Overview: Wekopa Golf Club is a 36 hole golf resort that is composed of the Cholla Course and the Saguaro Course. Cholla is more of a target style golf course that is so often found in desert ... whe... Continue »

Overview: Wekopa Golf Club is a 36 hole golf resort that is composed of the Cholla Course and the Saguaro Course. Cholla is more of a target style golf course that is so often found in desert ... where Saguaro is more of a traditional type course where greens are close to the next tee box, there is the option of walking the course and the duo of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw using the natural movement of the land to dictate the course. A perfect example of this would be that Coore/Crenshaw only moved 25,000 square yards of dirt to create Saguaro where Scott Miller moved over 500,000 square yards of dirt to create the Cholla Course.

Clubhouse: One of my favorite clubhouses because it is so very unique. The two main sections of the clubhouse are separated by a shady patio that opens up to the views of the Sonoran Desert. The golf shop sits on one side of this open area, and the Wekopa Grille sits on the other side. We ate after golf in the Wekopa Grille and the prices are reasonable and the food is very good.

Practice Facilities: Very nice practice area with beautiful views of the McDowell Mountains. There are 2 separate practice areas and both were in use today, as both courses were quite busy. There is also nice short game area as well as a very large practice putting green.

Course: With it being July in the desert, conditions were not as good as they would be in the high season of January - April. The rye grass is almost gone as the bermuda is starting to come in. So, there is a battle between the 2 grasses right now. Fairways were not in the best of shape with there being some brown spots and the fairway grass was a little thin. There is not a lot of rough on the Saguaro course because in most spots it goes from fairway to desert, but what rough there was cut down to almost fairway height. The sand was good and consistent, and the greens did not look that good, but rolled smooth and were consistent in speed. What I love about the course is that there is a good mix of holes ... all the par 3's play in a different direction, there is a good mixture of length in the par 4's and the course has a good blend of holes that work up and down the natural terrain.

Final Thoughts: Wekopa Golf Club is one of my favorite courses to play and they definitely give AZ residents a break on pricing ... with it being $55 for the summer for AZ residents. This is a great price and up till last year it was $45 during the summer. It was the first price increase in 10 years. $55 is still a great rate with most of the premier AZ courses still charging $100 or more this summer. The non-resident rate is $80 and that is still a good deal. Wekopa Golf Club is definitely a course that you need to play while in the Phoenix area.