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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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Conditions2.8
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Value3.3
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Layout3.9
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Friendliness4.2
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Pace3.8
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Amenities3.5
Golfer Photos
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Photo submitted by u314173700246 on 08/23/2026
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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
Golfer Reviews
Meh. Pay more for a better course
Slow play, terrible Bermuda dirt rock combinations made the game less fun for a normal Saturday. Better to pay bit more for a better course.
Hi, jfr515. We would love to hear more about your 4-star experience on our course. Please tell us what we can do to earn that last star, and thanks for golfing at Cave Creek Golf Course!
We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us to share your favorite part of your experience and what we can do to earn that last star! Thanks for golfing at Cave Creek Golf Course!
We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us to share your favorite part of your experience and what we can do to earn that last star! Thanks for golfing at Cave Creek Golf Course!
Hello, u000005505140. Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We see you rated the course 2-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit.
We take customer feedback very seriously at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop and tell us what's on your mind.
Nice muni gem!
1st time played - was impressed for city run muni. Good layout, really good green complexes; very challenging pin placements are possible.
Pete1444216, thanks for the amazing review and for choosing Cave Creek Golf Course. We hope to see you again soon!
Hello, Deserteagle. We appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at Cave Creek Golf Course. Let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!
We love hearing about our golfers' experiences, clarence1753546. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed during your round. Thanks for choosing Cave Creek Golf Course!
Big difference since last time.
6 months ago this was in amazing shape. Now it’s awful. Dead fairways bad greens with fungus. No divot filler on the cart. Not sure what happened
Hi, gabelacross. Thank you for reviewing the course. Let us first start by apologizing for the poor experience you had during your visit. Your feedback about the course is important to us. We are working to get everything up to par. We have projects ongoing to recover the fairways and greens. The current condition is by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We are going to escalate your feedback to our team so we can make improvements before your next game, and we will continue to work towards an excellent experience by using your comment for guidance. Thank you for playing Cave Creek Golf Course. We hope to see you again soon.
Too many brown and dry patches on the fairways and some of the greens. Very disappointing
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, u806420717. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Cave Creek Golf Course, and we hope to see you again in the future.
Closed at 7:00 pm.
Played 13 holes Marshall stated course closes at 7:00 pm asked why do you offer tee times that late if you close and people can't finish. He stated that's why its cheaper knowing golfers won't finish. Bad excuse. Pace of play very slow.
We apologize for the pace of play issue you experienced. We always try to keep a great pace when having our golfers on the course. Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback as we will use your review to better the experience going forward. We hope you give us another try in the near future!
This course has an interesting layout
Liked the hilly course - makes it a challenging play.
Hi, RRichard1234! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Cave Creek Golf Course!
Hi, u728830329. Thank you for taking the time to review the course. We take single-star feedback very seriously at our course. You are welcome to comment further or reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thanks for choosing Cave Creek Golf Course.
great course
Enjoyed the day was a great course and challenges around blind holes
Thank you for taking the time to review us, doakley. Your feedback is valuable, and we appreciate your business. Cave Creek Golf Course thanks you!
Needs work and water
Fairways wide and possible to play adjacent fairways on many holes. Layout a little confusing at times.
Thank you for your review, flackers73. We will pass along your positive experience and feedback to our team at Cave Creek Golf Course. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
Thank you for reviewing us, alsbuzz. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round. Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Cave Creek Golf Course, and we hope to see you again soon.
We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us to share your favorite part of your experience and what we can do to earn that last star! Thanks for golfing at Cave Creek Golf Course!
Bery nice course
A Nice course that looks like it will be easy, but it defends it self pretty good
Hello, Tanichy. Thanks so much for your review. We're so glad you enjoyed your round at Cave Creek Golf Course. That's what we like to hear! We hope to see you again soon!
We love hearing about our golfers' experiences, u457807197. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed during your round. Thanks for choosing Cave Creek Golf Course!
Rules
From Attire to courtesy, this course does not fit the average regular player.
Numerous times, the person behind us hit into us, even on par 4 greens. Beyond rude.
We were held up not only from twosome in front of us, in which one twenty something guy was wearing yankee jersey, but also from more than once, a group showed up from nowhere and went in front of them.
There was even a homeless man walking the very poor cart path on I believe the 4th hole.
I will not be back, not even for free.
Hi davetpotter,
We’re sorry to hear of your less-than-satisfactory experience and hope you will accept our sincerest apologies.
We value our customers' opinions and would like to make things right and determine how we can provide a solution that makes you smile.
Please contact us directly at the pro shop. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
The pace of play was terrible! 3 hours 45 minutes to play 13 holes, so we packed it in. There were at times 4 foursomes on the same hole! Whoever constructed the greens should retire! Big greens with pins on slopes-ridges and extremely fast are not for the average player! No wonder it would have taken 5 1/2 hours to play
Hello, graldine43. Thank you for reviewing the course. We would like to apologize for your recent experience.
We're sorry to hear you were less than satisfied during your round. We pride ourselves on our providing great service and the high-quality standards we maintain.
We would like to make things right. Please reach out to our management team at the pro shop.
We hope to hear from you soon.
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Hello, pacstar. Thank you for taking the time to review and leave your feedback on your recent round with us. It is always our utmost goal to provide our golfers with a fun and enjoyable time and we apologize if we missed the mark. Please feel free to reach out to our staff in the pro shop with any additional concerns. Thanks for choosing Cave Creek Golf Course.