Arizona Grand Resort

After I booked my tee time for Monday morning I looked at some of the other reviews about Arizona Grand and thought I was going to be disappointed. Far from it. The course is in remarkably good shape considering the heat and monsoon storms that had passed through. There were little issues here and there but all in all the course was great. I enjoy the challenge of the course, Victoria - the cart girl - was around every 4-5 holes and the rest of the staff was very pleasant to be around. I had a great time playing and will be back again. Thank you.

Greens were in good condition, yet some fairways were suffering the hot season.

This is a tight challenging golf course in bad shape except for the greens and tees. Most of the holes were cart parts only which made it difficult to play in hot weather. Most fairways were bare so the ball would roll a lot and oftentimes into trouble since fairways were narrow. The bunkers were rock hard and difficult to play out of. This course would be good if conditions improve but I would avoid playing for now since the rates are fairly high for the area at this time of year.

Disappointing Experience Due to Lack of Communication

We were excited to play this course, especially considering the premium price. Unfortunately, there was no indication when we booked, checked in, or before we teed off that the course was cart path only.

With temperatures over 100°F, having to walk from the cart path to the majority of the greens made the round much more difficult and less enjoyable than expected. We completely understand that courses sometimes need to implement cart path only restrictions to protect the turf, but guests should be informed in advance so they can decide whether they still want to play under those conditions.

The course itself was in fair condition, and for the price charged, better communication about significant playing restrictions is expected. A simple notice during booking or at check-in would have made a big difference.

Great challenging course with some fairway repairs going on. Overall a great day of golfing. My only thing is $5 for a bottle of water is ridiculous.

It was in such terrible condition, especially the first nine, that it was hard to even play. They’re a big clumps of dirt everywhere and places where there was no grass or it was being worked on. Almost all of the holes on the front line, you couldn’t even drive on the grass so you had to do a lot of walking.

The course is in very rough shape. There are multiple "course under repair" sections not including the punched tee boxes. We were not told ahead of time that there were multiple holes outside of the Par 3s that were cart path only including multiple Par 5s. These are Par 5s that require not only walking, but extreme downhill traversing (hole #3 especially).

I would not be happy if I was staying at a resort, and these were the conditions that I was met with once I got to the course. Outside of the conditions, the staff is great and the food in the restaurant is good as well.

Ive played this course several times this year and have generally enjoyed the condition of the course and pace of play for the rate charged as compared to other local resort courses. We tee'd off on time (7:15am) and by the time we finished the 2nd hole, we were forced to wait based on slow pace of play. We were told by the ranger, Tom, on the 4th hole that their 2nd tee time of the day was playing slow and he had warned them to pick up pace of play. Front 9 took 2 hours and 45 minutes, totally unacceptable. Course was in terrible shape, bare spots all over each fairway and greens were not much better. I would suggest looking at other courses before booking here, very disappointing.

Rough conditions. Shaggy greens. Quirky layout. Decent price at least.

Layout was cool, Facility good but expensive, course in horrible shape. A lot of dirt and mud and crabgrass.

We love this course and the layout, however the course was in horrible shape. The fairways had almost no grass. The tea boxes were uneven.

It was not worth $75, maybe $25.

Hoping that the course will come back and we might consider playing again.

Have played here occasionally over the past10 years. The course was in the worst condition that we've ever experienced. Many areas with bald fairways and sod patches. Course had recently been aerated as well. Not worth half of what we paid for a weekend rate. I shared my feedback with the pro-shop after the round. He said they had seed issues stemming from storms. There were no alerts for course conditions or aeration on the Tee-off tee time, and still none in this week's tee times.

Our round took almost 6 hours from start to finish and quite a few groups left early because of the pace of play... I've played here a few times and it has always taken over 5 hours with lots of waiting on tee boxes. They don't wait long enough between sending out groups which always leads to a pile up of 3+ groups on the second tee that continues for the rest of the round. It's a shame, because otherwise, it's such a fun course with a unique layout, but it's hard to keep going back when it takes up half the day to finish the round. Also, if you want to warm up, get there early! The chipping/putting green, first tee, and driving range are very spaced out and somewhat hard to find. The driving range is also just a net between the 2nd and 3rd hole, so unless you just want to work on ball contact, I'd just avoid it all together.

First time playing here and the entire experience was awful! They were completely overbooked and thestaff wasn’t friendly or personable. They stacked three groups on the first tee box (taking it upon themselves to to just jump in our carts and pull forward) where we sat for 20 minutes waiting to tee off (and got stuck waiting 5-10 minutes on every subsequent tee box). Half of the course is blind where you have to rely on the cart GPS to know if the group in front of you is still in range. You’re guessing at aim points, and you can’t see your ball come down so you’re left just swinging and hoping to find it. Plus, 75% of the course is cartpath only (and the carts shut down if you veer off the path) so you can expect to spend most of the day walking endlessly to your ball. There were two beverage carts on the course, and we only saw each of them once over the course of a nearly 5 hour round. Neither of them were friendly or had any personality and looked as miserable as we did standing in near 100 degree temperatures. Half of the fairways were fried and dead, and the greens were like putting on carpet. All in all, this was an absolutely terrible service experience, and terrible course. Will definitely never play it again!