Nickopp

I can't say enough good things about this place. When you arrive at the course, you can immediately tell that you aren't in Scottsdale anymore. We played at 7:00 AM so it was very quiet and still as well as being 10 degrees cooler than in the city. There was hardly anybody there. The range was limited to 120 yards as it was under construction, but at least it wasn't closed completely. No beverage cart in the summer either, however we were told ahead of time so we could stock up before we went out. If you can get past that, everything else about this place is awesome. The course conditions are PURE!! Greens were so smooth and quick. Fairways and tee boxes were green and well manicured. The rough is full and lush. The views on the course are stunning! So many great panoramas of the mountains. We played in 3.5 hours and hardly saw anyone else all day on a Sunday morning. I can't wait to go back!

I was very impressed with the course conditions! I've played a lot this summer and a ton of courses are burnt out, patchy fairways, bumpy burnt greens. etc. McCormick's superintendent did a great job prepping this course for the summer. The whole course was green, perfect lies in the fairway, rough was thick and lush(it was refreshing to see longer rough, nice to know someone can grow grass in the desert like they can in the midwest)firm but receptive greens that rolled nicely, For the money you won't find many that are better this one!