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3.3
800 Reviews (800)
5 Stars
84
4 Stars
239
3 Stars
221
2 Stars
131
1 Stars
125
Conditions
2.9
Value
3.4
Layout
3.7
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.5
61.7%
Recommend this course
515 out of 800 reviews
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3.6
32 Reviews (32)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
13
3 Stars
7
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.5
Layout
3.6
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.6
68.8%
Recommend this course
22 out of 32 reviews
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3.7
49 Reviews (49)
5 Stars
11
4 Stars
20
3 Stars
11
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.3
Value
3.6
Layout
3.7
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.6
71.4%
Recommend this course
35 out of 49 reviews
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Course Highlights
The staff here consistently earns high praise for friendliness, and recent investment from ownership has brought course conditions to their best level in years. The challenging layout with quality greens and bunkers delivers strong value for golfers seeking an improving hidden gem.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Parkland
Par 71
Length 6846 yards
Slope 121
Rating 71.4

Junior National Golf Club (formerly known as Tres Rios Golf Course at Estrella Mountain Park and Estrella Mountain Golf Course) is rich with dense forestry including eucalyptus, mesquite, and pine trees as well as cottonwoods. The course has a parkland-style layout with rolling fairways lined with trees and undulating greens that are medium-sized and fast. To add more challenge to the golf course, water hazards and bunkers come into play on several holes. The par-4 seventh hole is considered the most difficult driving hole on the course. There are stately trees off the tee and the second shot is to a narrow sloping green. Junior National Golf Club features multiple tee boxes for a variety of different golfing options.

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Course Details

Year Built 1966
Golf Season Year round
Architect Red Lawrence (1962)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
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Reviews

3.3
800 Reviews (800)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 22
Patio Dining 12
19th Hole Scenic Views 9
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 28
Bunkers 26
Undulating Greens 24
This course/club is great for:
Locals 52
Seniors 34
Beginners 33
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 33
Worth the Drive 27
Convenient to the City 25

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Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Needs more signage.

There weren't any signs or any kind of markings to let you know what hole you were playing. They had a bunch of signs that say next hole with a pointer on it. But they pointed everywhere and was very

Not informative. They need to put up at least what hole you are playing? Maybe even a ball washer?I know that it's crazy or some water.But it is just open land with no signs and a bathroom here, and there.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Great course

Course was in fantastic shape with all the heat. The holes are a bit close to each other, but was still a great track...just have to be wary of crappy golfers hitting other fairways

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great staff and excellent course.

Staff couldn't have been better. Only issue was the day I golfed there were plenty of bad golfers who always hit onto other fairways. Other than that all good!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Great value

Typical desert course..Great value, greens are quick..still needs work, but for the cost, will play again. It wasn't busy today, flew around solo in 2 hours 10 minutes. Only 25 minutes from where Im staying downtown Phoenix.

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

GPS BOUNDRIES ARE HORRIBLE

The course is all good, except for the GPS boundaries for the carts. They're a bit extreme. I feel they should be REMOVED You don't really need them except maybe on the part 3s.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 25
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Played On
Reviews 34
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

First and foremost last

A complete pasture. I definitely wouldn’t recommend or return.

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

Two thumbs up

Courses always in good condition, the staff is always helpful and friendly. However, the boundaries for the carts is a little bit ridiculous. I think they should have them removed except for the part 3s.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Staff is Awesome, great Links course

Sunday round with the boys. We've all been busy and haven't play or practiced. Still a great day on one of our favorite West valley courses.

Bunkers are great here, actually have sand in them .

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Over Priced

The condition of the course is not great. Greens are dead and have been painted at some point. Making them hard and fast. Fairway grass is too short and in some place dead. Bunkers are actually quite good considering and a very playable. It looks like they are trying to improve things, but have lots of work ahead. Restaurant is basically a canteen that serves hotdogs and greasy burgers. When we came in to grab a bit after the round it smelled of sewer, so I'm assuming it coming from the septic system. I play a much better course back home for half the price.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

You get what you pay for

Jr National is the is the epitome of “you get what you pay for “. It beats out Sundance as the best value in golf in the west valley. Only because of the gps carts . Got to say, it’s getting better. Hopefully they can make golf affordable again!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Definitely different

A non profit course, JNGC offered great value for being peak snowbird season. A friend and I drove one hour from Gilbert to check it out after seeing it on "Short Game King" YouTube channel.

The fairways were very dry and hard. Didn't appear that they overseeded. Greens were solid and fast! The layout is super cool and it turns out it's because of how old it is. If I lived close, I'd play it often but because I'm an hour away I won't put it into my rotation.

Give it a try though!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Fun lay out, conditions meh needed part of golf community

Great walkable golf course. The layout itself was more fun than I expected. Trees play a big factor in shot shape and help protect the golf course from being over powered.

The conditions are not the greatest. The course played very firm. Basically need to land short or just on the front and left it roll back. Hind sight I would play a lot of shots differently. Fairways very firm and scrubby but not to bad. The desert for the most part is wide open so you can find your ball. All the holes are next to each other so minus the OB on the outside holes you’re pretty much ok to hit anywhere and play on. It was almost links ish with how firm and windy it played… but then add some mature trees.

Great junior program. Apparently 17 and under play free. And looks like they were hosting a junior pga event the day i was there.

Was it worth the money. Probably not quite but it is relative to peak season golf in the phoenix metro area. If you’re on the west side of town and want a cheaper place to play I’d totally recommend it. Likely will return especially once the little one is old enough to play golf!

We need more courses like this for the locals vs $300 mid scottsdale courses.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Race Track

I had hoped course conditions had improved but alas this course is a race track. Positives carts had GPS’s, greens were fast and true. Negatives fairways dry, drive between tee boxes was like driving dirt roads, no ball washers, layout was poorly marked. Bottom line this is a deplorable course.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great track with great bones

Nice playable course. Staff is great! The new owners will take this course to the next level. The future is bright, but hopefully we can keep it a secret for a while longer!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Best kept secret in the valley.

Tough greens, best sand traps, challenging but playable. Great staff. Course looks rough around the edges but Tee to green excellent. Great value for the price. Thanks to management for stepping up and investing in this hidden gem.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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