El Rio Golf Course

Sorry to hear it may be closing. Our foursome had a good time, pace of play was decent...4hrs. Fairways a bit blotchy, but bump here and there and it was fine. Priced well.

Play was slow due to Randolph & Dell Urich courses being overseeded. Don't know why more people don't use this course.

This course is a goat pasture. It is not taken care of: there is absolutely no provision for fixing divots in the fairway. The greens are rock hard and will not hold even the best lob shot. There is discussion about closing this course--since it is not taken care of at all, the closure is probably a good idea. I personally will never play this useless course again. The City of Tucson should be ashamed. It has left an average course at best go to seed.

Good piece and nice course . I have been here three times and the only negative thing I can say is they schedule people way to close and maybe on too of each other . We arrive on time each tee time , and find that there is groups checking in at the same time and many others just getting going ahead of us . It causes a huge traffic jam ...and people end up getting mad at each other( actually had someone go and tell the club house that my group way laying this ..yet there way at least 5 groups of people in front of us waiting to tee off also ...some middle aged man said thin to try and get us tossed off our tee time so he could go , the people in charge was polite yet the man and his child still kept yelling and making threats and they did nothing to stop them or ask them to leave .)

Just have patience if you plan to play here

the staff should be more involved to clear up bottlenecks due to slower players and a lack of awareness they are stacking up groups behind them. My cart died on hole 3 and after calling the pro shop for a replacement nobody ever responded. The starter seemed more interested in swatting flys with his flyswatter than customer service.

They didn't have enough carts to keep the tee times on schedule and the cart we did get 30 minutes late was in poor condition.
I recommend walking.

Course is in good shape. Greens are nice, roll true, can't complain.

Fairways somewhat rough, greens ok, the body of water between 5th and 6th holes is disgusting and always has been.
Starter friendly, cashier a little grumpy. The female cashier is very welcoming always but wasn't at the register this day though she was there. This place needs a serious makeover.

Very open and well maintained for a public course. For the money I will go back.

I ALWAYS ENJOY PLAYING THIS COURSE.ITS EASY TO WALK FOR A LITTLE EXERCISE WHILE ENJOYING A GAME OF GOLF.IT OFFERS SOME CHALLENGING HOLES. THE STAFF IS FRIENDLY. GOOD LOCATION,EASY TO GET TO.DRIVING RANGE FACILITY IS OK.ARTIFICIAL TURF.BUT OVERALL A GOOD COURSE.

They had just over seeded and the greens were bumpy. Workers don't stop friving around when you are up.

Fairways and greens in good shape for getting close to overseed, course personnel freindly

Course is in fair codition. 2 of the water foutains provided water but didn't drain well (maintenance issue). I would like to see some new tree plantings.

If you like crabgrass, you'll love El Rio. This course is just like the muni course I learned to play golf on 50 years ago. It's absolutely flat, so walking is easy. But the grass is mostly weeds, albeit green weeds. Bunkers are either dirt or mud, depending on how the sprinklers are aimed. We play it in October because it's what's open.

El Rio probably was way out of town when it it was built in the 1930s, and once you're on the course, you can almost imagine that you've left town for the day. It's a comfortable, yet tightly laid out course, making efficient use of nearly every square foot. The addition of junior tees help make it fun for families and golfers of all levels to play together.

I like the course and would like to play after the green come back after the reseeding.

There is a certain sentimental connection to this old track; however, the course could use a bit of modernization, beginning with electric carts and removing the less fuel efficient, dirty gas ones. The bunkers were inconsistent ranging from hardened clay to cement mix to playsand. The greens were in terrific shape! The fairways, not so much. Again many parts were terrific, but all in all, a bit too much money for riding and playing. You can get a better deal at prettier layouts; however, I could see myself going back there some timend walking nine.

The course condition varies from real nice as it has been all summer to pretty bad like it was in prior years. The layout presents its challenges but in general it is a fair course with no big surprises. Of all the city courses I find the staff here to be the most friendly and accomodating. I believe the ground crews respond to severe weather damage very well. The course gets cleaned up and mowed quite quickly after a storm.

I have played this course for years and like the layout. When the parks and recreation department has spent the time and attention to city courses, it was a good course to play. A good course to walk; however, there is not a good area to warm-up as the range is now a First Tee site. You need to hit accurate drives to score well.