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3.7
2517 Reviews (2517)
5 Stars
585
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
109
1 Stars
89
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.9
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.7
79.7%
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2140 out of 2517 reviews
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3.6
90 Reviews (90)
5 Stars
23
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
5
1 Stars
7
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.8
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.4
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.5
75.6%
Recommend this course
68 out of 90 reviews
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3.6
146 Reviews (146)
5 Stars
35
4 Stars
54
3 Stars
38
2 Stars
8
1 Stars
11
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.9
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.4
77.4%
Recommend this course
113 out of 146 reviews
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Course Highlights
Staff across every department consistently earns high praise for their welcoming, enthusiastic attitudes toward every golfer. The course layout offers a fair yet engaging challenge, with fairways and greens that reward solid course management.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Style Traditional
Par 72
Length 6909 yards
Slope 126
Rating 72.5

The golf course at the Union Hills Country Club is a championship course with a traditional layout. The course has been named one of the Top Ten Private Courses in Arizona. The design features four lakes and two winding creeks that create water hazards that come into play on a few holes. There are also several sand bunkers present. Some of the golf course's greens are elevated and the fairways are average sized in width. The signature hole is the par-4 14th hole, which requires a carry over water. Union Hills Country Club also has a putting green and full driving range for golfers to use.

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Course Details

Year Built 1974
Fairways Bermuda/Rye Grass
Greens Bermuda/Poa/Bent Mix Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Greg Nash (1974) Jeff Hardin (1974) Ron Kern

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted American Express, Visa, MasterCard, Discover
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Collared shirt required, no denim

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

3.7
2517 Reviews (2517)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 25
Patio Dining 14
Brunch 7
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 56
Bunkers 54
Undulating Greens 46
This course/club is great for:
Locals 83
Seniors 59
Walkers 46
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 61
In the 'Burbs 46
Worth the Drive 31

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Reviews 16
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

golfer lady

I had 12:30 pm tee time, did not tee off until 12:57 pm, 3 minutes shy of being a half hour late. It took 4 hours and 20 minutes to play 14 holes. The pace of play was horrible. There was no ranger to move the slower golfers along. The course was very busy, but poorly managed. It cannot accommodate tee times 8 minutes apart.The staff was very polite and good at stating, "we're sorry for the delay, we appreciate your patience."

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great course and staff!

If you’re looking for a challenging but fair, fairways in great shape, greens putt true, driving range is absolutely one of the best if not the best and the staff will treat you like you’re part of the team, give Union Hills Golf Club a try! From management to the support teams (starters, welcoming staff, snack bar, cart support and grounds keepers) are there to make our day as perfect as possible but leaving the golf score as our responsibility (LOL). We could see by the attitudes of everyone we came in contact with they wanted to be there and was enjoying what their particular responsibility was. The course is in excellent shape and using good course management we’ve completed with great scores (within our range). We’ll definitely be going back in an attempt to better our scores!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Nice Vibe- Good time

This course was fun. Welcoming environment outside with food and drink staff being friendly and helpful. Check in was almost too fast. Efficient operation. The range was easy to access and good! The course conditions were really quite good in my opinion. This course is a good time and great value

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Brutal Pace of Play

We have played here several times in the past however this is the first time I've played a course where it took 3 hours to play 9 holes. Had we know we would have paid for 9 holes. Course excuse was that it was a holiday. I've played many courses over the holidays and finished at worst case in just over 4 hours. Tee times were packed at 7 minute intervals which at the level of play is unrealistic. It doesn't help when in our 3 hours on the course, we saw the course marshal only once and never said a word and just drove by. Obviously it appeared they weren't doing there job in keeping the pace of play moving from the get go.

It is understandable that when a course packed to the hilt the course takes a beating. The greens on the first 9 holes that we got to play were a mess. Unrepaired ball marks/divots everywhere and sand traps in so so condition. Tee boxes and fairways appeared to hold up pretty well.

Bottom line: Do not play on holidays. They care more about cramming players onto the course than about pace of play for there patrons.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Previously Played

Pace of play

The pace of play was terrible. Played 3 holes in 1 hour. Only was able to get 9 holes in 4 hours.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Pace of play is a huge issue

3 hours to play the front 9. The pro shops tee times are too close together and they do a poor job rangering the course.

Conditions Average
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 12
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

enjoy the staff, fair course except all par 3's are long

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Pace of play is horrendous

The course is in very good condition and the layout is challenging with very tight fairways on certain holes. The bar and kitchen is above average with good options. My biggest issue with Union hills in the pace of play I started at 1:15 and couldn’t get through 18 holes.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

staff great, course fair and challenging holes, like GPS

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

Played this course for over the last 10 years, at least 40-50 times a year.

Called the course the morning I was going to play as I woke up very sick, spoke to Jose about canceling due to illness he said I had to call Golf Now, Tried them with horrific experience of disconnection four times. After that took a Covid test and found it was positive, couldn’t cancel through the course or through golf now. Later in the day contacted Golf Now and again call was disconnected five times this time where they informed me it was the golf courses decision to go ahead and bill my card the $180.00 for the green fees. So I guess the prior owners were not the vultures the new owners are and as long as I’ve played this course I would expect a bit more leeway. Well not to worry as I will never play their course again.

It’s just so disappointing.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

Passive Aggressive Cart Intake Guy

The older gentleman who receives the carts needs an attitude check. Just because me or the other player didn’t want to pay to have our clubs wiped down he instantly shifted his attitude and got all passive aggressive with us. Started chirping about how we brought the carts in 15 mins late even though nothing was posted or mentioned to us beforehand. First off I can wipe my own clubs down just fine and don’t need to pay a person to do it, and him being rejected for it is the only reason he mentioned the cart coming in late . Second , if you have a below average rate of play , a person is always going to continue on until they can’t see anymore for a twilight round to get as many holes in as possible. Oh well if the guys have to stay later than they wanted to, but golfers are playing until they can’t any longer.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 37
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 36
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Bar Closes Early

I like to have a beer after golf with my friends, but the bar closes around 4:00. Same a Palmbrook. Owner too cheap to keep staff on for an extra hour or so.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Used cart

Save your money and skip this course

Website said cart path only thru Nov.10th. We played on the Nov 11th and were greeted by extremely slow play. Tee times were way too close together for cart path only. It took us an hour to play the first 3 holes. Waited 15 minutes between our 2nd and 3rd shot on hole #3. It took us 5 hours and 15 minutes to play 18 holes. Would've been much longer. Our playing partner gave up after 7 holes. We caught a break when the foursome in front of us quit after 9 holes. Never saw a ranger the entire day. Highlight of the round was we saw the cart girl 3 times on each 9 holes. That was a 1st.

Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow play

It took 2:45 to play nine holes. The ho k e group quit after nine.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Friday tee time

Pace of play was really poor. Group in front of our group had individual with some mobility limitations and should have been allowed to drive to his ball. It was taking him a long time to walk to his ball which delayed the pace.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 141
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Top 500 Contributor
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 141
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Cart path only was a surprise

Greens were really slow. I look forward to playing next week when greens are cut and 90 degree rule is in place. Hopefully the rough will be cut.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
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