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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 23
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great Shape, Fun Course

With the exception of the areas on the perimeters of the greens where the course is taking the greens back to their original size, the course was in great shape. The tees were already being scalped for overseeding but it didn't affect the playability of the course at all. A fun course where one is rarely out of play and the pace was well-kept.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Excellent course with very friendly staff

We've played this course twice now. Both times the course was in excellent shape and everyone there was very friendly. The course has nice wide fairways, some water but it doesn't come into play too often and very nice greens. The food and drink prices are very reasonable and the food is very good at the restaurant. This is becoming one of our favorite courses.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 109
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

lots of grass

greens were in great shape along with the fair ways, we will play again, tee blocks were flat and lots of grass.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 67
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

west valley

this is a fun course with a nice layout. not overly difficult, but better players can play the blue tees and it plays to around 7000 yards depending on where they put the blur tees. 2 long par 4 on the back, one measured i think 437. greens a bit slow, fairways good, bunkers looked as if they could use some work.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

forgiving

Lots of water, but it really only came into play on a couple of holes. Overall, the course was very forgiving. Bring your own gps - there are only 150 yard distance markers.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 43
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Need some golf love???

For the most part the course was in ok condition. There were many thin and bare/dirty spots in the fairways and the greens look and play poorly. Some of the greens had sanded repair spots or spots that needed to be sanded and repaired. Am hoping they can fix this patches when they redo the course in a couple of weeks.
On the other hand it is fun to play and a bit of an ego boost as there are very few bunkers or hazards. Very wide and open. Tiger would (possibly) love it. Ha. Fun to play. Brink your own liquids, not much water on course.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 24
Handicap 10-14
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

Good course but a few of it's neighbors are better.

Playing Desert Springs completes my goal of playing all 30 full length courses on Golfnow in the NW valley. It's a pretty straight forward course in reasonable shape but doesn't offer much excitement or variety. One of the best club house and practice areas and staff are it's outstanding values. But the golf was somewhat boring with little trouble off the tee and around the greens. If you want to score well it should rank high on your scale.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Awesome Track

got a hot deal for $21 with a slider and a drink. Might have been the best golf deal ever. Course is fantastic. Greens were slow but were just coming out of overseeding. Will definitely play again. One of the most fun courses I've played in the Phoenix area. Was pleasantly surprised by this course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 34
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great Course / Great Value!

The four of us all really enjoyed the Desert Springs Course. It was cart path only, but we finished in under 4 hours anyways! Course is in great shape, and a good test..... Usually difficult to find available tee times.... My three playing partners had never played the course before, but all want to come back asap!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Worth the trip

This was a shotgun start and was paired with 3 others. 2 dropped out after 9 because of slow play. This was only the 2nd day open after re-seeding. The roughs were 6-10 inches and easy to lose the ball. There is no roll. The greens were also slow. Lots of people hunting for their ball. Cart path only so a couple of 100yd jaunts on the par 5's was not uncommon. This course has the layout of a championship course with undulating green, Water and plenty of well placed bunkers. There are false fronts and elevation changes and very generous fairways

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Overseeding

It is probably a very nice course, but when i booked my tee time, i didn't know they were scalping the course as we tried to play. If they are going to work on the course, don't do it as we play. Either close the course and work on it or let us play without dodging all the workers.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 56
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

GOOD TO BE BACK

I HAVENT PLAYED DESERT SPRINGS IN QUITE A WHILE. DIDNT REMEMBER MUCH OF THE COURSE OR FACILITIES. EVERYTHING WAS IN GREAT SHAPE, INCLUDING THE COURSE CONSIDERING THE SEASON. NICE TO SEE THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE OFFERINGS WERE PRICED WITH THEIR PATRONS IN MIND....WISH MORE COURSES WOULD FOLLOW THE SAME AGENDA-THEY WOULD ONLY SELL MORE PRODUCT!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Great afternoon

Everything was wonderful. Will definitely play again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

Hot Deal

I stumbled into this course as Hot Deal Special sponsored by Golf Now. Probably the best $10 (plus GN Fee) that I have ever spent on anything golf.
Nice course for my level (15 Hndcp) and I was able to score. Fairways were wide which helps my game.
The staff treated me very well despite the Golf Now discount and the drinks were inexpensive. Happened to be paired up with two nice people making it a wonderful 3+ hours.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

This Course Is In Great Shape

Really enjoyed playing Desert Springs G C, a course that was NOT full of the typical burned and bare spots from tee to green that I see at many/most courses in the summer. Kudos to the G C crew and management. Staff was very friendly and the price was right for golf and also for beer and a dog. It was a bit of a drive for me to get there but it is well worth it and I will go back to play here again soon. Plus a 3 1/2 hour round on a Saturday, how great is that.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Great layout and condition

I was very pleasantly surprised at the condition of this course for August. Fairways and greens in excellent shape, better than some courses in winter. Good layout and good pace. Will definitely go back again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart

nice day toplay

All round a great course. I will play there again.

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

Desert Springs

Sun City Grand always keeps their courses in good condition. You can't beat the summer prices and their food and beverage prices are always reasonable.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

This course was a pleasure to play

We are very fortunate to be able to play great courses like this

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 49
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Very straight forward, enjoyable course.

Staff exceeding helpful and friendly. Greens in good shape as well as fairways.

Difficulty Moderate
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