Fred Enke Golf Course

Take lots of balls! Lots of slope no matter what the card says.
Some forced carries, balls tend to scoot off the course. Greens have been OK.

Layout is challenging like a country club course but without the egregious expense. When driving in the carts, focus on the rugged ATV-aspect of the cart path and think of yourself on a golf safari deep into the desert southwest. You'll rattle your bones, of course, but you'll also see some great scenes of animals and birds doing their things au natural. You'll also hear the anguished cries of good golfers on the hole beside you bemoaning their double bogies. That's a natural part of Fred Enke, too.

IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THE CITY DOES NOT GROOM THIS COURSE AS IT IS A CHALLENGE & A REAL DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH. sOME OF MY BUDDIES WON'T PLAY THIS COURSE ONLY BECAUSE THEY SAY IT IS TOO DIFFICULT.

the course is dry but I am sure that is due to lack of funding and influx of money coming in and knowing this course will soon be shutting its doors is truly sad. one of my favorite courses in tucson to play.

Community course gem, very friendly staff challenging holes, back 9 open fairways - beautiful desert landscape perfect family friendly outing.

A very good layed out desert course that needs tender loving care and a pro who should go out on the course and greet people

was a very nice & pretty track,suffering from lack of up-keep!!

dISAPOINTTED AT CONDITION YOU COULD TELL THE CITY DID NOT CARE TO TRY TO FIX FAIRWAYS OR CART PATHS THE GREENS WERE GOOD BUT THE REST WAS SAD TO SEE THAT THE CITY DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THIS COURSE. IT IS A CHALLANGE BUT CARE HURTS ANY HOPE.

For all of the local Tucson golfers one of our favorites. A real shame the city council and Mayor have proposed closing this course soon. Please support this golf couse and it is possible we can save it.

This Tucson City corse has a challenging layout with plenty of risk. The fairways ere very dry in mid November, detracting from playability. Greens are true, quick and in good shape. Our group was never held up, but we played slow as we were off the fairway frequently. The trails are in very rough shape as are the golf carts.

I really like the couse, and hope the city adds water, improves the trails and upgrades the carts. This could be a fantastic couse.

Played here while visiting the folks living in Tucson. Enke course was a challenging layout from white tees. Shortish, with a lot of blind shots and tee shots that one needs to know where to land for optimal angle to the green. Not in pristine condition relative to the other selections in Tucson but for $20 riding (thanks golf now) it was nice. If I was living in this area I would probably play here often rather than shell out the big bucks for the other courses. Greens were a little bumpy sorta like bent grass in Michigan a week after being aerated and top dressed .

I really like this course. More difficult than the rest of th city courses. Played as a twosome first thing in the morning.

This course challenges you in so many ways. Doglegs and desert conditions provide risk reward situations. Always enjoy playing here.

Front side greens were excellent and rolled really nice. The back side was a little choppy but they are in the middle of a re-seed. Got done in under 4 hours.

used to be a great course in good shape now is in terrible shape and doesn't plan to improve..

I live near Fred Enke and use the driving range and chipping area/putting green often (2x week). The course has so much potential but is mis managed. We played Sunday afternoon around 1230 and the pace of play was fine. However, the tee boxes and front nine fairways weren't cut for the weekend and were 4-5 days uncut. The greens were fine. The back nine tees and fairways seemed that they were mowed more recently. Back nine greens were fine. The management doesn't seem to understand that their product needs to be competitive, especially on the weekend, and they have to mow and rake the traps. Cart paths are a disaster. Sad. Will play elsewhere...

I've only played Fred Enke three times and I played this last time because I read it was to close. My wife and I both enjoyed the play and the wilderness setting. We will be playing it more often and I would recommend it to any level golfer.
Too bad it's closing, but that's politics isn't it?

Please do all you can to save Enke. It's unique and all we have on this side of town.

you have to hit the ball, you can't pansy it definitly a challenge makes you play golf

Many of the fairways handn't been mowed in a long time, making them longer than many roughs. In fact, it was difficult finding the ball in the middle of some fairways. Guess the course is doomed to be a meandering park, but no reason to keep the mower in the shed