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Conditions
4.7
Value
4.3
Layout
4.9
Friendliness
4.8
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.8
97.2%
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Amenities
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About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Style Desert
Par 72
Length 6836 yards
Slope 137
Rating 71.7

Course Details

Year Built 1984
Golf Season Year round
Architect Tom Fazio (1984) Andy Banfield

Rentals/Services

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

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

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

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Accolades

Reviews

4.8
1138 Reviews (1138)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 37
19th Hole Scenic Views 26
Patio Dining 24
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 122
Bunkers 104
Undulating Greens 92
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 116
Advanced Golfers 93
A Weekend Splurge 82
This Course's Location is:
At a Resort 125
Worth the Drive 87
Convenient to the City 60

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Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Absolutely wonderful

Set up beautifully easy to navigate, friendly happy staff! Hole 3 mountain course is beautiful..

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 999
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 1 Contributor
California Advisor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Canyon

Rode the Greens (6537/70.7/135) super twilight in 3.5H. Mid 90's, clear and fairly calm.

Tees level, lush and nice to play from with most divots properly repaired.

Fairways lush and deceptively undulating, few flat lies. You get divot spots in the collection areas.

Bermuda rough getting greener every day and generally good to play from.

Sand traps plentiful and very well maintained with good quality, light sand.

Large Bermuda greens immaculately maintained. Very firm, medium fast and smooth. You have to play for run out on chips and approach shots.

Customer service excellent from all encountered. Bottled water provided and nice restaurant onsite. Very nice grass driving range included in your fee. Carts do not have GPS. Difficult, tight but still fun to play. Very varied layout with several risk reward par 4's, Many elevated tee shots, constantly up/down rolling hills. Much more down than up.

They are closing one 9 on Canyon soon to redo the sprinkler system. Since I often play late in the day, I have been playing that nine twice to get in 18 several times lately because few play it late in the day. Recommended.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 999
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 1 Contributor
California Advisor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Ventana

Rode the Greens (6537/71.4/139). Mid 80's, clear and breezy. POP was brutal, 4H, 45M twilight. Playing behind a slow group of bad golfers who were just oblivious. Was within 50 yards of them on numerous holes and they did not act like letting any groups play through was an option.

Ventana is very spread out, easy to get lost. Depending on your tee choice, many tee shots hitting over no man's land with forced carries. Long climbs in carts, play down hill, then repeat the process is a common theme. Few holes are severely uphill and being very firm, the course plays shorter than the listed yardage.

Tees excellent with most divots repaired, level/lush.

Fairways lush and nice to play from.

Bermuda rough mostly green and becoming more lush/thick/deep by the day.

Sand traps very good. Around the greens plenty of soft white sand. Fairway bunkers more firm.

Large Bermuda greens smooth, very firm and medium fast. Everything releases here.

Customer service excellent on all levels. Bottled water provided. Drink cart around once. Very nice restaurant on site. Nice, all grass practice area which includes range balls. Driving range is close to a mile from the Pro Shop and the basic carts do not have GPS. Recommended.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 999
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 1 Contributor
California Advisor
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Mountain

Rode the Greens (6537/71.4/139) in 3.5H mid day. Mid 90's, clear and windy.

Mountain is the original Ventana course and the layout is the better of the two Ventana courses IMO. First Fazio design west of the Mississippi. Depending on your tee choice, many tee shots hitting over no man's land. The Green tees feature several 150-200 yard forced carries as an example. Long climbs in carts, play down hill, then repeat the process is a common theme. Few holes are severely uphill and IMO, the course plays shorter than the listed yardage.

Tees excellent with most divots repaired, level/lush.

Fairways lush and nice to play from.

Bermuda rough mostly green and becoming more lush/thick by the day.

Sand traps excellent. Around the greens plenty of soft white sand. Fairway bunkers more firm.

Large Bermuda greens smooth, very firm and medium fast.

Customer service excellent on all levels. Bottled water provided. Drink cart around once. Very nice restaurant on site. Nice, all grass practice area which includes range balls. Driving range is close to a mile from the Pro Shop and the basic carts do not have GPS. Definitely recommended.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Expensive Beer.

