bradfawcett

Surprisingly good course in south Chandler. Course was in fantastic shape coming out of overseed. Greens were a touch shaggy and slow as expected, but fairways and everything else were wall-to-wall green and in great shape. Everyone from the pro shop to the starter and bag boys were friendly, knowledgeable and efficient. It was also great to see so many people walking the course although that comes with the downside of a slightly slower pace of play. The course is surprisingly hilly as every hole either plays slightly up or down which makes walking a little tougher. We played in 4' 10" playing behind a group of slow mediocre players who were all walking so I guess I can't complain too much. I can't wait to get back and play again. They also have a good size driving range, large short-game practice area and a putting green so a really nice facility overall.

I was shocked by how quirky and tricked up this design was for a 55+ community. It appears that most of the course was built up and out of the wash/flood areas so almost all the fairways and greens have severe slopes all around them. These low areas are all very short and icky dormant Bermuda summer grass. The course is short overall but if you miss a fairway or green by an inch, you end up in awful and penal lies. I ended up putting from 40-50 feet off of greens because the grass was missing or terrible. Plus many of the greens had huge contours to them so if you miss your spot by a foot, the ball could roll 50-60' away and down a hill. I ended up shooting an 82 with a couple of messy holes so I shot an OK score. I was just expecting an easier day :)

Course fairways and greens are in very good to excellent shape. Fairways are especially lush. We've had a ton of rain in the last week so course is wet, but it's a wonderful short course

Faldo course was in great summer shape due to recent rains although those rains kept them from mowing the fairways daily as they need to. So the fairways were lush and green but also pretty shaggy and moist for AZ summer golf which meant that the course played LONG! :) We zoomed around as a twosome in 3 hours after an early Sunday tee-time. Staff couldn't have been nicer, range was in great shape and we saw cart girl about 4 times. Overall great experience. Yes, you are definitely paying premium rates considering it's summer, but everything about the round and facility was first rate

Fun and challenging course that was in great shape when we played in early Feb-2022. We had over an hour frost delay which was strange since I didn't think the temps even dropped below 40 degrees the previous night. I thought the staff/starters did a good job managing the packed course and communicating with everyone. Driving range (and putting/chipping areas) is way too small for a 36 hole facility but everything was nice and scenery was nice. Are their better values in Palm Springs? Probably, but every course was super expensive and this almost seemed like a good deal

We play here all the time and the fairways and greens are in great condition, especially when compare to other value course in the east valley. A course like painted mountain is in TERRIBLE condition with minimal grass in the fairway and the bumpiest tee boxes in AZ. But Viewpoint luckily did a great job with their overseeding and maintenance and everything was in great shape. Well done to the staff!!

after weeks of playing courses that had aerated, scalped and/or sanded their greens, these were like playing on perfect country club greens. Mostly great shape. Too bad they're aerating them this week.

We love the course and even though we got stuck behind some alcohol-drinking hacks playing on a hot day, we still made it around in 4 hours.

We play here often and have always loved the course

I would STRONGLY encourage people not to play here until at least the 2nd or 3rd week of July. Easily the absolute worst mid-June course conditions I've seen on a AZ golf course in my 25+ years of playing here. Every aspect of the course was a wreck from the combined impact of a very severe aeration, green scalping, sanding and the annual winter rye die-off and pre-summer Bermuda grass growth. Probably 60-70% of the fairways had no/minimal grass and the greens were like putting on a beach. I've never seen such a heavy-handed aeration and scalping of greens here.

In my opinion, June is always the worst golf month here because all of the winter grass has died by now, but the summer Bermuda hasn't come back yet so many courses have terrible conditions, but this course sunk to a new low.

I like the layout and the course is usually in good shape for the price, but I felt like they robbed us blind with even charging $45/player. Give it at least another 2-4 weeks.

Mixed feelings...Cheap course with no driving range, but excellent greens and OK fairways. Biggest issue was starter holding everyone back by 15-20 minutes to adequately space everyone out because they had no marshall that day. So we teed off 20+ minutes late. Cruised around the course well enough but was irked at starting so late.

It's also an 18 hole course crammed into a space big enough for about 14 holes. Tiny, blind landing areas, trees in weird spots.

