Union Hills Golf & Country Club
About
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.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 6909 yards | 72.5 | 126 |
| Blue | 72 | 6643 yards | 71.1 | 123 |
| White | 72 | 6259 yards | 68.9 | 116 |
| Green | 72 | 5911 yards | 67.4 | 112 |
| Red (W) | 73 | 5565 yards | 70.4 | 116 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 72.5/126 | 349 | 387 | 514 | 401 | 213 | 554 | 212 | 375 | 398 | 3403 | 512 | 391 | 146 | 408 | 382 | 219 | 558 | 395 | 495 | 3506 | 6909 |
| Blue M: 71.1/123 | 346 | 384 | 506 | 395 | 210 | 526 | 173 | 348 | 399 | 3287 | 503 | 382 | 144 | 398 | 352 | 209 | 531 | 391 | 446 | 3356 | 6643 |
| White M: 68.9/116 W: 75.2/127 | 334 | 360 | 479 | 372 | 188 | 512 | 170 | 328 | 379 | 3122 | 478 | 351 | 130 | 370 | 337 | 180 | 501 | 368 | 422 | 3137 | 6259 |
| Green M: 67.4/112 W: 72.0/119 | 321 | 344 | 461 | 357 | 169 | 489 | 147 | 323 | 356 | 2967 | 458 | 338 | 120 | 345 | 318 | 170 | 458 | 346 | 391 | 2944 | 5911 |
| Red M: 65.4/108 W: 70.4/116 | 308 | 344 | 425 | 357 | 162 | 434 | 137 | 305 | 300 | 2772 | 418 | 338 | 112 | 303 | 318 | 159 | 417 | 343 | 385 | 2793 | 5565 |
| Gold M: 60.9/98 W: 64.9/101 | 308 | 270 | 348 | 280 | 103 | 390 | 137 | 240 | 300 | 2376 | 333 | 250 | 112 | 236 | 200 | 100 | 352 | 250 | 318 | 2151 | 4527 |
| Handicap | 17 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 13 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
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Greens Photo submitted by George7004813 on 02/25/2023
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Photo submitted by LisaSetze on 02/20/2023
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Photo submitted by u314163294378 on 10/31/2022
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Photo submitted by patty57 on 08/06/2021
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Photo submitted by selahmp on 07/07/2021
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Photo submitted by mblalock on 03/19/2021
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Photo submitted by jPF3EGXZOjZ6Ebpp6091 on 01/08/2021
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From the tee. Photo submitted by scott84067 on 03/13/2013
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.
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!!
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
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.
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.
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.
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).
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 🎊
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.
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.
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.
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.
Great Value
The course was in great shape. The range was short and no drivers which was the only bad thing.
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.
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