San Marcos Golf Resort
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 |
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Photo submitted by dmeiners on 09/12/2025
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Photo submitted by Mrgilley on 04/17/2025
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Photo submitted by jefffss on 12/25/2023
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Photo submitted by realmonte on 06/27/2023
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Photo submitted by realmonte on 06/27/2023
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Photo submitted by realmonte on 06/27/2023
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Photo submitted by realmonte on 06/27/2023
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Photo submitted by u000001301764 on 12/07/2022
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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
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Photo submitted by DDTipton on 03/12/2020
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Photo submitted by thedoanezon3 on 05/31/2019
Not Safe. Fairways too close. Lots of balls in wrong fairway
Greens great but small. Sand traps a complete disaster. Fairways generous. Pace of play slow. Practice range bad. Golfers are constantly hitting into you, not safe. Awesomeness gets a zero. Would I play again ? Not a chance !!
Bunkers need major help!
Several bunkers had little to very little sand that made for inconsistent sand shots throughout the course. Also, for a Friday afternoon the pace of play was slow with no course marshal seen all day. For afternoon players on a busy day, plan on waiting for an electric cart from finishing players. Price paid on a Friday is high for the condition of bunkers, slow play with no marshal, San Marcos needs to do much better for my money.
Nice course
Greens in great shape but many of the tee boxes need some serious work.
Round of golf
Great time. Started out slow, but gradually eased up. Did not see a Marshall other than at the start. Still made it judt under 4.o hours.
Good day golfing
Group of 5 in front of us were slow. No Marshall came and hurried them up. I have been harassed by them for slow pace even though it was caused by others.
P U R F E C T !
Price was still a little high, the course was in good condition (needs more water on tee boxes and greens). With all of the rain it gave the course a great time to use their small tine air verification tools to punch greens and tee boxes and maybe plant some seed. Greens were hard along with tee boxes. Rest od course was in pretty good shape. The outside and pro shop staff were very professional. The cart girl was outstanding and professional. Highly Recommended, will play again would like the price to drop a little.
NOT WORTH THE MONEY - Inconsistent - terrible bunkers
First time I’ve played this course in over a year. I use to play it 15-20 a year. Couldn’t believe the green fees were over $90 (including taxes)! Definitely NOT worth the money. Bunker conditions were absolutely terrible and SO inconsistent. Rocky, clay &mud mixed with sand, hard packed, fluffy JUST HORRIBLE! Green were in decent shape but played much slow. Tee boxes were also not in very good shape as well.
San Marcos is a Chandler jewel
The staff at San Marcos treated us well on our two recent visits. As the oldest course in Arizona, it is not a perfect golf experience due to the age of the facilities. The fairways, greens, and traps are well cared for but the rough and areas around the course perimeter are a bit rough & unkept. I will return but many of the other golf courses in the area are a more appealing choice.
Great Traditional Course
Very traditional style course with trees. Mostly flat with canals running through some fairways! It’s a great course to work on golf skills! The scenery is the old mansions that are around the course! The staff was excellent. Driving range for irons only although did see a gentleman hit some with driver. No ice coolers on the carts. Most of the grass areas in good shape(tee box, fairways, greens). Overall a good course!
Overpriced, slow greens, hard-dirt bunkers
Extremely inconsistent and slow greens. Bunkers that have zero sand and are hard, compact dirt. Yet the course still thinks it's a good idea to charge $80 a round, even higher for a weekend.
Great staff. Everyone was courteous, helpful. Only got to play 16 as darkness was coming. Will play here again.
Small greens
Greens are in great shape roll true and speedy. Sand bunkers have little or no sand in them Overall course in great shape.
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