OK option when it's cheap and nothing else is available, but there are a ton of better options than poking irons around a course like this.

Played here 3 times now (walked the first 2 times) and each round has been on the weekend and played in under 4 hours. Straightforward course that isn't too hard (I shot 78, 82, 79 as a 10 handicap) and the fairways and greens are in incredible condition. Fairways are as lush and as dense as any course I've played in the valley. Greens roll true and are smooth.

Just don't miss the fairway as the rough is a brutal mix of dormant Bermuda, crabgrass, weeds and dirt. The layout and scenery won't win any awards, but the pace of pace and course condition are MUCH better than you would ever expect.

I'll keep coming back...

Absolute disaster on Monday, July 3rd. We arrived for our 10:40am tee time at 10am and see 20+ people with their bags standing around outside the proshop. We thought maybe they were all waiting for a bus after playing 9 holes or something, but it was due to the fact the course had run out of carts by 9:30 in the freakin' morning?!?!? So we proceed inside and inquire about the status or our tee-time and the guy behind the counter lies right to our faces by saying they're only 15 minutes behind or so and that some of the carts are go back in soon. If you run out of carts over an hour before your 1st wave of golfers is due back in (they don't start tee-times here until after 6:30...if they don't wander in way late), and your 9:30 group doesn't head out until after 10:15, then you have a much bigger issue. We drove our car down to the driving range and hit balls for 30 minutes and didn't see one group tee off at #1.

We ask the starter at #1 what was really happening and he said that a much bigger-than-expected group from the local RV park came into golf and used up a big chunk of carts and pushed everyone's tee-times WAY back. I'm assuming they have a special deal for this group which explains why they accommodated all of them and completely screwed everyone who came in with actual tee-times afterwards. We finally left a full hour after our scheduled tee-time and we were still at least 30 minutes from going out onto a totally packed course.

If the proshop had been honest with us and simply gave us the facts, we would have left and just come back 60-90 minutes later, but telling lies directly to our faces just illustrates how poorly managed this course has become. Just tell me, "we have a deal with XYZ and it pushed us way behind schedule". How tough is that!!?!?

It's a quirky, tight layout that is normally fun to play, but this event (and my local friend has told me of other recent stupid management issues) will probably keep me from playing again there anytime soon.

They have switched the nines so you tee of now on the old #10 (scorecards have been updated, guidebook has not). We played the day after they re-opened the front nine after a big re-sodding project and unfortunately it rained on us for those front 9. Which, when combined with the already thoroughly soaked new sod, made for for one mushy and ugly 1st nine holes. Then the rain stopped and the sun came out for the back 9 and it was truly glorious as the 2nd nine was in mostly great shape with wonderful tight, firm fairways and a continuation of the great bent-grass greens. If a company like Troon or OB had been managing this course all these years, it would be a perennial top 5 course in the state due to the incredible views, near total privacy, eerie quiet, beautifully rolling greens and a very cool layout (and the 10 minute tee times are nice!!). But it just is not there yet and probably has a ways to go.

If you get bored of all the courses in the PHX area and want to try something new like we did, it's still probably worth the 1' 20" drive from the Mesa area and the $30 rate is sweet as well. But in the summer, I just can't justify nearly 3 hours of driving when a perfect course(s) like We-Ko-Pa are only a 20 minute drive away.

My wife and I will definitely return when the course has dried out and the sod is fully grown in. I hope that the course can continue to fix it's many conditioning flaws although I'm not sure how they will fund it based upon $30 rates and very minimal play.

Add it to your "must play" list but watch these Golf Now reviews for conditioning updates. Good luck

Very challenging back 9 must lead to some very long rounds in season. Course was in ok shape has always, you can only hit cheap, beat-up low flight balls at the range and it's full of couples staying at the hotel. I play with my wife all the time, but this course is a handful in spite of the low slope rating and short yardage. Front nine is mildly challenging, but the back nine must have been built with severe turf restrictions as it is VERY tight.

Wife hated it overall because it's just never in very goof condition. Seems like an afterthought compared to the mega-pool complex. If you can book cheap via golfnow.com it's not a terrible option, but I would never pay over $60-$70 in season.