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4.6
47 Reviews (47)
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Conditions
4.5
Value
4.5
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.1
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47 out of 47 reviews
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4.5
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Conditions
4.5
Value
4.5
Layout
4.8
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
5.0
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4.6
14 Reviews (14)
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Conditions
4.5
Value
4.6
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.7
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About

Holes 18
Type Private
Style Desert/Executive
Par 61
Length 4027 yards
Slope 89
Rating 59.3

Desert Trails Golf Course is an executive course that possesses an interesting variety of par 4s that gives the opportunity for getting practice with every club. The course is most suited for beginning and intermediate players, and due to its flat terrain it is a good course for golfers who enjoy walking. Desert Trails Golf Course features wide fairways and undulating greens. Water hazards only come into play on the front nine but there are sand bunkers throughout the entire course to add some interest. Each hole offers three different tees to provide more possibilities as well as the option to adjust the game to different abilities and skill levels.

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Course Details

Year Built 1995
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Snacks

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
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4.6
47 Reviews (47)
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Reviews 111
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Great course!

This is a well managed and well laid out course! If you don't have 4 or 5 hours to play and want to play 18 holes, I recommend this lovely course. We will be back!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

D.T. is our favorite SCW course. We love it every time we play it!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 56
Handicap 20-24
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Walked
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Player marshall

This is a really nice course. Love the layout, greens are challenging because they are very firm and fast. My only problem is with the ranger. We teed off with nobody in front of us for the first two-three holes. Halfway through the front nine he comes by to ask us to pick up the pace. Mind you, my son and I are walking and the couple we played with had their own cart. None of us were messing around, taking too much time, etc. occasionally we saw people behind us, but not waiting like we were slow.

By the time we get to the 15th hole, this ranger is really adamant about us picking up the pace because “we are holding everyone up”. Well behind us the whole day is a twosome, followed by a threesome, (ALL IN CARTS)! Meanwhile we tee off on 16, and the twosome isn’t even in the fairway on 15 yet.. so how are we going slow? I even told him “look we are hitting the greens on our par 3’s how are we slow? His response, “move up to the next closest tee then. Wait what??? How about you tell the group of two and the group of three to chill out?

I then spoke to him after the round because I was going to complain to a manager inside. He said we should finish this course in less than 3 hours and that is what he was going by. Well we finished in 3 hours and 15 minutes.. so again tell the “members” who were complaing to relax. If I pay money to play a course and I’m not messing around looking for lost balls and taking too long then let me play my game otherwise adjust your tee times accordingly.

I can’t wait for summer time because there won’t be anybody on this course because it will be too hot. Even for the ranger!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Used cart

Quite Surprised!

D Trails is thoughtfully laid out and well maintained. The greens are firm but receptive, and the ball rolls true with green speeds I'm guessing around 10+ on the Stemp meter. A fun course and very challenging.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Walked it in 2:30 minutes. My kinda golf!

Course is in great condition!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 134
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Arizona Advisor
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
First Time Playing

Executive course

Desert Trails is an absolute gem of an executive course. Great layout in excellent shape from tee to greens with greens in great shape and fast just how I like them. Friendly staff that was very accommodating. I would highly recommend playing this course and I traveled from Tempe to do it.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice Exec Course

Really enjoyed our round here other than I thought a cart was included. Course is in great shape and pace of play was good.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
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
First Time Playing

Nice Executive Course

Fun course in really good condition. The only thing is I thought a cart was included in our price as most all are on GN but guess I didn’t read the fine print so that was another $32.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 56
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Best Executive Course Around

Really enjoyed the variety of distances and the greens were running true, but very challenging. Love this course!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Walked
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Very fun course. But pace of play needs to be better

Very fun and exciting course. But there is a lot of waiting on the groups in front.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Great Executive Course - Greens were amazing!

This course is really great. I played the front 9. 3 Par 4s and 6 Par 3s. The greens were in amazing shape. I walked the course, pace was a little bit slow. Waited on multiple holes even with walking. Fairways in good shape on the Par 4s. Really nice little course. Will definitely be back!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 34
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Walked

Desert Trails - First Timer

This is the first time I played Desert Trails and I very much enjoyed it. The pace of play was very good. The course layout was challenging for me and very different from the other executive courses in Sun City West. Course condition was pretty good but there were some wet spots from water runoff and pooling. The greens were slow which is different from other Sun City West courses. They had all of the practice facilities and a well staffed and friendly pro shop. I will definitely play this course again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 23
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 34
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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