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3.5
1684 Reviews (1684)
5 Stars
334
4 Stars
858
3 Stars
319
2 Stars
117
1 Stars
56
Conditions
3.3
Value
3.5
Layout
3.6
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.6
71.3%
Recommend this course
1402 out of 1684 reviews
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3.1
55 Reviews (55)
5 Stars
6
4 Stars
22
3 Stars
9
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
13
Conditions
3.0
Value
2.8
Layout
3.4
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.1
58.2%
Recommend this course
32 out of 55 reviews
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3.2
85 Reviews (85)
5 Stars
14
4 Stars
33
3 Stars
13
2 Stars
9
1 Stars
16
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.2
Layout
3.6
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.2
61.2%
Recommend this course
52 out of 85 reviews
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Course Highlights
Toka Sticks consistently delivers well-maintained fairways and a smooth pace of play that keeps rounds moving efficiently. Friendly check-in staff and strong overall value make this course a reliable choice for golfers in the area.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Traditional
Par 72
Length 6922 yards
Slope 121
Rating 72.0

Unlike many other courses in Phoenix, the course at the Toka Sticks Golf Club was not done in a traditional desert-style. It is known amongst locals for having very fast greens, many of which are elevated. The old Toka Sticks course was originally a nine-hole course built in 1945 but in addition to making it an 18-hole, championship course, it has had many renovations in the years since to make it a more challenging and interesting course. There are stately trees present on the course call for straight shots in order to reach the narrow fairways. Two lakes are situated on the course that create water hazards that come into play on sever holes. There are also several well-placed sand bunkers throughout. Toka Stick Golf Club also offers a short game area, a putting green and a driving range.

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Course Details

Year Built 1945
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens TiffDwarf Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS No
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code No tank tops or cutoffs.

Food & Beverage

Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
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Reviews

3.5
1684 Reviews (1684)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 19
19th Hole Specials 14
Patio Dining 12
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 62
Bunkers 58
Undulating Greens 34
This course/club is great for:
Locals 78
Walkers 60
Seniors 59
This Course's Location is:
Near the Airport 69
Convenient to the City 44
Worth the Drive 33

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Reviews 115
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Uh Oh Water Issues

Played 5/4, not paired. Hardly anyone playing and once we saw the course we figured out why. The whole course was dead, greens were spotty green. Asked what happened, was told their water well pumps were out of order for a couple of weeks, just now are repaired. Most likely will be awhile before this course is back. Nothing about this on their website! It’s a decent track when the course is nice. The staff there is extremely nice!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Dry and Firm

Everything from the Tee Boxes to fairways to the greens are super and dry and extremely firm. Tees breaking when trying to tee your ball up. Bunkers have no sand and basically just desert/rock. If you hit the green your shot will bounce and be long. Insane how much they charge just for you to play rock hard surfaces

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Overpriced: Dead grass

I played this course with my son because we went out on a whim and it’s close to home. Greens fees were about $100 per player on a Saturday afternoon. You can find much better value with courses close by. Fairways were full of dead grass. Greens were in bad shape. In most places around the course you can’t discern rough from fairway due to the lack of playable grass. I will cross Toka Sticks off my list of courses to play. It is definitely not worth the greens fee with other worthy courses close by.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Previously Played

Burnt and bad shape

The course was completely burnt up and dry. I guess they had some problem with their water is still charges full price. Of course it was the worst shape course I’ve ever seen in my life.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course is really bad

I have played Toka Sticks numerous times over the last 7-8 years. Always lush and green. We got to the course and it was all brown, nothing green about it. As we were waiting to go to the tee box, started was telling us their water pipe to the underground water reserve was broke and had been 3 weeks trying to get it fixed. They hoped to have water on the course that afternoon.

We teed off and instantly you see, no grass on the course to stop your ball, rolled forever, the greens, wouldn't hold a shot onto them, everything rolled off no matter how high or even how short you hit, it was off the back of the green. You placed your putter on the green to lean down and grab your ball, it would literally fly along the green as if it was on glass.

The bunkers were nothing but a spec of dirt on hard concrete.

If this condition was brought on by the lack of water, it should have been told to us before the round began and like Foothills a few years ago, you should have closed the course for a week or so to get water back on it, or offered discounts. Totally unacceptable playing conditions. Will give it a month or so to try and see if they get it green again.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

DO NOT PLAY HERE. Watering issues.

They have not watered their fairways in what must be weeks. Everything is dead and hardpan. Yet they want to charge full rate. They're taking advantage of people who don't read reviews.

Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Don't drop a match..

Or the place will go up in smoke... I am writing to express my extreme disappointment with the current state of the course. I played a round recently for my son’s birthday, and the fairways were drier than any active course I have ever seen—it looked closer to a facility that had been closed down.

While we didn't ask for a refund at the time because we wanted to honor the birthday celebration, a member of your cart staff informed us that a well is broken and may not be fixed for another 2–3 months.

If the course is unable to maintain standard playing conditions due to infrastructure failure, that should be disclosed at the time of booking. Charging full rates for "worst-ever" conditions is not a sustainable way to treat your regulars. I’d like to know what the plan is for service recovery for those of us who paid for a premium experience and received a "broken" one.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Rough…

The course doesn’t look like it’s been watered in weeks. The greens are like concrete. The entire staff just seemed annoyed to be there… except for the starter, he was actually kind! The experience here used to be much better. Won’t be headed back any time soon.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Terrible

The water system is not working, and the course is hard pack brown -- not worth playing, especially at the price.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

It was all yellow

Like the Coldplay song except it interrupted your favorite song and the record broke for 4.5 hours

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Sandlot Conditions At Full Price

Terrible conditions, fairways are dry and dead, tee boxes are more sand than grass. Greens were terribly dry as well. $95 for conditions not even worth $20. Don't waste your time here, avoid at all costs.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

All dried up

Have sign in pro shop that they have a water issue. Course was burnt out and brown throughout, yet they charged us full rate. Shameful. Won't be back.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Don't waste your time

Only good part of the day was my playing partners, FYI bring a hard hat with you

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Not great

Course layout is basic and greens are were challenging and in decent shape. Fairways were nothing but dead grass and like playing off cement.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Course Conditions

Dry dry dry. Fairways were terrible dry. Greens not so bad but disappointing how dry it was.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fairways were very dry out

I think it's a great course but the fairways were very dry and hard which for the money was very disappointing.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 41
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

enjoyable day

greens were very good , fairways were hard, tee boxes ground was hard trying to stick tee in ground . Pace play was excellent less than 3.5 hrs Overall good experience

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 41
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
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