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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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Love large trees and dogleg right fairways,
Over all had a great time there,older course with mature trees and the staff was very friendly:love the fact the greens were fast.
Awesome Deal, Fun day with my friend!
Can't complain much when the cost for two people, including the cart was only $32! The front desk young man was very friendly as well.
There were a couple things that could have been better: No water/cleaner in a majority of the ball washers, there was no one manning the cafe when we were at the turn, and the area between the tee boxes and fairway were in very rough shape. Also wish that the course was better marked as the layout can sometimes be confusing!
However, the fairways and greens were beautiful and other than a few weirdly placed holes (really difficult!) we had a wonderful time! Thank you!
Don't waste your time
The first thing I noticed was how poorly the greens were taken care of. Some were slow and bumpy. Others were scalped and sanded. Nothing was consistent and we found craters in greens. NO CARE. Competent grounds keepers do not live here. Teeing off on 7 someone rides up on a 4 wide mower kicking rocks and dust and circling a tree 30 feet away. When I notified the front desk on the turn I was told the GM would be "notified". Nothing else was done. Can you imagine teeing off and having rocks and dust and grass kicked on UNREAL. Gophers holes everywhere. To top off the nightmare they are running sprinklers on the fairways as you are playing. This was not a good experience and the staff has a lot to learn about customer curtesy and caring for a golf course
*2nd Time Playing*
Although in better shape this year than when I played it last year, it's still in rough shape. The fairways were at least green this year, but the greens were brown and the ball rolled for days. I never had to repair a divot, the green was too hard!!
With the slight improvement over last year, I'll wait another 2-3 years to play it again and it might just be a diamond in the rough by then!!
I really enjoyed playing Tres Rios again
From others I heard this course had been getting a bit down trodden lately, so I did not know what to expect. Well I was pleasantly surprised as the course is pretty green and in pretty good shape. According to the clubhouse, the new superintendent has them putting lots of water on the course and apparently they have an ample water source. This has helped the conditions and I would not hesitate to go back to Tres Rios and play again.
3.59886 stars
Holes 1-3 were nice. 9 & 18 were pretty good too. Very fast greens! Two of my putts slipped off the face of the earth!
Price is right
Greens and fairways were good. If you get off the fairway at all expect to lose a ball in very tall uncut grass or be hitting off bare dirt. No cart service but you can't have everything for these prices. They do have ice chests on the carts which is always nice here in AZ.
Transition time from Winter grass to Summer grass
Good layout. Easy the walk some challenging holes. . Thin on grass right now as it transitions back to the Bermuda
Mondayat Estrella Park
The course was as I remembered it. Layout is nice. Grass coverage was thin. Greens were very fast with thin grass coverage. They really need to find a way to charge a couple of bucks more and put the money into improved course conditions.
Great time
Fun course while challenging at the same time. Staff is awesome. I'll be back soon
Big Bang for buck
Basicallly you get what you pay for. It's a good deal, plus you get to see the Estrella mountains. On days when you play in 4 hours or less it's a great course, anything over 4 hours gives you the opportunity to see its flaws and shortcomings. Needs some serious marshalling on busy days. When the course is moving you can't go wrong for the price.
Nice out of the way course
Location is out of the way, no house anywhere. Nice overall tee boxes, & fairways where ok. Greens are rock hard and fast. Very good value. Staff was all very nice. Asking how we was playing at both the turn and finish. Absolutely no uptight country club feel.
Good value
Good value. Very busy with a bit of a back. Need a marshal and cart girl. Staff are great.
Low budget municipal!!
This was my 2nd outing at this course, I will be hard pressed to play here again. The pace of play is recommended 4hr, our 3some played in 4 1/2, pace was dictated by individual and 2somes scattered throughout the course! Attempts should be made to pair up groups!! Maintenance was marginal, towels & ball washers could be more available . The course roughs are exactly that! This course will continue to be a low budget course as it is hard to attract play if what I've experienced is the norm!!!