Vistal Golf Club

I make a point of playing Vistal every time I come to Phoenix, great staff, challenging layout, casual atmosphere. And great food!

Enjoyed the experience. Had to wait almost every hole but still finished in about 4 hours. Greens were hard and fast--there was no stopping the ball on the greens. Awesome scenery.

I have golfed Vistal several times over the past years. In fact I used to golf it when it was the Thunderbird Golf Course...when it was one of the worst manicured courses around, -but at least then you knew what you were getting when you paid $10 to play. Not only do they not over seed the fairways in the winter, they have let the place go. The bunkers are horrible...(no sand to speak of), and I couldn't count all of the places that should have been ground under repair. The Thunderbirds should be embarrassed to call this their golf course. It is one of the worst places I have golfed in many years...even worse than the "broke" city of phoenix golf courses -including Cavecreek and Encanto. I won't be returning any time soon...no matter what the price.

it's a good course playing right up into the mountains

Staff was very accomodating and course was in good condition

I kept returning to Vistal because of the somewhat interesting layout despite the poor conditions, but never again. At check in, I was accused of booking at the PGA pass rate without having a card. This would have been impossible since I booked 10 days in advance and the card rate is only available for up to 3 days in advance. When I pointed out that the apparent discrepancy was due to the promo they were running, this fell on deaf ears and I was told to book at the correct rate next time. There will be no next time. Goodbye and good riddance.

The greens are for the most part fairly good, the rough and the fairways on the other hand needed some help. Although they advertise the pace of play policy there did not appear to be in existance even though the so-called Player Assistant appeared regularly during our round.
Good variety of holes and reasonable rates.

This course was a great find. Great conditions, Friendly Staff and just a great day on a good well maintained golf course.

There was spraypaint on the dead grass. It hasen't looked this bad in the past. This was an exceptionally hard winter so I'm inclined to think that had something to do with it.

Each fairway was painted a light green over the Bermuda grass(?). The sand traps were devoid of sand. You had a difficult time hitting out properly. Areas had been dug out and were just dirt. The views are very nice of South Mountain and Phoenix. The day we played was very slow and there was no marshall to speed up play.

Enjoyed the day, the pace of play, and the overall condition

I always enjoy playing Vistal,nice course,always is reasonable good condition.the staff at Vistal are always, very helpful and friendly.

Vistal is a nice course. Challenging and scenic with a great view of the valley and south mountain. It's not super challenging but enough to cause some havoc. I always seem to find the water on 9 and 18. The only part of the course that we always seem to comment on is that some holes seem like they are playing on or across one another. Admittedly, I hit a bad shot and ended up on another fairway. I waited while the group teeing off hit and then proceeded to get my ball. That's when I noticed there were two carts at the tee and two others, besides mine, hitting out of their fairway on another hole. Dangerous.
Overall, a good time and friendly staff.

If you don't mind playing on Painted Fairways...yes the fairways are painted green..and Bunkers that no sand..this is the course for you. Total rip-off. Many, many ground under repair areas and pace very slow.

Fairways painted green. Ball got a lot of roll on fairaway. Greens fair.

After we had our chuckle over the green dye in the center areas of the fairway, we saw the course to be in need of some maintenance. Greens were in good shape. Not sure if the hand-painted tee box signs were temporary or not. Was surprised to find the course regular price was the same as "GolfNow's 43% savings" price. First time we have noticed that!

Though it's like playing a South Carolina course in the fall (dormant grass basiclly) the lay out is nice and we had a good round. Pace was good.Traps really need work,so stay out of them!!They are adding sand so may improve in next few weeks.

I call this a value laden course.... they keep the prices down by not overseeding in the winter. I have always enjoyed playing here because of the challenges it poses... There are no houses on the course... They are in the process of taking out several large bunkers that were in landing spots in the fairways... This will speed up play, but also make the course easier. They have painted the dormant fairways green, to give you the effect of playing on green grass. It didn't bother me... they do overseed the tee boxes and greens. The course sits up against the base of South Mountain, so you have some elevation changes up and down, and good views to the north, the city and mounain ranges of Scottsdale. Fairly close to the airport, so it is good for people to get a round in after they get here or on the day they are leaving.. our playing partners were catching an early evening flight and had time for a beer after we were done.

Really enjoyed this course. Staff was great. Course was scenic, groomed, challenging, beer girl came around frequently. Just very nice to play. Will definitely play again.

greens were too hard
fairways seem to be in a dry condition
I had a good time, will return due to value of green fees