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3.5
1697 Reviews (1697)
5 Stars
340
4 Stars
860
3 Stars
321
2 Stars
119
1 Stars
57
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.5
Layout
3.6
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.5
72.9%
Recommend this course
1412 out of 1697 reviews
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3.2
63 Reviews (63)
5 Stars
12
4 Stars
22
3 Stars
10
2 Stars
7
1 Stars
12
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.1
Layout
3.5
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.3
63.5%
Recommend this course
40 out of 63 reviews
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3.2
74 Reviews (74)
5 Stars
13
4 Stars
28
3 Stars
11
2 Stars
8
1 Stars
14
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.1
Layout
3.5
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.2
63.5%
Recommend this course
47 out of 74 reviews
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Course Highlights
Toka Sticks consistently delivers well-maintained fairways and a smooth pace of play that keeps rounds moving efficiently. Friendly check-in staff and strong overall value make this course a reliable choice for golfers in the area.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Traditional
Par 72
Length 6922 yards
Slope 121
Rating 72.0

Unlike many other courses in Phoenix, the course at the Toka Sticks Golf Club was not done in a traditional desert-style. It is known amongst locals for having very fast greens, many of which are elevated. The old Toka Sticks course was originally a nine-hole course built in 1945 but in addition to making it an 18-hole, championship course, it has had many renovations in the years since to make it a more challenging and interesting course. There are stately trees present on the course call for straight shots in order to reach the narrow fairways. Two lakes are situated on the course that create water hazards that come into play on sever holes. There are also several well-placed sand bunkers throughout. Toka Stick Golf Club also offers a short game area, a putting green and a driving range.

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Course Details

Year Built 1945
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens TiffDwarf Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS No
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code No tank tops or cutoffs.

Food & Beverage

Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
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Reviews

3.5
1697 Reviews (1697)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 19
19th Hole Specials 14
Patio Dining 12
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 62
Bunkers 58
Undulating Greens 34
This course/club is great for:
Locals 78
Walkers 60
Seniors 59
This Course's Location is:
Near the Airport 69
Convenient to the City 44
Worth the Drive 33

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Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Excellent Conditions

Course is in excellent condition. A few months ago the well issue caused a Sahara Desert 🏜. This problem has been resolved and the conditions were very good for this time of year. Playing again soon.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 42
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

BKR-Toka Sticks 7-12-2026

Overall great day on a very nice golf course. Enjoyed the entire 18 hole layout. Staff was friendly and courteous. Services from check in until finish were super.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Well, to be honest….

Played yesterday after reading reviews of greens being punched 16 days ago thinking it would be in shape to play, However, greens were punched a second time and putting was like playing a game of Plinko. Sometimes it bounced toward the cup and sometimes it bounced away. Cart guy said they are punching again in two weeks so stay clear if you don’t want the hassle!

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Good value

The course was in good shape, however the greens were a challenge. Not only they we’re aerated, but the holes weren’t filled in with sand😜

Pace of play was ok, we’re were delayed on a few holes due to slow play by the foursome in front of us. NO Marshall ever seen on the course, however the beverage girl did come by 4 times ( 2 on the front 9 and 2 times on the back nine😀

4 out of 5

Fix the greens and get a Marshall to keep the pace up and I would of gave it a 5

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 24
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Another Disaster

I have to mention first that I missed or didn't see the aeration statement on website. Got the course this morning and walked up to the practice green to see the green punched and not to sanded and the starter said yeah about a week ago they did it. The Greens were very very bumpy and you just putted it at the hole and hoped for the best. Fairways and around were sparse of grass and uncut in other areas, really not a very much resemblance of a golf course and what the course is 73 years old it looks it. 55.00 for this course is ridiculous. all course with aeration and summer conditions should be 25-35 dollars tops. So many courses in AZ are beyond subpar I am really tired of it. I don't want to hear the word transition anymore.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great Price

This the course was great to play me and my son enjoyed our time. We played pretty fast and was able to finish in three hours. I even got a birdie on a par five I believe it was a whole 16 or 17.

