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4.1
2111 Reviews (2111)
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
50
1 Stars
49
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.2
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.0
88.0%
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3.8
45 Reviews (45)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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4
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.8
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.3
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.3
80.0%
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4.1
177 Reviews (177)
5 Stars
78
4 Stars
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3 Stars
13
2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.2
Value
4.2
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.4
87.0%
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Style Traditional
Par 72
Length 6853 yards
Slope 125
Rating 71.5

The golf course at the Palmbrook Golf Club (formerly known as Palmbrook Country Club) has a reputation for being immaculately well kept. The course's greens and fairways are consistently kept in excellent condition making the course enjoyable to play. In addition to the spotless maintenance, the course at the Palmbrook Golf Club has a challenging design that incorporates water hazards in the form of a meandering brook and six lakes on the back nine. The challenging greens are fast and hard to read. There are also several bunkers that can affect play. Four sets of teeboxes provide different options.

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Course Details

Year Built 1972
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Jeff Hardin (1972)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Wear what you're comfortable with...

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Lounge, Banquet Facilities, Locker Rooms

Available Sports

Tennis
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4.1
2111 Reviews (2111)
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Palmbrook

Good layout and good condition. Have played Palmbrook several times in past 3-5 years. Always have enjoyed my time there.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 35
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Typical Sun City course

Fairly typical of the Sun City courses…. Nothing really “bad”, but nothing really inspiring either. As with most SC courses we’ve played….

- the staff is welcoming and accommodating

- the course layout is rather boring

- pace of play, compared to course difficulty, is ridiculously slow

- law of supply and demand results in overpriced golf

- greens are generally in good shape, fairways not so much - rough is terrible

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 74
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Very Average

Course layout was OK, conditions were OK, pace was just over 4 hours but after waiting on the first tee for the foursome in front of us to get on the green, we still waited on every hole to tee off. Not a great deal but reasonable. Cart was kind of wonky starting off each time also.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 343
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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First Time Playing

First Time Impressions

First time playing there from the East Valley. Tee boxes needed some TLC; fairways were fairly firm, though some sparseness in grass density. sand traps (all) were shallow in depth, making it a challenge to escape consistently; greens were uneven in pace and very bouncy (greens need to be rolled); rough was dormant grass, if any. Pace of play was OK (4:15 hours), but did finally move along on the last 5 holes. Value was reasonable (as compared with the significant price uptick that many courses deem justified around the time of the WM/Phoenix Open). Easy walking course, which I did.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 33
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Reviews 7
1.0
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Previously Played

I' ve bean to this golf club for about 2 years , but it was

1:30 pm ,on january 18th of tee off time , and I, organized myself as a single with 3. 9 in hole players however .

after the first tee box . the game stopped and i. came home without playing a game I.m so angry. I.m asian

that i was ignored a lot for my lack of english . I didn 't

return the money , and ldidn't even givea chance to

Play again, l think this very neglectful and blasphemy

of me, l , don' t want to go there again !!!!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 01/21/2024

안녕하세요. 저는 팜브룩 골프 클럽의 오너입니다. 나는 당신의 경험에 대해 우리 지도층과 이야기했는데, 이는 오해의 결과입니다. 무슨 일이 있었는지 설명하기 위해 팜브룩에서 만나도 될까요? 귀하는 우리에게 매우 중요하며 우리는 귀하가 어떻게 느끼는지 관심을 갖습니다. 개인적으로 만나서 반갑습니다.

진심으로,

dave ashton

hello - i am the owner of palmbrook golf club. i have spoken with our leadership about your experience, which is the result of a misunderstanding. can i please meet you at palmbrook, to explain what happened? you're extremely important to us and we care about how you feel. it would be my pleasure to meet you personally.

with very best regards,

dave ashton

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

Overpriced

This is the second time I’ve played this course, and I liked it even less this time. The pace of play was absolutely terrible with too many old golfers with no golf etiquette at all. Conditions on the course were below average. The owner of this course has other courses in the area of much better value. Don’t waste your time here. The experience was not worth $81, even in January.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 44
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 33
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Way to many walkers

Been playing the course for over 15 years and the worst I’ve seen it with the walkers pace. The pace was horrible. The last three or four times I played it there’s been walkers ahead of us. There was also two singles in two carts and two walkers together on a busy Sunday.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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Commented on 01/22/2024

Hi Vince - Thank you for your review. Few things are more important to us than pace of play, so I'm disappointed to hear this has lately been your experience.

We're committed to making things better, and I promise we'll continue to work at it.

We hope one day you'll want to return and you'll find things have improved. We'll keep at it no matter what.

All the best

The Palmbrook Team

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Really enjoyed it

Palmbrook seems to have made a lot of progress the last few months: the course looks better than I've seen in a long time and the greens roll true. The pro shop seems to care about pace of play and it showed: I played on a Sunday and still finished in just under 4 hours. Enjoyed a few beers with buddies on the patio after the round: despite being quite busy, restaurant staff was professional and friendly.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 45
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Solid Course

An enjoyable round by all of us. Greens were is great shape, fairways were fine, tee boxes and bunkers were OK. The dormant bermuda rough was pretty thin and the ground was damp but nothing unexpected. The meandering concrete creek on the back nine was dry but all of the ponds had plenty of water.Greens were moderately sloped with some subtle breaks and rolled at a moderate speed. Friendly staff including beverage cart. No ball washers on the course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

As slow as molasses in January

I had high hopes of a good place to play until the round got going. Two and a half hours for the front 9 and I had enough. Player assistant on the course, but that obviously was of no help. And as seems common at Sun City courses some muppet hits through us on 2 of the first 3 holes with the old dumb as a box of rocks comment of that is 40 yards father than I ever hit it in my life. Muni-mentality sadly.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 244
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Arizona Advisor
Verified Purchaser
Top 50 Contributor
Previously Played

Typical Sun City Course

The course is the usual Sun City style course and conditions. A fairly flat layout with a few narrow tree corridors on the front nine and fairway side bunkering within reach off the tee. Good, straight drives should leave you in good shape on most holes. The fairways were reasonably good; the greens were all grown out and consistent. Bunkers were in decent sand conditions.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 74
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Very average but a nice value

Pace of play was excellant - right at 3 hr 45 min. Course layout is OK, condition was OK, staff was very friendly and helpful. For what we paid, it was a very good value.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 47
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice course

The course is in good shape. The greens are immaculate but very fast. The lakes and stream area have a bit if a foul odor. We enjoyed the round and the staff is great.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 34
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun Course

Fairly easy layout. Tricky greens. All and all good course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 36
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Questions about New Ownership

Looks like new ownership is making club worse. Rough looks like Hillcrest (dead grass and dirt). Carts are worse, no GPG in a lot of carts, and old Union Hills carts. Higher prices for less. No more free range balls. And, even took out popcorn machine in Bar.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
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