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3.8
1453 Reviews (1453)
5 Stars
226
4 Stars
662
3 Stars
346
2 Stars
137
1 Stars
82
Conditions
3.5
Value
3.9
Layout
3.9
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.5
80.3%
Recommend this course
1126 out of 1453 reviews
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Average Rating
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4.0
28 Reviews (28)
5 Stars
6
4 Stars
17
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.1
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.4
92.9%
Recommend this course
26 out of 28 reviews
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3.9
104 Reviews (104)
5 Stars
27
4 Stars
48
3 Stars
20
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.9
Layout
3.9
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.3
82.7%
Recommend this course
86 out of 104 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public/Municipal
Style Traditional
Par 72
Length 6732 yards
Slope 124
Rating 71.8

Cave Creek Golf Course is Phoenix's most popular municipal course, seeing about 100,000 rounds yearly. In 1983, Cave Creek began as a landfill reclamation project. It's a sort of pioneer in environmental design, proving similar spots can find environmentally friendly uses. It's open dawn to dusk, year-round.

Eighteen holes of par-72 golf take golfers over 6,732 yards on the Cave Creek Golf Course, kicking off on the par-4 first hole, which measures 363 yards from the blue tees, before things get long on the second hole, which measures 510 yards from the blue tees. That's just one of four long holes, with the sixth hole measuring 532 yards from the blue tees, the 11th coming in at 521 yards from the blue tees, and the sixth having a distance of 518 yards from the blue tees. The round concludes after a suggested playing time of four hours and 10 minutes on the 18th hole, a par 4 that measures 388 yards from the blue tees.

The city of Phoenix has contracted with several hotel chains to offer stay-and-play packages for golfers at the Cave Creek Golf Course and other municipal tracks.

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Course Details

Year Built 1983
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Jack Snyder

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No
Pull-carts Yes
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, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
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3.8
1453 Reviews (1453)
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4.0
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Conditions Good
Value Good
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5.0
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Perfect weather
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Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
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4.0
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Conditions Good
Value Good
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3.0
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Decent conditions, slow pace of play

The overall course and greens conditions were solid, bunkers also in great condition. However pace of play was pretty poor, Took over 3 and a half hours to play 14 holes. We tee’d off at 2:30 in January so didn’t really expect to get a full 18 in anyways with daylight but we would have liked to at least get 16 holes in. Also didn’t see the snack cart once in the almost 4 hour round we played. We were able to get snacks and food on the turn and they were super pleasant and very quick. Food was good too and the $6 hot dog deal is pretty great

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
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Reviews 18
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Needs help

The course is okay in the fairways and greens, terrible in the rough and there are very limited cart paths and they are in lousy shape.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
First Time Playing

5 Hours

Not a single Marshall or cart girl in sight. The walkers take their time and nobody tells them anything. WILL NOT LLAY HERE AGAIN.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Response from on 01/05/2026:
Thanks for your review. We know there’s room to improve, and we’re already working to enhance things. We’d love a second chance to give you a better experience.
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 65
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 24
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Fun track

Tee Boxes, Fairways and greens were in great shape…bunkers too. Wish the cart paths were better, confusing at times and non existent in areas. Overall great place to get out and play a round.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 132
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 132
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Getting ready for overseeding

Weather was great. Greens were rough and slow. Love this course and can’t wait for the grass to come in!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 292
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Arizona Advisor
Top 25 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Not bad

The course was in decent shape. The rough was a little bit long and it made it difficult to find your ball if you went in. The greens were bumpy and slow. It looks like they haven't completely healed from the aeration. The carts are terrible. Very beat up. Mine would stall out or not move when you pressed the accelerator. It just kind of sat there as you repeatedly tried to go to no avail, then suddenly kick in. We lost several balls to other golfer who would pick them up from adjacent fairways. Not sure why they would come into our fairway to search for their ball, but they did. One of our foursome lost several balls to the ditch running through the course. That was on him though. The pace was about 4:15 hrs. Not great, but not terrible.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Not bad

The course was in decent shape. A little high priced but ok. I'd play it again

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Tight Lies

The fairways are cut too short. It was down nearly at scalping level for over seed season. Conversely, the rough is too high. I lost a couple of balls that settled down in it.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
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