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3.8
2426 Reviews (2426)
5 Stars
562
4 Stars
1240
3 Stars
438
2 Stars
104
1 Stars
82
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.9
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.6
81.0%
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2071 out of 2426 reviews
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3.6
59 Reviews (59)
5 Stars
13
4 Stars
24
3 Stars
14
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
5
Conditions
3.5
Value
4.0
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.3
79.7%
Recommend this course
47 out of 59 reviews
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3.7
183 Reviews (183)
5 Stars
41
4 Stars
84
3 Stars
39
2 Stars
9
1 Stars
10
Conditions
3.7
Value
4.0
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.5
80.9%
Recommend this course
148 out of 183 reviews
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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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3.8
2426 Reviews (2426)
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Reviews 11
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Slow play

The front nine was really slow. Backed up at every hole. Hard to get any rhythm going. The back nine opened up fine.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 31
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
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First Time Playing

Will not return!

Very slow play 5hrs (no Marshall)

Some fairways were spotty

Greens really fast (+)

Will diffidently go back and play sister course PalmBrook Golf Course, A much better course!!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

GREAT conditions

I live 5 minutes away from the coarse and neve played it. I was pleasantly surprised! I golf almost every week and was happy of the coarse layout, and conditions. I will be back!!

Thank you

Robert Cruz

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Faiways

Fairways were perfect but if you went into the rough it was a bit dry and dirt. Overall a great value for the money.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good experience

Nice track to play and it was in good shape. The greens rolled quite fast although very heavily ball marked on some holes. I spent as much time as possible fixing ball damage from previous golfers.

The hot dog at the turn was one of the best I’ve had golfing in Arizona.

for the price this course has good value.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 30
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Recent Round

Course was fairly good condition, fairways good, greens fast, with some rough spots on the greens. Good layout, reasonable length from White tees. Just over 4 hour round.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

PO'd about cancellation fee

I have been playing Union Hills for over 10 years. My go to course for many years. It's in great shape. My gripe? I have never been charged for a cancellation in all of the years I have played this course. And I have had people cancel from our group before. We had 2 members of our group cancel at the last minute for our round yesterday. To my dismay, I have been charged on my card for these 2. Over $160.00. We let the pro shop know about the cancellations in our group when we checked in. There was no mention or warning about this cancellation fee. Of course now, I can see the cancellation policy online. I have no idea how long this has been in place especially seeing as I have never had this charge happen in the past. Pretty low blow by Union Hills. Merry Christmas (sarcasm).

Conditions Excellent
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 41
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

The Best and Not Best

The course is usually in decent condition and this week the course was better than usual. Play was very slow and I couldn’t really get any momentum. When play is slow, it helps to have some good company and intermediate or better players in your foursome. Adios and Happy New Year 🎊

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Quench golfer thirst after golf.

Not sure why, maybe staffing but disappointed the lounge/bar was closed.

If the course is open at lunch until the course closes for the day, the lounge should be open if you expect repeat customers.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Wow! Nice Surprise

For reference, I typically play: WIGWAM, VERRADO, ESTRELLA, & BLACKSTONE COUNTRY CLUB, all are courses that costs $120-$150 this time of year and all courses that are EXCELLENT and very well kept. First, I was very surprised how nice the greens were. In fact, they were better than any of those courses I listed. I was shocked. They were fast and boy will they break on you. You have to have a great touch and finesse on them. The fairways were in good shape too. When I pulled up to the course, it seemed a little cheap. They have abandoned tennis courts, and it just seemed a little run down. Definitely not what I’m used to. But once I started using their facilities, practice greens, chipping area, and driving range, I thought, “ok, it’s fine, it’s not Wigwam, but it’s ok.”

Overlooking the course, it seemed a little run down, off the fairways there was brown and yellow Bermuda Grass (which does that in the winter time), but courses I listed above will plant Rye even off the fairway to make the course look all green, and I did see dirt patches, BUT, once I got out there and played, the fairways were in great shape and off the fairway just adds to the courses personality. In other words, it’s not a big deal that they don’t plant rye off the fairways,

Another thing about this course is the design. For it being less expensive, the design is excellent. Some par threes will really challenge you. The use of water was great. The greens had awesome break to them. The layout is really nice.

The distance was great, but if you’re a scratch golfer, it’s really going to be too short of a course for you.

If you stay in the fairway, and can putt gently, you can very well on this course, but if off the fairway, the trees will cause you a lot of pain.

I highly recommend this course for the price.

In fact, if you’re playing Wigwam Red Course, then you’re sorta waiting money. This is comparable, has better greens, and a better layout/design, for half the price.

PACE OF PLAY WAS A MASSIVE ISSUE. we had a booked time, but no one was booked before or after us, but they had a lot of walk ons, so they threw a bunch of people out before us and it caused a massive backup for us, we waited in every hole.

So that is something I will be looking at again. If I play it two more times and the pace of play is like that again, I will not recommend this course. That’s just a management and starter issue. To me, remember your booked appointments and don’t hinder them. So I forgive them this time, but I’ll check for that to see if it’s a pattern.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great shape

The course was in great shape. Greens were perfect. The course is pretty long, so it can be challenging if you're not long off the tee.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 22
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 76
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

Value is mediocre

I would never pay more than $50 to play this course again. The driving range was exploding sand and they also don’t let you use a driver, the pace of play was horrendous with no one monitoring, if you’re not on the fairway you’re on concrete-like dirt, person doing pin placements must get amnesia after every green because 5 holes in a row had back pin placements - one of which was not in regulation because it was a foot from the edge of the green, tee boxes were pretty beat up and 80% of them weren’t level, and one par 3 tee box on the front is artificial grass for some stupid reason. The only positives is that the carts have GPS, the staff is friendly, and the fairways were luscious. But the few positives aren’t worth more than $50 if that.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Value

The course was in great shape. The range was short and no drivers which was the only bad thing.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 76
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Great golf day

Weather was perfect. Started on time. Played in 4 hours. Good company.

Course conditions were well above past times we golfed here.

Tee boxes, fairways and greens were above normal.

Carts with GPS are welcomed. GPS restrictions are very tight.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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