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4.0
2025 Reviews (2025)
5 Stars
693
4 Stars
868
3 Stars
300
2 Stars
101
1 Stars
63
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.0
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.1
80.1%
Recommend this course
1701 out of 2025 reviews
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4.2
42 Reviews (42)
5 Stars
17
4 Stars
17
3 Stars
6
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.0
Value
3.9
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.9
81.0%
Recommend this course
34 out of 42 reviews
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4.1
86 Reviews (86)
5 Stars
32
4 Stars
36
3 Stars
14
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.0
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.7
81.4%
Recommend this course
70 out of 86 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Municipal/Public
Style Parkland
Par 71
Length 7239 yards
Slope 135
Rating 74.3

Grand Canyon University Golf Course (formerly known as Maryvale Municipal Golf Course) offers an 18-hole track designed by Ted Robinson, Sr. and built in 1961. The par-71 golf course measures 7,269 yards from the championship tees and is open year-round.

The Bermuda grass Grand Canyon University Golf Course gets plenty of shade during the summer, thanks to several onsite trees, and features flat and wide fairways.

The fourth hole, for one example, is a 160-yard par-3 where you'll have to shoot over the water - and past the brick wall that separates the green from the water.

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Course Details

Year Built 1961
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect William F. Bell (1961) John Fought (2015) Mike Gogel

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Visa, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Lounge

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top 20 College Courses in the U.S. (2024 #20)
  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 College Courses in the U.S. (2023 #23) (2020 #21)
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Reviews

4.0
2025 Reviews (2025)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 39
Brunch 20
Patio Dining 20
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 69
Undulating Greens 26
Water Hazards 26
This course/club is great for:
Locals 65
Walkers 47
Advanced Golfers 45
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 75
Worth the Drive 21
Near the Airport 12

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Reviews 9
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Could be better

6:10 am tee time. Start 10 minutes late. Starter reading a book instead of greeting players and providing pin placement for the day. Most of greenside bunkers with very little sand to speak of. Ground under repair all over the course and not marked in some places. Greens were in good condition with consistent speed throughout. This was a top 10 Phoenix area muni course following the restoration and GCU takeover. Not close too that anymore.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 202
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Good for the price

Great course for the price especially when it's normally over $100 a round. This round was $45 and course was in decent condition. Some

rough patches on the green which blazed my putt. Staff were really friendly and welcoming. Overall good round

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 73
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

A LITTLE RESPECT / ETIQUETTE PLEASE

IF YOU AREN'T "BIG ENOUGH" TO SAND YOUR DIVOTS AND RAKE YOUR TRAPS MAYBE YOU SHOULD CONTINUE GOLFING AT SIMULATORS. AS YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO BUSINESS BEING ON A REAL GOLF COURSE

COURSE WAS IN GOOD SHAPE GREENS WERE VERY RECEPTIVE FAST AND ROLLED TRUE

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 73
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

SHOW SOME RESPECT!

IF YOU CAN'T SAND YOUR DIVIOTS, OR RAKE YOUR TRAPS MAYBE YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO PLAY GOLF AT THE

" SIMULATORS" .

course is in over all extremely playable condition and greens are nice, fast and true.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Morning at GCU Golf Course

It was a perfect day!

Weather cooperated, pace on the course was very good, & course was in great condition!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Walked

Good Value

This course is generally in good condition all year round. The greens are always in great shape - that's #1 for me and today was no different, firm fast and true. There were some areas under repair around some fairway bunkers, and the tee boxes seemed to have a half an inch of new sand material on the top - very soft but that made no difference to me. This is a solid parkland style layout with more bunkers than your average course, challenging without being frustrating at a fair price. I play this one 4 or 5 times a year minimum.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
4.0
Previously Played

Gets the job done

Nestled in the nefarious, war torn hoods of Phoenix sits this challenging little course. It was a windy day yet I still felt as if the hardest part was reading the fast greens. We’re talking bout running from the cops fast playa! (Translation: like a 12 on the stimp). So not quite hellcat fast. Anyways, pace is horrendous as most city card courses are. What can you do about it. Pretty much nothing. Recommend watching the Detroit Urban Survival Training series on YouTube first if you plan to eat at a nearby establishment afterwards.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Condition

Fairways spotty dirt, grass traps real hard tee boxs bad greens little slow

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

Sandraps are dirt

The course should be in a lot better shape than it is. Coming out of springtime, it's worse shape I've ever seen. Especially this sandtraps and tee boxes overall condition terrible

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Tough and Fair

I appreciate the opportunity to play this golf course, which is my home course. It was early, before the sun came out. When I got there, the staff was friendly, was professional, gave me great game on the course. Although, I didn't eat. I intend to grab something to eat before my next round culminates, before the second nine. But I do appreciate the staff was professional. They treated me well as an autistic golfer. I feel safe driving over there or using the ride share to expand some resources to this course to play again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 40
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good course

This was always one of my favorite courses but this time the course conditions were lacking. Greens were bumpy and thin. They are no longer the deep green they used to be. The fairways were ok but getting off the fairways meant very thin lies.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Poor course conditions

Where’s the grass? Very poor grass conditions on fairways and on the greens. Sand in traps was maybe 1inch deep and below that like concrete. Not at all like the conditions I used to experience there.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good course and value for in between tournaments

Course layout and design is very cool and beautiful to get a full 18 holes with distance and practice facilities into that small of an area is impressive. The greens were very shaggy and over grown (they have to let the grass grow out in between the college golf tournaments they host so when they host, the course is ideal). Not a problem and adapted easily to the greens during the round. The group of 4 college kids (not on the golf team) were playing like it was Master's Sunday and they were on the greens for 15-20 minutes every hole. There needs to be a course marshal out there keeping pace of play. 4 hours was way way way to long to play this round.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
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
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