Grand Canyon University Golf Course

Was in a rough part of town but once in was ok. Course is tight and had 5 occasions that other players on other holes dropped shots on top of us. More target golf so you stay out princely not a lot of fun. Was looking for a hot dog at the turn but that service didn’t start till 11 and we made the turn at 10:45. All in all a good track to play. The bunkers were soft and truly a penalty which I liked. Water comes into play on a few holes and force’s a good target 🎯 shot from the tee. Shine fairways were a bit soggy from watering but not unplayable. Want made aware of split start on 1 and 10 but the starter was friendly and got me sorted out. Would play again.

GCU Golf Course was formerly a muni course, and the layout reflects that. It is not a desert style resort course or links style course that winds its way through a housing development; it is bounded on all for sides by city roads. However, it is well kept, with quality sand in the traps and generally good conditions on fairways and greens.

GCU students assist with your clubs and carts, and they are extremely polite and friendly. Pace of play was fine. Compared to other course options at twice the price, GCU is a fine alternative.

Greens were some what slow on this day, but I was told they are generally fast. definitely enjoyed playing and would recommend this course to others. staff were friendly and pace of play was acceptable for this time of the year.

Love the course, the guys I played with have joined me for numerous rounds there, and we all agreed that the course looks like it’s late May when they’re struggling to keep it up, as opposed to a cool March when it should be in great shape. Several fairways were looking quite bare, there is not an inch of rough to be found that looks like it’s seen water in a month, and just all around not what I’ve come to expect of the course in the 6+ years I’ve been playing it. Same course in mid-June, I’d say they’re doing a great job, but in March, for $100, we all expected better.

Nice course, bunkers do come into play often on drives so leaving driver in the bag may be better option. Staff very courteous and efficient

A good track, lots of car noise as would be expected. Was a bit slow as a tournament was going on. Anywhere off the main fairways was very hard. Greens were in good shape and the fairways were nice. Lots of sand!

I really feel like this is a great value in the Phoenix area. Less than $100 during the week is pretty good when you are staring at $200+ greens fees all over the city. We played 2 rounds here during our trip in February.

This is a traditional layout, far from a desert feel. Fairways are mostly generous, and there are plenty of places you can find yourself in trouble. Most holes are lined by mature trees and there are a few lakes out there that will grab a ball or two.

The most notable feature of the course are the bunkers. They are huge and plentiful. Avoiding the sand here is a nearly impossible task. Many of the fairway bunkers are well placed right where you'll want to hit your tee ball, and the greensiders go deep well below the surfaces of the elevated greens. Conditions in the sandy areas were very good in most spots with a few areas having less sand than others. I feel like I played out of most of them.

GCU offers a lot of varieties of holes with a few tough par 3s and gettable par 5s. On the back nine there are some fun and relatively short par 4s. You may want to go for the green a couple times. I found myself hitting every club in the bag and loved every minute of it.

Conditions were very good. The overseed on tees, fairways and around the greens is in great condition. On days we played, the greens were in excellent shape. In a 5 day trip, GCU had the smoothest and most consistent greens we played amongst all courses.

There were really no negatives to report here. All around a solid and very fun golf course. I really enjoyed my rounds at GCU!

the pace of play was horrible took 3 hrs to play 10 holes we left after 10 holes

If there was an in between rating I would rate it a 3.5. Seemed like one thing was good, next thing was poor.

Greens rolled nice, but there was a lot of sand on them from all the bunkers around the greens which made clearing lines tedious. Fairways were in good shape, rough was a lot of dirt. Bunkers were good, carts need to be replaced.

The staff was amazing, the course, eh. The layout isn't bad but the conditions were not good. Greens had food coloring and were rough. This course is very noisy with roads bordering it on all 4 sides.

We were coming from Chicago and a played on the day we flew to AZ. If you're desperate to play this is something to consider.

The cart seats had open rips and foam showing through them, and the cup locations on the greens had not been changed in probably a week. The price was $135, and it was probably only worth $50. The staff had an event in the morning in the restaurant area, and it was completely closed for several hours. On a Saturday no less. GCU needs to get serious if they want to be in the golf course business.

Everything is poor on that course, the layout, the conditions, the amenities, the pace, but most of all, the course is very dangerous, the fairways are too close too each other and we have seen somebody in our fairway almost every hole. The rating of that course is way too high. We hated that course.