Back
San Marcos Golf Resort
Rating Snapshot
About
The golf course at the San Marcos Golf Resort boasts an impressive list of past players that includes presidents and celebrities. The golf course is nestled on a property in downtown Chandler that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Although it has a desert landscape, the course is still lush with a canal that runs through it, a lake, and plush Bermuda grass greens, the former two creating water hazards that come into play on several holes. The San Marcos Golf Resort course is challenging with each hole having at least three bunkers. The two most difficult holes on the golf course are two lengthy par 4s, the fourth and the 10th.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 6661 yards | 71.0 | 124 |
| Blue | 72 | 6224 yards | 68.9 | 120 |
| White | 72 | 5803 yards | 67.5 | 117 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5242 yards | 70.0 | 117 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 71.6/123 | 411 | 367 | 212 | 482 | 483 | 421 | 428 | 161 | 475 | 3440 | 471 | 387 | 316 | 129 | 327 | 235 | 365 | 482 | 509 | 3221 | 6661 |
| Blue M: 69.3/120 | 384 | 348 | 182 | 464 | 465 | 371 | 372 | 151 | 465 | 3202 | 440 | 365 | 300 | 112 | 315 | 196 | 345 | 468 | 481 | 3022 | 6224 |
| White M: 67.8/117 W: 73.8/127 | 360 | 329 | 169 | 425 | 440 | 340 | 320 | 139 | 415 | 2937 | 392 | 360 | 277 | 100 | 302 | 179 | 330 | 459 | 467 | 2866 | 5803 |
| Red M: 65.3/113 W: 70.6/120 | 314 | 327 | 155 | 312 | 409 | 323 | 316 | 106 | 378 | 2640 | 340 | 342 | 272 | 93 | 300 | 120 | 291 | 455 | 389 | 2602 | 5242 |
| Handicap | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 12 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 1 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 12 |
Hot Deals at San Marcos Golf Resort
1
Course Details
Rentals/Services
Practice/Instruction
Policies
Food & Beverage
Bar, RestaurantAvailable Facilities
Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet FacilitiesAvailable Sports
Tennis
Reviews
Reviewer Photos
-
Photo submitted by dmeiners on 09/12/2025
-
Photo submitted by Mrgilley on 04/17/2025
-
Photo submitted by jefffss on 12/25/2023
-
Photo submitted by realmonte on 06/27/2023
-
Photo submitted by realmonte on 06/27/2023
-
Photo submitted by realmonte on 06/27/2023
-
Photo submitted by realmonte on 06/27/2023
-
Photo submitted by u000001301764 on 12/07/2022
-
Morning view down the Par-5 5th fairway. A strong drive, especially to the center-right fairway, sets you up to go for the green in two! Photo submitted by vmustang on 04/25/2021
-
Photo submitted by DDTipton on 03/12/2020
-
Photo submitted by thedoanezon3 on 05/31/2019
Overbooked and GPS stolen
Insanely overbooked. It took 5 hours to reach the 14th hole. We quit after that. Also my brand new Bushnell GPS speaker was left in the cart and never made it to the lost and found. So I assume a worker stole that. 0/10 would not recommend.
Long drives and.slow greens….
No cart girl. No snack shack. We were an afternoon group and wanted refreshments.
No cooler chests for carts.
Course layout is very narrow, you almost feeling like you’re playing into your friends on both sides.
very good conditions, great pace of play
Course is in very good condition. some bunkers less sand than others. but very playable. Great pace of play. Very friendly staff
hope you love golf
Because you're gonna be at it for 6 hours if you come anytime after 7am. People here love golf so much that they will hit it into.yoir fairway just so they can pick up your ball. Also cart drink service ends as soon as it gets hot, so you better bring your own.
I have been here for almost six hours and I'm still on hole 16. I hope to one day finish this round of golf where everyone is constantly hitting into my fairway because everything is overly packed in on the back 9.
As I write this review, I can hear the tee shots off 14 whistling past my ears as I wait for the green to clear.
Very backed up & terrible sand
We played on Monday , Tee off at noon. The pace of play was terrible with many holes having four groups on them. Rangers did nothing to speed up play. Overall course conditions were fair to poor. And bunkers were atrocious with rock, hard dirt/ sand.
Only saw a cart girl once, and they actually shut down the burger shack halfway house at 3:00 pm.
They are not interested in maintaining playable pace or course upkeep, and are cost cutting wherever they can to the detriment of the players.
Horrible Pace of Play
Course is below average for the area with terrible pace of play and poor conditions. There are far better options of courses to play in the area. Avoid unless you prefer 5+ hour rounds on a weekday.
More like this
Super fun course. Reasonable price. Challenging. Nice people. Good beverage cart. If your a golf snob this isn't you place and I wouldn't want to listen to you anyway. Go play Troon North and leave this place to actual golfers that just love playing the game.
Nice course
The course was in good shape and fun to play. It is a links style course so you had carts all over the place with people spraying drives all over the place (myself included). The driving range is tiny so they have you hit these plastic balls to control distance, but you can still get warm. I'd play again.
Tough conditions
This course is a featureless prairie with very little living grass. We were usually hitting from bald spots or dirt. Heavily used public golf course and people do not repair ball marks on the greens. The course was so dry it was a struggle just to get a tee in the ground.
Whirlwind Golf Getaway Package
Mesa Golf Around Package
The Fairways of Fountain Hills Package
True Spec Fitting Experience Package
San Marco has some of the widest fairways on any course in AZ. If you can’t hit these fairways you must have a big slice or hook, take lessons 😃I agree with everything else you said.