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Cave Creek Golf Course
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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.
| 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
Nice Layout But...
Nice layout but the course could use some tender loving care. Nice fairways but the rough could be really rough hardpan or worse. More enjoyable if you stay in the fairway. Will probably play again as a last option.
Tough pin placements
Nice conditions, although pin placements were for the professionals. Most of the greens were very sloped with the pin placed either at the bottom of the slope or in the middle. Very hard to even two putt these greens. Being a single, the guys I was teamed up with made for a most enjoyable round.
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 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!
Golfer
Liked the layout. greens in good shape and challenging staff was very friendly will definitely play again.
Thank you for your review. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Cave Creek Golf Course. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
course overview
The course itself is good however it is not marked very well for directions to holes and they criscross alot. There is not much of a golf cart path and if there is it's gravel no cocrete or aspalt cart path.
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Rough
Course is okayyyyyyy for greens and fairways . Everything else is very very tough .
Hi Cathy,
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes.
Your feedback helps us do better. If you have anything else you'd like us to know about, please feel free to comment further so we can work on making the appropriate changes. We are looking into this issue and hope to resolve it promptly.
Thank you for visiting Cave Creek Golf Course. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.
Rough
Greens and fairways nice. Everything else is very tough . Narrow fairways with extremely rough and rocky . No cart paths to speak of and bathroom was an outhouse on 7 . Not good.
Hi Cathy! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. Please know the current conditions are by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We will continue to work towards a 5-star experience and we hope to see you back!
We appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. We would love to know how we can earn those last two stars next time! Thanks for playing Cave Creek Golf Course.
Nice municipal course
The course was in very good condition from tee boxes to the greens. Even the bunkers were nicely raked ; most had soft sand which seems to be a rarity these days. We started around 1:30 and finished at 5pm. The hot deal price was very reasonable for this time of year. It is a nice challenging course for all skill levels.
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Improvements
The clubhouse bathroom remodel is great. Course conditions were good with the exception of a couple greens where some kind of maintenance accident caused thin strips of dead grass across the green.
Thank you for visiting us at Cave Creek Golf Course. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us to share with us your favorite part of your experience. Thanks for golfing at Cave Creek Golf Course!
Thank you for reviewing us. 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!
First Time
Decided to try Cave Creek Golf course.I was pleasantly surprised by the good condition of fairways and most greens in mid-January. The back nine is more interesting and challenging than the front. I'll return to play again.
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Cave Creek Golf Course.
Great public course
Good course for the money considering it's winter time in the USA.
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Landfill course
Cart paths are in rough shape. Fairways are decent. Greens are not to bad for a city course. Huge wash in the middle of the course. Stay out to that!
Hi Thomas,
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes.
Your feedback helps us do better. We are looking into this issue and hope to resolve it promptly.
Thank you for visiting Cave Creek Golf Course. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.
Thank you for reviewing us. 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 love hearing about our golfers' experiences. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed during your round. Thanks for choosing Cave Creek Golf Course!
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Thank you so much for taking the time to leave an excellent rating! We really appreciate your business. Please let us know what we can do for you in the future to earn that last star!
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