Cave Creek Golf Course
About
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.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6732 yards | 71.8 | 124 |
| White | 72 | 6207 yards | 69.3 | 118 |
| White (W) | 72 | 6207 yards | 73.0 | 129 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5552 yards | 71.6 | 121 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 71.5/125 | 339 | 510 | 187 | 387 | 397 | 556 | 212 | 437 | 414 | 3439 | 363 | 521 | 370 | 171 | 392 | 383 | 518 | 208 | 407 | 3333 | 6772 |
| Back Combo M: 70.1/118 | 339 | 477 | 187 | 387 | 397 | 556 | 212 | 407 | 389 | 3351 | 362 | 482 | 341 | 171 | 392 | 361 | 518 | 208 | 407 | 3242 | 6593 |
| White M: 69.0/116 W: 74.6/126 | 334 | 477 | 153 | 361 | 348 | 518 | 170 | 407 | 389 | 3157 | 312 | 482 | 341 | 150 | 370 | 361 | 491 | 176 | 359 | 3042 | 6199 |
| Combo M: 67.4/113 W: 73.2/124 | 334 | 418 | 153 | 334 | 348 | 518 | 170 | 370 | 373 | 3018 | 312 | 408 | 314 | 150 | 370 | 338 | 491 | 176 | 359 | 2918 | 5936 |
| Red M: 65.9/107 W: 71.6/120 | 307 | 418 | 129 | 334 | 325 | 491 | 120 | 370 | 373 | 2867 | 290 | 408 | 314 | 106 | 344 | 338 | 477 | 136 | 320 | 2733 | 5600 |
| Handicap | 15 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 15 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 10 |
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Photo submitted by Bodhi97 on 05/05/2025
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Photo submitted by Nickpasa on 02/13/2025
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Photo submitted by Nickpasa on 02/13/2025
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Photo submitted by Nickpasa on 02/13/2025
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Photo submitted by Nickpasa on 02/13/2025
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Photo submitted by Nickpasa on 02/13/2025
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Photo submitted by u314164057374 on 05/27/2024
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From the pro shop to 18. Photo submitted by Vicain on 04/26/2024
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Blue tees #10. #1 fairway in the background. Photo submitted by Vicain on 04/26/2024
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My son and I love playing at 4pm so peaceful Photo submitted by FrenchieLodge on 08/15/2023
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Nice setting Photo submitted by u066108556 on 03/10/2023
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Photo submitted by aralko on 12/26/2022
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Photo submitted by u659392904 on 06/24/2022
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Photo submitted by u659392904 on 06/24/2022
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Fairways and greens Photo submitted by wermer3 on 03/28/2021
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Ready Photo submitted by Cactuskid on 01/11/2021
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Photo submitted by LADIVELVETSWING on 11/30/2015
Good public course
In good summer shape. Redoing some of the tee boxes that were needed to be done!!! Greens are in good shape. Great summer pricing.
Great value
Minus the temporary tee boxes the course is great especially for the summer rates. For summer conditions are great. Carts with gps are also very nice
Nice public course
Good public couse, challenging layout, greens in good condition, fairways need more grass lits if dirt spots. Overall nice public course fir the price!!
Over priced
For the shape the course is in it’s over priced. Could have golfed closer to home for less on a course that is in better condition
Also, Golf Now originally had my tee time at 9:04 then changed it to 11:04 the next day. Got to the course at 11. They said iit was 9:04
Course was in Terrible Condition
It was better to play in the rough than on the fairway. The course was in terrible shape and to charge that much for a round in the summer is horrendous. I would not recommend this course and will not be returning during the summer. Most of the "cart paths" were dirt and very few were paved throughout the course.
Good course
Some of the fairways are dirt n mud. Tee boxes need to be leveled, some have a bad slope to them!!!!
Terrible Condition
The course was in terrible condition. The rough was better to hit from than the fairway. The greens were OK, but not great and everywhere you drove was on dirt and bumpy car paths. For the price, it wasn’t worth the money.
Great staff, needs better directional signs on course
Didn't know where we were going from some greens to the next tee box. Had my wife with us so there was a couple of holes where the men's tees were not even close to the women's. Staff was awesome though. Still great value for summer rates.
It's Cave Creek what do you expect...
Wish the greens wouldn't be so slow and bumpy... New Cart's are good, but why not go with electric Golf Carts? In Europe it is even prohibited to use gas Golf Carts!
CC Muni
While the course has been fun to play in the past, it was being overseeded and the greens were "sanded" which made the round less than enjoyable, especially when charging the normal greens fees.
None of this information was made available prior to arrival and too late to opt out of the round.
Experience at Cave Creek Golf Course
Played Cave Creek in the afternoon for the reduced golf fee after 3pm.
Hit balls on the range. The tee box areas were ok. Its nice to hit shots with some grass on the tees.
It was a hot day so I expected the ball to roll farther due to hot weather and hard fairways. It is difficult to play when you hit a good drive but end up on hardpan for your second shot. With the hot weather, hardpan fairways is expected.
The greens were actually ok in the hot weather. Lots of undulations and gave a great challenge to get the ball inside the 5 ft circumference of the hole.
Sand bunkers could always use some good sand to hot a sand shot but this is a public course.
Overall I have no regrets playing Cave Creek. I will play again and when the winter months arrive I will check out the course conditions to see if the fairways get more grass fairway for approach shots.
The staff were friendly and knowledgeable. They represented the course well.
The Cantina was good to get some drinks and food. The employees were friendly and polite
They keep changing for the worse
Still my favorite course but they keep getting worse. There’s a girl who works in the clubhouse now and she is NOT friendly. There’s also now apparently a $25 cost if my girlfriend wants to ride in the cart with me. It’s summer… the place isn’t busy… why should I have to pay $25 for her to just ride along and watch?
Also there’s now a 4 drink maximum from the cantina. Oh and they have new carts that will shut off if you drive just slightly away from the hole. I was maybe 20 yards from the green and it shut off and the screen said that I was too far and needed to reverse back.
The course itself is fantastic but they must have new management because it’s gone way downhill in the past year.
Rough around the edges
This layout is not horrible but it is rough in places and the greens were slow. It is a good place to practice long game shots but miss a green by a few feet and you can be chipping off gravel or bare dirt. I will play there again because it is fairly inexpensive and not far from home but it isn't a golf course you want to play every weekend.
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