For it to be Summer, the course is in great condition.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice day to play!

Course was in a good condition, well, maybe some part of the greens that doesn’t have grass right now, just some patch of dirt. But overall, nice and good course!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Toka Sticks

It was our 1st time at Toka Sticks and we were pleasantly surprised. Course was a little dry so got some extra yardage out of some of our shots. It’s relatively flat with only 1 water hazard to contend with. We enjoyed the course and would recommend you give it a try.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 31
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow play

We played on a Friday afternoon and waited 5 to 10 min at each hole. I guess there was a men’s group playing a “tournament” so they were treating every putt like it was the US Open. We only made it through 9 holes before we couldn’t take it anymore. Not a pleasant afternoon and probably won’t go here anymore.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 129
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Uh Oh Water Issues

Played 5/4, not paired. Hardly anyone playing and once we saw the course we figured out why. The whole course was dead, greens were spotty green. Asked what happened, was told their water well pumps were out of order for a couple of weeks, just now are repaired. Most likely will be awhile before this course is back. Nothing about this on their website! It’s a decent track when the course is nice. The staff there is extremely nice!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Dry and Firm

Everything from the Tee Boxes to fairways to the greens are super and dry and extremely firm. Tees breaking when trying to tee your ball up. Bunkers have no sand and basically just desert/rock. If you hit the green your shot will bounce and be long. Insane how much they charge just for you to play rock hard surfaces

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Overpriced: Dead grass

I played this course with my son because we went out on a whim and it’s close to home. Greens fees were about $100 per player on a Saturday afternoon. You can find much better value with courses close by. Fairways were full of dead grass. Greens were in bad shape. In most places around the course you can’t discern rough from fairway due to the lack of playable grass. I will cross Toka Sticks off my list of courses to play. It is definitely not worth the greens fee with other worthy courses close by.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Previously Played

Burnt and bad shape

The course was completely burnt up and dry. I guess they had some problem with their water is still charges full price. Of course it was the worst shape course I’ve ever seen in my life.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course is really bad

I have played Toka Sticks numerous times over the last 7-8 years. Always lush and green. We got to the course and it was all brown, nothing green about it. As we were waiting to go to the tee box, started was telling us their water pipe to the underground water reserve was broke and had been 3 weeks trying to get it fixed. They hoped to have water on the course that afternoon.

We teed off and instantly you see, no grass on the course to stop your ball, rolled forever, the greens, wouldn't hold a shot onto them, everything rolled off no matter how high or even how short you hit, it was off the back of the green. You placed your putter on the green to lean down and grab your ball, it would literally fly along the green as if it was on glass.

The bunkers were nothing but a spec of dirt on hard concrete.

If this condition was brought on by the lack of water, it should have been told to us before the round began and like Foothills a few years ago, you should have closed the course for a week or so to get water back on it, or offered discounts. Totally unacceptable playing conditions. Will give it a month or so to try and see if they get it green again.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

DO NOT PLAY HERE. Watering issues.

They have not watered their fairways in what must be weeks. Everything is dead and hardpan. Yet they want to charge full rate. They're taking advantage of people who don't read reviews.

Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Don't drop a match..

Or the place will go up in smoke... I am writing to express my extreme disappointment with the current state of the course. I played a round recently for my son’s birthday, and the fairways were drier than any active course I have ever seen—it looked closer to a facility that had been closed down.

While we didn't ask for a refund at the time because we wanted to honor the birthday celebration, a member of your cart staff informed us that a well is broken and may not be fixed for another 2–3 months.

If the course is unable to maintain standard playing conditions due to infrastructure failure, that should be disclosed at the time of booking. Charging full rates for "worst-ever" conditions is not a sustainable way to treat your regulars. I’d like to know what the plan is for service recovery for those of us who paid for a premium experience and received a "broken" one.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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