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3.5
803 Reviews (803)
5 Stars
85
4 Stars
240
3 Stars
222
2 Stars
131
1 Stars
125
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.6
Layout
3.8
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.5
69.5%
Recommend this course
518 out of 803 reviews
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3.7
31 Reviews (31)
5 Stars
8
4 Stars
12
3 Stars
7
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.6
Layout
3.6
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.5
74.2%
Recommend this course
23 out of 31 reviews
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3.6
42 Reviews (42)
5 Stars
8
4 Stars
18
3 Stars
10
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.3
Value
3.5
Layout
3.6
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.5
71.4%
Recommend this course
30 out of 42 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

3.5
803 Reviews (803)

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 92
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Pace of play is biggest drawback.

Starter is nice touch but not if they don't make the effort to pair up twosomes especially when also allowing 5 player groups. Couldn't make a ballmark on any green so they also wouldn't hold any approach shots. Not worth the drive.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
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 Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 51
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pretty decent course but needs work

Layout is decent, conditions were decent. However, this course really needs more cart paths and better sinage and hole to hole directions.

I have been playing this course the last 6 years and every time I play it, it reminds me of a struggling muni course,

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Slow slow slow

Our tee time was 11 19 am teed off at noon finished round at 6 pm waiting at every hole worse time ever never will play here again

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Response from on 03/01/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to provide us your feedback regarding your recent experience. We are sorry to hear that the pace of play was slow that day. Your feedback is important to us, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Frost delay

Played this course plenty of times before and never had any issues till now. Showed up 45 mins before our tee time and advised about a frost delay. Didn't tee off till 45 after our original time. Play was so slow that day that we called it after 2 and a half hours later just for 9 holes. Talked to the guy at the pro shop if any kind of reimbursement or discount could be done and told us there's nothing he could do.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Response from on 02/26/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to provide us your feedback. We are sorry to hear that the frost delay contributed to a bad experience. Your feedback is important to us, and we hope that you will give us another chance in the future.
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great greens

The course was in very good condition. The greens were lightning fast and true. The pro and the bag boy were very friendly. We had a really good time and the weather even cooperated with the course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 02/26/2018:
Hello Dale, thank you for the four stars! We are glad to hear that you found our course in great shape and that you had a pleasant experience with our staff. Thanks for stopping by, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Response from on 02/20/2018:
Hello Rob, thank you for the four stars! We are happy to see that you had an overall great time with us the other day. Thanks for stopping by, and we look forward to seeing you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Horrible

First, the pace was every hole was backed up by 2 groups.Never understand why. The greens had 50% actual grass the rest was sprayed green sand which made them like putting on concrete. 50% of the fairway was actually fairway because I think you need grass to have a fairway. This course is getting run into the ground and looking at the pro shop it is running down their inventory. Either this course is going to get sold or closed. It needs a million bucks invested just to make it playable.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 02/15/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review our course. We are sorry to hear that you had a poor golfing experience with us the other day. Your feedback is important to us, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Packed

Unfortunately we ran into a frost delay that morning which lasted an hour or so, we didn’t tee off until 1pm, so I grumble with a bit of a caveat. There were lots of foursomes out there so pace would expect to be slow however the prebooked 5-some in front of us was terrible. With obvious beginner players in front and the experienced Dad teaching the daughters was frustrating to say the least. They finished 18 holes a 2 full holes behind, which sounds almost ok, except it was already slow so keeping up should have been easy. No marshals on course, and a warning from the starter about the 5some before we teed off. So why allow the 5 players on a single tee time to begin with. They should have let us go ahead and could have at 18 different tee boxes, but they didn’t know any better so our attempts to sneak past fell on deaf ears. I don’t appreciate golf courses that penalize the public for booking pm tee times to save a few bucks then send the beverage cart and course marshals home early. It’s clear at 99% of courses that if u pay less you get less. Well tell that to the 500 courses that go bankrupt every year.. Ty needed those pm tee times

