Driving home yesterday from Phoenix , I decided to check out this course figuring it would be a while before I got another opportunity. It’s almost 5 miles away from the freeway, seemingly out in the... Continue »

Driving home yesterday from Phoenix , I decided to check out this course figuring it would be a while before I got another opportunity. It’s almost 5 miles away from the freeway, seemingly out in the middle of nowhere, though there are some homes around. I was a bit surprised at how many people were there. I got the impression it’s a nice community social gathering place.

The woman in the pro-shop/snackbar was very friendly and welcoming. She told me that only the back nine was open as the front is closed for overseeding. The green fee would cover playing the back twice, but I just wanted to play nine which was fine as it was certainly inexpensive enough including cart.

The layout was nice, mostly flat except for #17. Conditions were definitely not great but playable in most areas. The majority of the fairways had decent coverage but there were some long carries off the tee over large dirt & weed areas. Off the fairways was also just dirt and some very deep weeds. There is supposed to be water between 13 & 14 and on 16, but without the pictures on the scorecard, I would never have known it. The greens were really ugly and patchy but rolled surprisingly smoothly at a medium-fast speed.

Overall it was enjoyable and on another trip to AZ I’d like to stop again to play the front nine.