Arizona National Golf Club

An otherwise great course is diminished by the lousy sand traps. I had read this in reviews, but it was a last minute reservation, and the price was not bad, so I forged ahead.

When the cart guy was strapping in my golf bag, I asked about the sand complaints. His response was that "we get a lot of golfers from California and they like to find something to complain about".

That seemed plausible until I got out on the course. The traps are essentially brown mud. One or two were a brown mix of sand and mud that played like firm sand. The rest were just plain mud bogs.

It's Arizona. It's not like they were dealing with a bunch of rain - it had been sunny all week. I really do not understand why they don't order a few truckloads of sand and fill the traps. It's mystifying.

Aside from that, the course is nice. It's somewhat target golf, but not too bad. Fairways and rough were in great shape.

They need more water jugs out on the course. I didn't see one until the 6th green. It's the desert, with afternoon temps over 100. Put out some more water.

Beautiful Course… The fairways and greens are well maintained. However, I will not return anytime soon — or at least until I hear AZ National has added sand instead of dirt and rocks to the sand traps. Sand traps are thin and club bounces due to hard pan beneath thin top layer. I wouldn’t call it sand – more like “settled dirt“.

Great desert layout and holes. Good greens. Terrible sand (or lack thereof) in bunkers.

Awesome and friendly staff! First time playing in the desert and lost lots of balls, but absolutely a great course.

Fairways were perfect greens were a little slow. But in great shape. Sand was not racked a little ruff.

Really enjoyed playing this course driving range is a little small but still functional. Little expensive but a very well maintained course.

This is a very good track! Difficult. But fair. Everything right in front of you. One concern is the bunkers—or lack thereof. No sand in any bunker! Almost a penalty shot to end up in bunker due to no sand. Mostly very hard dirt. That is what keeps this course from a 5 star rating. Outside staff was great!

The course was in excellent shape with superb fairway and green conditions. It had been 20+ years since I had played it and it was better than i remembered it! Staff was helpful and luckily, I was able to be paired with 3 great guys from Alaska to boot! The cart GPS was very helpful as many holes had some blind shots.

This is a spectacular golf course! The layout is amazing, with a variety of holes, all in good condition, and spectacular views. Friendly and helpful staff, too.