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Response from on 02/15/2018:
Hello Todd, thank you for taking the time to review our course. We are sorry to hear that you experienced poor pace of play and had an overall unpleasant round. Your feedback is important to us and we hope that you will give us another chance in the future.
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 0-4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good for the price

This was our first round after a long winter. Booked it to get the rust off. Course is good for the price we paid. Greens were excellent.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 02/15/2018:
Hello, thank you for the three-star review. We are glad to hear that you enjoyed our course layout and found our greens in excellent shape. We appreciate your feedback, and we look forward to seeing you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 56
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Response from on 02/15/2018:
Hello, thank you for the four stars! We are happy to hear that you found our course good value for your money and that you had an overall good experience with us. We appreciate your feedback, and we look forward to seeing you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
4.0
First Time Playing

Great course, pace of play abysmal

As others have said, pace of play is very poor. I got my cart at exactly my reserved time. There we’re three groups queuing at Hole 1. No marshall could be found. I waited for about 30 minutes until I could actually tee off. I am under the impression that reserved tee times are meaningless here. I will give this course another chance in the future, but if I have to wait again for 30 minutes, I’ll avoid any future visits.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Response from on 02/15/2018:
Hello, thank you for the four stars! We are glad to hear that you enjoyed our course, but are sorry to hear that you endured slow pace of play. Your feedback is important to us, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Pace of play

I really don’t like being negative, but this was our third round that took close to six hours to play. The first time was when the ladies were there, so we put it down to that. The second time was on a Saturday, so we put it down to the weekend, but this time was a Wednesday, so conclusion is it seems to be consistently slow. It does mess with your concentration waiting to hit every shot. Will try again, as this has been our go to course since all of the improvements, and the staff is great.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Response from on 02/09/2018:
Hello, thank you for the four stars! We are sorry to hear that you have experienced slow pace of play on all 3 of your rounds, but we hope that next time will be a quicker round. We appreciate your feedback, and we look forward to your return next time.
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Not very nice

Hard to think that a course isn't worth the very low price of this one in Arizona in the prime season, but this one is not. Dry, dusty and hard, including the greens. Bare ground everywhere.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Response from on 02/09/2018:
Hello Dave, thank you for taking the time to leave us a rating. We are sorry to hear that you found our course in poor shape when you last played, but we appreciate your feedback, and we hope to earn your business back in the future.
Played On
Reviews 45
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

What Tee Box are we Playing??

The markings on the tee boxes was VERY POOR. For about three cans of spray paint and one hour this could be fixed!! This just shows the lack of care for the golfers who are payers!! The price is LOW and that is what you get. Greens are still in good shape, it is too bad the rest of the course is not up to PAR!

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Response from on 02/08/2018:
Hello Gerry, thank you for taking the time to leave us your feedback. We are sorry to hear that you had a subpar experience at our course the other day, but we are glad to hear that you found our greens in overall good shape. We appreciate your feedback, and we look forward to seeing you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good Value

Got a good rate from Golfnow. Enjoyed the layout and ease of play.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Response from on 02/01/2018:
Hello, thank you for the three-star review! We are glad to hear that you enjoyed our course layout and found it good value for your money. We appreciate your feedback, and we look forward to seeing you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 6
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 Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 02/01/2018:
Hello Mike, thank you for the four stars! We are glad to see that you enjoyed our course layout and found it in great shape. We appreciate you stopping by, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 1
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Response from on 02/01/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to leave us a rating. We are sorry to see that you did not have a pleasant golfing experience with us. Your feedback is important to us, and we hope that you will give us another chance in the future.
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Response from on 02/01/2018:
Hello, thank you for the four-star review! We are happy to hear that you found our course good value for your money and that you found our greens in good shape too. Thanks for stopping by, and we can't wait to have you back again soon.
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Speed of play

Groups of five seemed very slow. 5 hours for round is to much. Perhaps over booked?

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Response from on 01/31/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to leave us your feedback. We are sorry to hear that you experienced slow pace of play when you last played. We hope that you will give us another try in the near future.
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