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Conditions
3.2
Value
3.9
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
3.9
Pace
3.5
Amenities
4.0
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Desert
Par 72
Length 6954 yards
Slope 143
Rating 72.1

Editor's Note: Course closed for business in 2018.

The Golf Club at Vistoso in Tucson has never seemed willing to cower in the presence of its resort-course cousins. Paloma and Ventana are golf resorts, but the Golf Club at Vistoso is just a golf course, and a fine one at that. This Tom Weiskopf-designed layout was a "readers write-in" Golf Magazine's "Top 100 you can play," and is a "sneaky" favorite among locals and visitors alike. The layout is nowhere near as penal as Ventana or La Paloma, and if you can find better greens in the greater Tucson area, let us know. Take note of the 166-yard, par-3 third hole -- on a clear day (there are only 323 of them) you will have an amazing view of the north side of the Santa Catalina Mountains.

Course Details

Year Built 1995
Golf Season Year round
Architect Tom Weiskopf (1995)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed No
Dress code No tank tops or cutoffs.

Food & Beverage

Bar

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Reviews

3.6
506 Reviews (506)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Patio Dining 94
Drinks 81
19th Hole Scenic Views 45
Course Challenges Include:
Forced Carries 138
Bunkers 105
Undulating Greens 51
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 106
Advanced Golfers 99
Locals 79
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 81
Worth the Drive 79
Convenient to the City 57

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Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Very improved tract!

Vistoso has improved under its new management! The course is in the best shape it's been in some time and they've cleaned up some of the holes to be better visually and play friendlier. Please keep it

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Pleasure

Vistoso is a beautiful, challenging but fair couse. Always a pleasure to play. Beautiful scenery. Love the Jack Rabbits on the 10th hole.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Mixed

Tees and greens in good shape. Fairways have many brown spots. Views great. Holes are challenging and interesting. No balls washers on entire course. Construction and noise on many holes. Detracts from experience. Habitat destruction painful to see. Price is right if all that doesn'the bother you. It did us.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Day for Golf

Beautiful views with challenging dessert carries, but smart play allows for good scoring. Went out as a single, and was paired with another single from North Carolina, and a father and son from Minnesota. We all had a great time. Fairways were a little soft due to over watering. Traps were a little thin on sand, but a good value for the money, and a great way to end 2015.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
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

Great Golf Day

Very fun, challenging ,fair, love greens, playing again tomorrow.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

this course is in perfect shape

Vistoso is well maintained and the greens were perfect, totally challenging and in great shape.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Thanksgiving friday

Pace of ply was five hours. Course is ingress condition. Will play again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Every one was great

We played 2 days back to back very nice course. Only thing we did wrong not eating at the club house first day. Food was great and so was server

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Conditions

Beautiful area nice track the only two concerns were the fairway conditions seems as though the winter grass did not take. The other issue was to many wet spots, many around the greens.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A Gem

Beautiful views, challenging course , every time we come to Oro Valley we play this course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This course has extremely poor signage.

They want you to buy a course map for $8.00.
That was a first for me.
It was hard to believe as this is a tough course to get around without some kind of map.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Walked

Too many other options nearby

There are many options within 15 miles or so of Vistoso. This is a decent design with many good holes. The pro shop was helpful in rearranging our tee time at the last moment and I commend the course for that. The pro shop man was a credit to the profession and the game. Too bad more course do not employ folks like him. Vistoso has a sign near the first hole indicating player skill level and recommended tees, something that every public course should have. There is also an attractive practice range. Unfortunately, as with many public courses, there is little pace of play monitoring. The ranger told our group that the course expects a 4 hr 20 minute pace of play. What kind of miserable expectation is that? A 4 hour maximum play for any foursome should be the expectation and rangers should be empowered by the pro shop to make firm but polite recommendations to groups not maintaining pace of play. It is no wonder we have far fewer golfers nationwide than we did 10 years ago. Let's face it - most of us, even the single digit handicaps, are not that good. The game is humbling and new each time we play. Make the game enjoyable for all by playing the proper tees for your skill level, maintain a speedy pace of play, assist rangers who want to ensure that all players have a positive experience, and do not think your $50 nassau is a U.S. Open qualifier. If you do, get out of my way and let me play through!

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 72
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

worth your time

course just came out of overseed and was cart path only due to having 2 plus inches of rain in the 2 days,yet was not really that wet was in pretty good shape greens held great,staff was outstanding mark in the pro shop great and the grill girls outstanding trying to make you happy.worth the drive from queen creek,az to play on a fantansic day for golf.paid $70.00 for golf,burger after the round and three water bottles,excellent value for this time of year in Tucson,az

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Quit after eleven holes

We started on the back nine as a twosome. The groups ahead and behind were also groups of two. We all played quickly and finished in 1 hour and 15 minutes or so.
As we turned to play the front nine, we ran into 4 groups of four that were sent out on the front. If they had started on the back like we did, there wouldn't have been any issue.
We finally quit after eleven holes. Disappointing the way it was handled.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Vistoso

Course has a variety of interesting holes. It has always been in excellent shape any time I have played it.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Needs some TLC and will be great!

I've played Vistoso probably 25 times. Sadly this place has gone down hill. The new management needs to start cleaning up the course. The desert was way over grown on the entire course. It's impossible to find balls hit into the desert and it takes away from the beauty that this course once had. There was a lot of damage in the fairways caused by javelinas. The repair job on them was horrible. I really hope this place gets it's act together because it was and can be again a great course in the Oro Valley area.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

What Happened ?

Course is a mess , desert overgrown, could be beautiful if they got rid of all the scrub brush and bushes, looks like they have made an attempt but poorly executed...javelin damage everywhere...where they "repaired" it , again, very poorly done,back 9 you play with the constant , very loud noise of the construction of 300 houses going on... Overseed of greens a failure on many of the greens...Guy behind the front desk, welcomes you with, whats your time ?" Not very friendly....will not be back....

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful course.

Beautiful course ~ considering they just over seeded. We expected it to be wet and soggy, it just recently rained a lot.
We really enjoyed our round of golf. The staff was very friendly and helpful. We definitely will be back ⛳️

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Wet and soggy

There was no golf club cover on the carts. There were no ball wahers at tge Tees or on the carrs. The course was wet, soggy and flat. The greens were in poor condition.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course is shaggy

Fairway grass is long and untidy. Greens are slow and bumpy. Play was very slow. Will be a while before I will go back.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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