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4.2
114 Reviews (114)
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Conditions
4.2
Value
3.8
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.0
91.8%
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106 out of 114 reviews
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4.0
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4.0
Amenities
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4.0
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4.2
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4.2
Value
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Layout
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Pace
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Amenities
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StaffFriendliness
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Style Desert/Traditional
Par 72
Length 7006 yards
Slope 134
Rating 78.0

Desert Springs Golf Club offers a challenging championship course with seven sets of tees so golfers can truly personalize the game to their individual abilities. The golf course is located in the Northwest Valley, bordered by the White Tank Mountains. It is a desert-style course with wide fairways and relatively large greens that have slight undulation. An astounding 17 water hazards come into play on the course as well as strategically placed sand bunkers, both putting a premium on accuracy. Desert Springs Golf Club has practice facilities for golfers to use as well, including a chipping area and putting green.

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Course Details

Year Built 1997
Fairways Bermuda grass
Greens Bermuda grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

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

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Collared shirt, no denim

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Restaurant

Accolades

Reviews

4.2
114 Reviews (114)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 13
Patio Dining 9
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 14
Water Hazards 12
Plays Long 8
This course/club is great for:
Locals 19
Seniors 19
Playing Multiple Courses 13
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 16
Worth the Drive 14
Convenient to the City 7

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Reviews 10
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing

Good course

Overall solid course, but the driving range was closed. Greens were a little slow, but very firm. Difficult to hold the greens from around the green. Good layout, but make sure you know where the water and waste areas are. It’s hard to tell off the tee how close trouble actually is. Good variety of tee boxes with set combos. The fairways are still a little burnt out, but no real issue.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Course good/staff unfriendly

Course was in good condition with good layout. However the staff isn’t very welcoming and Marshall’s constantly complaining about pace of play even though we were ahead of pace. Finished 18 holes in 3hrs and 40 minutes

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 71
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

Real nice coarse.

The coarse was actually in great shape for the record breaking heat we've had. Played with 3 other guys. Great time, nice round.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 78
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Course for retiree

My group of 8 decided to play on a Sunday afternoon. Most courses around Avondale / Gooodyear did not have tee time available. I expanded my search and found Desert Springs and had a reasonable price for non-residents. Course was in a big community with multiple courses. This course maybe designed for 50 and over retirees. As soon as we got to parking lot, a few of residents/members gave us the looks like we were in the wrong place. It’s one thing if it’s just me noticing it but all 8 of my guys felt unwelcome. The clubhouse lady was very nice and again with some patrons inside giving us the looks. We decided to just ignore it and enjoy our day. After our second hole, the Marshal visited us and looks like he was tracking our pace of play. My group are good players and knows golf pace of play. On our 6th hole, we see the same marshal driving towards us on the tee box. It was my turn to hit my tee shot so I stopped to wait for him to clear. He then drove his cart just right front off the tee box and parked, pulled his tee sheet and waved me to tee off. I play a high draw so I tent to aim more to the right but with him in front of me to the right, I had to change my aim and over drew my tee shot to the left. This was not the last visit by this marshal as we saw him again on the 8th or 9th hole. All this visit , not once he asked or told us we were behind pace. What was the reason for all this visits?

If your going to open your course to the public, I would hope everyone is treated the same way. The course clubhouse, practice facility and the course itself was great but the marshal and the members are not too welcoming of random brown skin folks. never have I been so uncomfortable and upset on a public golf course.

My Ratings : 1-5

Clubhouse Staff Experience: 4
Practice Facilities: 5
Marshal : 1
Members : 1
Course : 4.5

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 237
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Arizona Advisor
Top 25 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Green

This course is fairly open and pretty easy overall. I have not played this course for various reasons for a few years. I see that the summer price has gone up post covid and after renovating one of the other courses here. The course was very green for summer. The fairways had plenty of grass. There were a few burn spots but nothing drastic. The rough was very thick, long and dark green. You do not get much roll out in the fairways, but I would rather have plenty of grass under the ball than extra roll out. The only take away was the putting surface. They still have not recovered from aeration. They were bumpy, jumpy and lumpy. You had to hit a firm putt and just get close to the pin. The ball would sometimes turn harshly as it slowed down.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 16
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 41
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 56
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Very playable for high handicaps

Have not played this course in several years, mainly because of the expensive green fees. We did manage to book a rate that we were OK with. Probably the resident twilight rate, so decided to take some friends that had not previously played the course. We did have a later tee time and were not sure if we would be able to finish, but the pace of play was fine. Not a lot of character for the course, but still enjoyed the round. Would play it again for the right price, but not the rack rate. There are more courses in the area that are better courses for less money.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great course.

Played for the first time here and the course was in awesome shape. Very wide fairways and lots of desert. Water on a few holes and some nice mountain views. Teed off just before 2 so we got a great rate and we got around in 4 hours on a Sunday. It was getting dark but I was surprised we got in 18 holes. Definitely going back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
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 Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great condition

First time here and it was a really nice course. Started off not too we’ll because of those 2 older ladies at the front desk because they had a little attitude but thank God for John which made our day a lot better. Everything else was awesome after we met John.
Those 2 older ladies in the front complicated everything for us and almost ruined our first time being there till John made our day but after John took care of us our day went beautiful. Everything was AMAZING just the 2 ladies were the down fall part. FIX THE ATTITUDE AND RESPECT YOUR CUSTOMERS

BIG BIG THANKS TO JOHN AT THE STARTER STATION.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course

It being a Saturday and as busy as it was play was slow and back nine. But course was in great condition and was challenging. Loved playing here

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Course

Wonderful course, great service ,great shape, brand new golf carts, A big thumbs up.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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