Where do I start? So, while visiting my sister who lives in the area, I decided to stay local and play the course nearest her house. Bad decision. Had an early morning tee time a few days ago and w... Continue »

Where do I start? So, while visiting my sister who lives in the area, I decided to stay local and play the course nearest her house. Bad decision. Had an early morning tee time a few days ago and we were rushed to the tee 20 minutes before our scheduled time. Once off and running the marshal decided to follow us for the first three holes and thought aptly appropriate to run his gas powered cart during nearly every swing. To make matters worse, he decides to tell us to speed it along notwithstanding the fact that we were waiting for the group ahead of us when he did so. On the front nine, some sort of course employee decided to run their gas powered carts with maintenance equipment past us on nearly every hole making it impossible to focus on your game. We finished the front nine in one hour and forty minutes (as a foursome). As for the golf - the tee boxes were the best part of the course. They were immaculate for the most part. Fairways were mostly hard pan with tons of 'ground under repair' and it was extremely rare to find your ball resting on grass (mostly hard packed dirt or sparsely grown dormant grass). The greens were marginal at best, and the overall character of the course was more reminiscent of a COPS episode than a golf course as demonstrated by the fine trailer park living that adorned much (if not all) of the holes. Did I mention this course is astronomically overpriced? They should pay you to play there. At most, a weekday fee there should be $20. After all, you're in the middle of nowhere where property values resemble the days of doo-wop, and an errant tee shot is likely to nail Jed while he shoots at some food. At least your green fees at Troon or TPC Scottsdale pay for watering the grass in the arid desert and a plush clubhouse. Here, it seems as though your paying the wages of golf course employees seeing as how it seemed as though there were more of them than golfers. In sum, avoid this course at all costs! If you would like to enjoy your round of golf and behold the beauty of the natural Arizona desert, fork up the dough and play one of the more posh courses in the Valley, or alternatively hit up Cimarron up the street for about $20 more and an entirely different experience.