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3.9
1051 Reviews (1051)
5 Stars
399
4 Stars
416
3 Stars
150
2 Stars
54
1 Stars
32
Conditions
3.7
Value
4.2
Layout
3.9
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.5
86.6%
Recommend this course
941 out of 1051 reviews
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3.6
40 Reviews (40)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
16
3 Stars
11
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.8
Layout
3.6
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
4.3
77.5%
Recommend this course
31 out of 40 reviews
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3.7
71 Reviews (71)
5 Stars
18
4 Stars
30
3 Stars
14
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
4
Conditions
3.6
Value
4.0
Layout
3.9
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
4.4
83.1%
Recommend this course
59 out of 71 reviews
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Course Highlights
This well-maintained 9-hole course delivers outstanding value, with green fees that include a range ball bucket and friendly staff consistently praised by recent players. The layout challenges your short game while still offering driver holes, and rounds typically wrap up in under two hours.

About

Holes 9
Type Public
Style Executive
Par 31
Length 2095 yards
Slope 91
Rating 29.6

Desert Mirage Golf Course offers a public, nine-hole course and a fully stocked pro shop. The course has a traditional design but that does not mean it is boring. It is perfect for squeezing in a quick game or for beginners and kids. The course is relatively flat, but there are some hills on the course that can affect shots. The greens are medium sized with some slight undulation and the generous fairways are wide open. There are also water hazards and bunkers that come into play on a few of the holes. Desert Mirage Golf Course's signature hole is the par-4 ninth. It requires a tee shot over a lake to an island green.

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Course Details

Year Built 1999
Golf Season Year round
Architect Bill Phillips (1999)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
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Reviews

3.9
1051 Reviews (1051)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 6
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 15
Water Hazards 10
This course/club is great for:
9-Hole Rounds 35
Walkers 28
Beginners 26
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 20
Near Local Attractions 13
In the 'Burbs 11

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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Outstanding driving range and recently renovated clubhouse

Really enjoyed the round. First one of the spring so was looking for a gentle re entry to golf for 2026. Greens were in pretty good shape. Great course for newer players or those looking for a no stress round.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Course has improved

You can tell that they have been making improvements @Desert Mirage. Besides the new driving range and pro shop improvements are underway on the course. The course is more important to me than the pro shop. Fairways especially are improved. We were very delayed as a 2 some. We could only get in 7 holes as the back up was costing us to be late for an appointment. 7 holes in 2 hours and we could see the las 2 were extremely backed up, There was no ranger on the course directing those ahead of us to pick up the pace.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Better than last time

Less players, actually able to get a good game going without stopping every hole to wait. A lot better.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 38
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Wildly overbooked

Waiting 20-25 mins at every tee box. People are walking the course , making it even slower. At more than $40 per round after a discount, it’s just not worth 2 hours for 9 holes of very, very slow golf.

All of this could be solved by booking less golfers , but ya know, money.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 99
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Good Times

Second time playing this course and it was as I remembered it…nothing fancy but very pkayable. Some par 4s and 3s of moderate length. Played early so pace of play was good. Greens were nice and putted well. Tees could have been moved from previous days play. Overall a fun time. Clubhouse looks great and didn’t use practice facilities but looked like monitoring devices in each bay to check your swing.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

WAS one of my favorite inexpensive go-to courses.

WAS one of my favorite inexpensive go-to courses, Effective March 1st, rates will nearly double. They mad major improvements to the range, but this had nothing to do with improving the course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 35
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Easy course for warm up round

First… I has read reviews that the new owners were working hard to make improvements; even though this was our first time here I could see that’s true. Nice to see!

Fairly easy, wide open course. A little rough, but not too bad - and I’m confident it will get better. Our first round after three months of Wisconsin winter, so was a nice warm up round for us - not too hard, only nine holes, decent pace of play.

Good luck to the new owners!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Nice course, slow pace

Course is great as far as layout and condition of the course. My only wish would be 10-12 min gaps between tee times. Winter brings a lot of snowbirds and the pace of play slows down dramatically.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

Definitely bottom of my list to play in AZ

I’ve played here before the new ownership. Have seen people saying to come check it out since it’s undergone new management and in construction. Pretty noisy with construction sounds the whole round, course layout is pretty bad because of back to back holes playing the same distances and doesn’t really flow too amazingly. For $25 walking even to get 9 holes there is pretty poor value when aguila you can walk the 9 several times for $18 any time of the day and it is quite a bit nicer. May check back after renovations but the experience was one that doesn’t have me thinking I’ll go back any time soon.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Great Value for Money

The course is never in great shape but it’s more than capable of upholding a good round of golf. It’s inexpensive and also a solid layout for how small of a footprint the course takes up.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
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