El Rio Golf Course

First, let me rate Golf Pass and next the El Rio Course:

Golf Pass gets about 5/10 stars. Using the website from a cell phone was my issue. Multiple attempts to make a tee time and finally the message didn’t say I have to try another time slot. Eventually I got a time for a threesome (I supposed) but when the transaction completed it said I had successfully booked for a single. I tried to cancel, or add two more players unsuccessfully. I ended up grabbing another slot eventually booking the threesome but no success in the cancellation. Now I have to contend with a refund.

The course in my humble opinion was adequate. I wasn’t expecting a PGA experience and I got a better than average muni experience. Played from the blue tees and it offered plenty of variety for our group. Not sure the booking fee plus a midday rate was worth the price but it was competitive to other courses in the area. I was also amazed there was food and drink service in December on a weekday; that was good. 6.5/10 stars.

nice course

greens were good

greens would not hold shots

I paid to go out there and play with my boys and my golfcart died

Probably one of the most under rated golf courses in Tucson area. I've played it multiple times now in last 2yrs. Some of best sand traps around. "Some other courses could take a lesson on how a sand trap be."

I've seen complaints about their cart paths in past reviews. I don't come to a course to play their cart paths. It's an older course but well taken care of. Tee boxes, fairways and greens are in good shape.

Flag sticks are all the same color. Don't differentiate front, middle or back.

Les verts rapides sont très bien entretenus. Beau layout.

The main problem was the golf cart paths which were mostly dirt or mud. This made it harder getting around especially if your ball landed in the mud. Having paved golf cart paths would have been much better!

Justin at the clubhouse is awesome. He took down my name and number due to lost range finder. Same day he called me and I was able to recover range finder. Fun course for all levels.

It was a fairly busy Sunday so moved a little slower than usual. I only paid $28 for 18 holes (walking) which was a great value for the Tucson area. Course was well maintained and staff very friendly. Overall, I liked the openness of this course which did have good mix of trees and vegetation. Several holes are fairly tight so I did see a number of balls crossing from other holes but not too bad. I'd definitely play this course again when visiting the area especially for the value and it's convenient location near downtown/University.

It’s not the best, but definitely not the worst course available

I was sent out alone, a single surrounded by foursomes. I finished the front nine in a little over 2 1/2 hours and concluded that the back would probably be slower as the golfers ahead of me tired, so I quit after nine. I probably won’t go back.

When you find out that a course is cart path only when you get to the course, the rest is unimportant. We were a twosome and one of us is handicapped. He paid for the round and only got a ride around the course.

I don't understand why this is not prominently displayed on the webpage when you are booking.

I'm pretty sure Teeoff will blame the course and the course will blame Teeoff. This really must be resolved. Even if you are not handicapped, cart path only is mostly impossible for the elderly.

Caution: it's cart path only, no exceptions. And I'd you're a single, you're probably gonna share a cart.

Overall was fair for what it was. Range ball machine was broken and needed to ask staff for assistance. As said above it's cart path only. I didn't mind so much but wad disappointed cause it wasn't stated here. Also it hurt one of our players cause he's disabled and couldn't play at all.

Course was in fair condition. Lots of bunkers surround the green with no sand which hurts alot of shots.

Staff was friendly. A little expensive even for a deal time. But it's what you'd kinda expect.