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Played this course on Monday, June 20th. To our surprise and dismay, upon arrival we saw them sanding the 18th green. Were told that we would have to play the front 9 twice as they were aerating the back 9. Today, Tuesday, players would be playing the back 9 twice as they would be aerating the front 9. NO AERIFICATION ALERTS on their own website nor on TeeOff (we checked both sites before booking). Groups behind us made the same comments about there being no alerts. Of course, none of us would have booked a round yesterday had we known. Upon telling the staff and at the check-in desk about the lack of alerts, they just looked at us like "it sucks to be you". No apologies, no discounted rounds....nothing. Plus, as expected, no one managing the turn to pace players just starting the front nine and those starting the front nine the second time. Will never play this course again.

Had not played Tubac in awhile. Course conditions were fair at best. Greens not receptive and had many bare or damaged spots. Fairways were O.K. but cut very tight.
Major housing construction all around the course which really takes away from the overall golf experience I remember in the past. We thought the $50 greens fee was too steep based on the fact it is summer in AZ and based on the lack of great course conditioning.

Pace of play was excellent on the front 9: no one waiting on the group ahead to hit a shot...and no one waiting behind us to hit a shot. It was just about perfect spacing. We were in the middle of three sets of twosomes. All was good until we hit a brick wall on the tee box on hole number 10. The twosome in front of us was on the tee box waiting on a "walking single", who had just teed off. Found out he was told to start on the back. Then another twosome showed up on Hole 10. This was not the group behind us on the front 9. They, too, had been told to start on the back as "there was a gap". There was no gap! Now, we have 4 groups on a par 4 hole number 10. Then the twosome behind us on the front 9 showed up on hole 10 tee box. 5 groups on Hole number 10 and for absolutely NO REASON other than the pro shop did not take the time to see if there was a gap to insert these players. The entire back 9, we had 3 groups on every par 4 and two groups on every par 3. We had to wait to hit on every single shot the entire back 9. The only person who did not have to wait to hit a shot was the "walking single" who ditched all of us. NO MORE GOLFING AT THIS COURSE. Starters need to be trained on golf courtesy and to show respect for the players already on the course on the front 9.

Have always liked this course but it really fell into disrepair. Since OB Sports has taken over we are seeing improvement. Fairways were decent and greens are starting to come back to their prior good condition.
Still a lot of standing water in areas but maybe they have some irrigation system problems. Give it time and this course should come back as one we would all like to play.

Great day ... weather excellent and the course is in great shape. Greens really nice and fairways lush. Pace of play was good, we finished in under 3 and a half hours. Starter very pleasant.

Course is in really good shape. Fairways were lush and greens in good shape and fairly fast. Pace of play was O.K. but some groups definitely feel empowered to take as long as they want. They forget the old rule that you should be keeping up with the group in front of you.

Course is in great shape after overseed. Fairways were nice and greens as well. Little slow on the greens but still good. Many trees were knocked over by storms this monsoon season and the course is doing an excellent job of removal and clean-up. Play it now -- great value!

Course is currently in bad shape. Many fairways are brown and we were mostly just hitting off dirt. Tee boxes same and maybe even a bit worse. Greens were still good but that was the only good part to talk about. This course looks much like San Pedro. Save your money even if it is cheap!

Course is in really good condition given the super hot weather with no rain. Greens roll really nicely and fairways are in great shape. Bunkers need help (but that is almost all Arizona courses). Would highly recommend playing it now while it is in this shape.

Course conditioning was very good. Greens, fairways, and most tee boxes in good shape. This is impressive given our prolonged lack of rain. Pace of play was decent. Give this course a go while it is still in this shape.

Conditions were poor. Fairways, tee boxes and many greens were brown. Guess now that the snowbirds are gone, they don't care as much about conditions. Remember that there are many year-round local golfers and they want decent conditions too.

Haven is pretty much same every time we play it. Problem today is that course has been promoting a 9 hole rate. That is fine but they apparently let the 9 hole rate people start on any 9 they please. We were cruising along until we hit the back 9 and then ran into ALL kinds of people that were not previously in front of us. This ruins the pace and flow of entire round! Make 9 hole players start on number 1!

Paid $20 each as Deal Time on Tee Off and can totally see why it was cheap. Tee boxes so hard it was often a struggle to get your tee in the ground. Fairways bad and basically the same color as the dormant rough. What happened to the rye overseed?? Fairways should be green. Greens so bad with many diseased sections. I hate to give up on this course, but it just gets worse each time. Close it down!

We play this course often and conditions are often spotty. Appears that the overseed process had a lot of problems. Numerous fairways and greens are lacking grass and/or have bare spots as if the new grass did not take. Green on hole #9 is virtually unplayable - just give yourself an automatic 2 putt. Every bunker is unplayable (just weeds and rocks and mud with no sand). This is a good course to play if you can't get on anywhere else.

We play this course often. Seems that overseed worked well in fairways and tees but not on greens. Many greens (maybe half) have something very weird. The green texture looks like a waffle fry! They roll like they are going over one too! Hopefully the maint crew will figure out what went wrong. Bunkers - forget about it. Most were filled with water and look like mini lakes.

This course is in great condition (especially for the time of year and our extreme temps). Greens in excellent shape, but high wedge shots still wouldn't hold. Might be time for another punching of the greens. Fairways, tees and bunkers were in excellent shape. Only thing a bit negative was pace of play. Foursome ahead of us would not let us play through and were putting like each putt was for a million bucks!

We play this course many times throughout the year and I have to say we have NEVER seen the greens in as bad of shape as they are now. Major dead areas with no grass only dirt. What little grass available is bumpy and definitely affects the roll of your putts. We had to institute a 2-putt limit to even make it half fair. Fairways were in good shape but the green conditions pretty much ruined the round. AND .... make sure to take plenty of bug repellent!

Have played this course numerous times and almost always enjoy it. Greens have been in bad shape in the past but I felt they are really improving now. Fairways were good and pace was great (we played in 3 hours 15 minutes).

Really enjoy this course. Layout is challenging with a number of tight driving holes and numerous hills and bumps to cast the ball ways you may not want. Greens had been punched recently but I must say they still rolled nicely in spite of punches and sand.

We have played this course many times and usually it is in decent shape. NOT this time! Fairways were deeper than rough. In many spots the fairway was near 6 inches deep. We actually lost balls the were hit straight down the fairway. Not sure if all the mowers are broken down, but something is definitely wrong. The only positive about our round is that we finished in 3 hours.