Bought a six pack of beer for 25.01 and they charged me twice. Tried to get a hold of the golf club but they did not pick up my phone call. Left a message to return my call but have not heard from them.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 999
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 1 Contributor
California Advisor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Canyon

Rode the Greens (6537/70.7/135) twilight in 3.5H. 95, clear and fairly calm. Very difficult course but also fair and very fun to play. Tight but not overly tight... but anything much offline is going to bring penalties into play on most shots. Varied layout with some risk reward par 4's and many elevated tee shots. Constantly up/down rolling hills, much more down than up.

Tees lush and very nice to play from.

Fairways lush and deceptively undulating, few flat lies.

Bermuda rough out of dormancy and generally good to play from.

Sand traps plentiful and very well maintained with good quality, light sand.

Large Bermuda greens medium fast and smooth. Firm, you have to play for run out and immaculately maintained.

Customer service was excellent from all encountered. Bottled water provided and nice restaurant onsite. Very nice grass driving range is included in your fee. Recommended.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Course is Okay - People are the problem

Just played there Friday (4/15) and Saturday (4/16). Played the Canyon course on Friday and the Mountain course on Saturday. This place is a private club with non-member access. Friday was fine, we played with non members. Saturday was not fine - there was a wedding that directed all traffic onto one course and the members were mad about it. Play was slow as you expect. As things bogged down late into the round, these members started making rude comments to my wife as if she was the reason things were slow. Personally, the club needs to re-examine it’s membership requirements for letting these gentlemen into a private club. My club at home would toss these “gentlemen” within a month if they acted like that. Maybe a few more lessons would make these guys enjoy their golf more, but they certainly tried to ruin our day. I won’t be going back. There’s a really nice Ritz-Carlton there in Tucson, Dove Mountain, great place. The Westin is another excellent option for resort golf. Let these 30 handicappers complain among themselves on their overpriced golf course.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Great course, outstanding value on golf now

Thoroughly enjoyed it. Service was a tad clunky on getting clubs to and from the drop, but not a big deal. No bev cart was a minus

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 999
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 1 Contributor
California Advisor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Canyon

Rode the Greens (6537/70.7/135) in slightly less than 4H super twilight. Played with a nice H/W. Low 90's, clear and breezy.

Tees nicely maintained with few divots.

Fairways lush, mowed tight and nice to play from.

Bermuda rough getting thicker/deeper with good coverage.

Sand traps excellently maintained with good quality medium grain sand.

Large Bermuda greens putt smooth. Firm and medium speed, you have to play for run out.

Excellent all grass practice area includes chipping green, sand practice green and 3 putting greens total between the two courses with unlimited range balls. Basic carts do not have GPS. Customer service excellent from everyone. Drink cart around several times. Bottled water provided. Excellent Fazio design in very good playing condition. Highly recommended.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Ventana Canyon was great!

The course was in great condition. The staff was friendly and professional.
Our only problem was the gate to get out of the parking lot didn’t work so there was a long line of grumpy people until finally a guy from the hotel figured out how to open it for us!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Amazing

The mountain course is the best course in Tucson for the layout, some hole are spectacular

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

The Course worths to play at your lifetime

I played canyon course. Course conditions and view are very good. I will rate Ventana is the best course in Arizona. I highly recommend.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 999
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 1 Contributor
California Advisor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Mountain

Rode the Greens (6537/71.4/139) in 3.5H twilight with a nice H/W. Mid 70's, clear and calm.

Tees level/lush with most divots repaired.

Fairways lush and nice to play from.

Bermuda rough greening up and becoming more lush by the week.

Sand traps nicely maintained with good quality sand.

Large Bermuda greens had been recently top dressed with a thin coat of sand. They actually rolled even better than usual and were downright quick.

Customer service excellent from all encountered. Bottled water provided. Usually no Drink cart on weekdays afternoons. Nice, all grass practice area which includes range balls. Driving range is close to a mile from the Pro Shop and the basic carts do not have GPS. Very nice Fazio design in excellent playing condition. Depending on your tee choice, many tee shots hitting over no man's land. Green tees feature several intimidating forced carries. Definitely recommended.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 999
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 1 Contributor
California Advisor
Previously Played
Perfect weather

Canyon

Rode the Greens (6537/70.7/135) in 4.5H mid morning. Played with Tyler, Frank and Collier, fun group to play with. Mid 70's, clear and fairly calm.

