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3.9
1988 Reviews (1988)
5 Stars
679
4 Stars
852
3 Stars
295
2 Stars
99
1 Stars
63
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.9
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
3.7
Amenities
4.1
77.6%
Recommend this course
1671 out of 1988 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
4.6
22 Reviews (22)
5 Stars
14
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.6
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.6
StaffFriendliness
5.0
95.5%
Recommend this course
21 out of 22 reviews
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Average Rating
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3.9
105 Reviews (105)
5 Stars
33
4 Stars
39
3 Stars
25
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.9
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.6
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.5
76.2%
Recommend this course
80 out of 105 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

3.9
1988 Reviews (1988)
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Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Great course for the money!

First time golfing here, great layout for the location. At first it looked like there would be a lot of cross interference between fairways, but there was not at all, a lot more space between holes than it looks. Great pace of play, finished in 4 hours 10 mins. Great staff, at the club unloading and pro shop! I will definitely come back here for a round next trip down.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 25
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Really Good

First time playing this course and it was really good. Very challenging. Bunkers at driver landing points and guarding virtually every green. Requires well struck shots, as you’d expect. Greens were very fast and rolled decent, with a few bumps here and there. I’m a 12 hcp and shot 85 from the blacks, so I was pretty happy. Will be back.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
3.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

DeadPan

I've played this course several times. At the moment, I would NOT recommend playing here.

The entire course is deadpan, even the fairways. Your reward for a perfect drive? Your ball resting on compact mud with a veneer-thin layer of grass on top. It's almost like hitting off a green.

One of the guys in my foursome used his putter for approach shots less than 30 yards, which should not have been possible.

Very disappointing for the price.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Challenging

I played this course last year and told people it was challenging but I had forgotten just how. I quickly remembered on the first hole. Almost every Green is elevated more like table top with bunkers around most of it. The greens were exceptionally fast but in good shape. I guess you have to be pretty accurate if you want to make par. Even with a good drive the second shot in On a par four was critical to be on the green but difficult unless you are very accurate and the bunkers were pretty much like concrete. Then there were the Fairway bunkers we spent quite a bit of time in those as well as they were laid out perfectly if you played the correct Tee Box for your ability. Anyway it's reasonably priced and worth playing at least once but prepared to be a little frustrated unless you're a low handicapper. I usually shoot mid-80s but I quit keeping score after whole five yesterday.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Poor management

Tee off 2:04pm. Starter said to begin on back nine. 4 groups jumped right in front of us on the 1st hole while playing the par 5 18th! Really stinks that they would do that. Had to quit at 9 after paying for 18 because the wait was ridiculous. Told the young woman in the pro shop, but she was clueless, and the started was no where to be found.

Course was a 4/10 in my book as for condition, and layout, but I’m used to country club conditions in a much greener area of the country. Price was fair for 18, but I should get a free round for what happened.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course!

Beautiful layout, challenging greens and well taken care of course. Good pace and friendly staff.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

Late Start. Bad pace of play

Tee times were 20 minutes late. No communication from staff ahead of time that there was a large delay. Rangers didn't appear to be doing anything while on the course. Front 9 took 2.5 hours. Course conditions were mediocre, especially for this time of the year.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Absolutely slowest pace of play I’ve ever experienced

Perfect day. No frost delay, nothing. Inexplicably 15-20 minutes behind on 1. That was the only hole I played. Took 45 minute.

They begrudgingly gave me a refund and I left. If you have seven hours to spare, by all means, go waste your time.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 26
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

LOVE THIS COURSE!!

Finally got to play this course!! Great condition, challenging greens and good pace. I will def be back again soon!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Only if you LOVE sandtraps

The course is surrounded by very loud roads and lots of traffic noise. The layout is fine but oh my the sandtraps! They are deep and surround most every green and line fairways. The sand is pretty solid so getting out can be a challenge with how deep they are. Tough to make a nice landing on the green. Greens on the back were a little rough and didn't roll nicely. I would not choose to play this again for the price. Plays like a muni course.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Decent track...

Fairways & greens are in decent shape. All the greens are all elevated, which makes them very challenging. Also besides the elevated greens they do not have any grass around the greens. So, if you don't land in the middle of the green, your ball can easily roll off the back or the sides.

Way too many bunkers for my liking. Besides bunkers around the greens, pretty well every fairway has a bunker or 2.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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