best I've had there. Maybe because I was in the 1st group out? Looking forward to playing it again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 27
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Never Again

Extremely slow. Had to wait at nearly every hole for up to 20 minutes. There was a group of 4 and 2 who decided to play together on most of the back 9. Marshals were aware but were unable to catch them at it until 17.
Tee boxes are pretty beat up. Greens in poor shape. Lots of bare dirt around the edges of the greens. No driving range, just a netted off area that wasn’t functional. The wind had blown the net loose so if you happened to hit a low ball while warming up, look out if there was someone on the #3 tee box.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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