Tees almost immaculate with most divots repaired.

Fairways lush and nice to play from.

Bermuda rough coming out of dormancy. Getting thicker and deeper.

Sand traps very nicely maintained, consistently some of the better traps I have ever played. Many of the fairway lips are just high enough that well hit shots are required to escape. You hit a few of the fairway traps and you cannot reach the green because the lip is too severe to hit longer clubs over.

Large Bermuda greens also coming out of dormancy. Smooth, firm and medium speed.

Customer service excellent all around. Drink cart around several times. Bottled water provided. All grass practice area includes unlimited practice balls and is excellent. Chipping green, sand practice green and 3 putting greens total between the two courses. Driving range is close to a mile from the Pro Shop and the basic carts do not have GPS. Excellent Fazio design in very good playing condition. Highly recommended.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 999
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 1 Contributor
California Advisor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Mountain

Rode the Greens (6537/71.4/139) in 3.5H twilight with William. Mid 70's, clear and calm.

Overseeded tees level/lush with most divots repaired.

Overseeded fairways lush and nice to play from.

Bermuda rough coming out of dormancy. Getting thicker and deeper.

Sand traps very nicely maintained. Fairway bunkers more firm. Around the greens plenty of soft white sand.

Large Bermuda greens also coming out of dormancy. Smooth, firm and medium speed.

Customer service excellent on all levels. Drink cart around once later in the round. Bottled water provided. All grass practice area includes range balls. Driving range is close to a mile from the Pro Shop and the basic carts do not have GPS. Excellent Fazio design in Very good playing condition. Depending on your tee choice, many tee shots hitting over no man's land. Green tees feature several intimidating forced carries. Highly recommended.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 999
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 1 Contributor
California Advisor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Canyon

Rode the Greens (6537/70.7/135) twilight with a nice H/W in less than 4H. 75, clear and calm.

Fun and varied layout constantly up/down rolling hills. Some risk reward par 4's and many elevated tee shots. Most holes have unplayable native areas just off the fairways down at least one side.

Tees lush and mostly well maintained for divots.

Fairways lush, mowed tight and great to play from.

Bermuda rough beginning to come out of dormancy and good overall. A few bare areas here and there farther away from fairways.

Sand traps have good quality, light sand and were very good. Just not immaculate like usual.

Bermuda greens medium speed and smooth. Firm, you have to play for run out and you leave more dents than ball marks.

Customer service was excellent from all encountered. No GPS on the otherwise nice carts. Bottled water provided and nice restaurant onsite. Very good grass practice area is included in your fee. Highly recommended.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Slow on the Canyon

Played the Canyon course twice in a week. Course was in great shape, tees and fairways perfect condition. Dormant bermuda rough was starting to come back. Greens were very hard, balls didn't make a mark more just a little dent. Starter said they were fast, but I thought they were medium but rolled true.

Member only play alternates between each course. If you're looking to play a certain course, ask before booking. Carts only as there are long drives between holes, and pay attention to where your tee box is. Driving range is 3/4 mile drive from Loews ProShop, and 1/4 mile from Lodge. Going between 11 and 12 you actually cross a major road with a stop light.

Beverage cart was seen multiple times, and entire staff very friendly.

My issue was slow play, both rounds were 4:40, only saw a marshall on 17 of the 2d round. I don't understand why as tee times were 10 minutes apart and if you miss wide you're in the cactus and can't look for balls.

It was nice to play once, but I've played better courses for less money.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

5 Hours of Mountain Views

Played the Mountain Course while staying at the resort. Course is in excellent shape, tees and fairways in immaculate condition, greens were firm but rolled true.

Of the two courses this is my favorite, #3 was a fun par-3 and the views from the Black tees on #s 4 and 18 were amazing.

Carts only as there is some distance between holes. Beverage cart was seen numerous times, and all the staff was super friendly.

My issue was the pace of play. 5 hours is way too long to be on the course, didn't see a Marshall at all during the round. Because not too many holes are next to each other, we really couldn't see where the hold up was.

This was a nice course to play, but I've also played nicer for much less money. But the high rates are expected being a resort course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course

Probably on of the best courses we have played. The condition of the course was superb. The greens were fast an immaculate. The paste was slow but that happens.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
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