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Ken McDonald Golf Course
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Located in the metropolitan Phoenix area, the affordably priced Ken McDonald Golf Course is a championship-length course that is suitable for any level of golfer. The flat terrain of the course makes for an enjoyable stroll, while the water hazards that come into play on eight holes provide plenty of challenge. The water hazards are provided by the Western Canal, which flows directly through the golf course. The par-5 11th hole is the longest on the course at 570 yards; it is very difficult to reach in two shots. In addition to the course, Ken McDonald Golf Course offers several other amenities including a restaurant, club fitting and repairs, and professional golf instruction.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6743 yards | 70.4 | 121 |
| White | 72 | 6316 yards | 68.7 | 115 |
| White (W) | 73 | 6316 yards | 74.5 | 129 |
| Red (W) | 73 | 5744 yards | 71.6 | 122 |
| Red | 72 | 5744 yards | 66.7 | 107 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tips M: 72.3/127 | 366 | 585 | 397 | 518 | 185 | 364 | 374 | 200 | 400 | 3389 | 557 | 164 | 409 | 217 | 360 | 541 | 449 | 347 | 467 | 3511 | 6900 |
| Black M: 71.9/125 | 365 | 574 | 397 | 516 | 184 | 364 | 374 | 198 | 400 | 3372 | 553 | 164 | 409 | 216 | 359 | 541 | 449 | 347 | 462 | 3500 | 6872 |
| Blue M: 70.4/121 | 364 | 570 | 397 | 513 | 184 | 364 | 356 | 195 | 389 | 3332 | 515 | 164 | 402 | 216 | 359 | 529 | 443 | 341 | 436 | 3405 | 6737 |
| White M: 68.7/115 W: 74.5/129 | 346 | 514 | 374 | 490 | 161 | 351 | 332 | 171 | 363 | 3102 | 489 | 145 | 387 | 183 | 341 | 507 | 424 | 324 | 414 | 3214 | 6316 |
| Red M: 66.7/107 W: 71.6/122 | 325 | 447 | 355 | 473 | 142 | 337 | 312 | 115 | 348 | 2854 | 461 | 127 | 321 | 157 | 320 | 476 | 415 | 308 | 305 | 2890 | 5744 |
| Handicap | 13 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 2 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 6 |
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Photo submitted by flvick on 09/13/2025
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Ladi Lexi & LadiVelvetSwing Photo submitted by LADIVELVETSWING on 06/11/2024
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Photo submitted by QuantumGolfx on 03/04/2023
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Photo submitted by u314161282022 on 09/22/2022
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Photo submitted by u000004501153 on 04/18/2021
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Good course condition Photo submitted by Lurch1234 on 05/08/2019
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10th Tee. Photo submitted by molineux on 09/23/2013
Gone down hill
Waited 40 minutes past our tee time for carts. Lots of walkers but still ran out of carts. Pace of play was about 5+ hours. Also, almost every hole has tree and bush mess piled everywhere from the storm 4 months ago.
The outsourcing of the management has only resulted in poor conditions and higher prices. Nice work city of Tempe.
Course is in pretty good shape
No complaints. Greens are fairly consistent, fairways are green. Still a fair amount of fallen trees on the course, which can be somewhat bothersome if you don't hit a straight ball!
Funnest City Courae in Maricopa County
Played this for 35 years...country club member in mountains.....need to work out that swing? Usually good grass, this week we caught the 80 degrees and no rain conditions..... If ya need to work on your game and enjoy a no stress hit the ball round...here ya go!
They are working on removal of many, many trees. They also need to reseed grass in a lot of areas. The tree removal wasn’t an issue, lack of grass in many places can be worked on.
Good solid municipal course
Nothing special but very playable and they keep the prices reasonable so it stays busy. I thought the grass seemed kind of thin in places. Local rule in force about free drop from brush piles as a micro-burst took out a whole lot of trees all over the course. Staff is great!
Great day
Always fun playing this course. Still a number of fallen and dead trees around but fairways and greens were great
Great condition. Greens were great. Fallen trees still not being cleared out is borderline ridiculous at the point though. Loading 1 tree trunk at a time and driving the whole course?! Makes no sense.
Hot Deal worth it
Fairly slow play here - nothing has changed. 4.5 hr round is fast at this course. Lots of trees and branches knocked down but the haven’t cleared it out, so you can hit it just off the fairway and be under piles of branches.
Good course for the money
Had a good enough time, sad the city is letting the trees sit and be hazards though. Would play again
Slow
The play was really slow. They pack the course so it will be slow.
Great Golf Poor Time Management
I played this course for the first time and the course was in great shape greens were good fairways were very nice. Enjoyed the course layout. I got there n plenty of time and was able to use the driving range putting green and there is a separate area for chipping.
Now the bad…….the play was super slow and it seemed that the course was over booked. The tee time was almost 45 minutes behind which ment between the the late tee time and the slow play I wasn’t able to finish the round for we ran out of light.
Storm Damage + 5/6 somes = SLOW
As my title suggests, the pace of play was poor. Our round was 5hr 20min due to the amount of five and six somes ahead of us. Apparently there was a fraternity outing in the morning and groups joined up. Rangers would rudely remind players of “Cart Path Only” but not a word about six twenty somethings camped out on the tee.
The course suffered severe tree damage from a recent storm. Tons of uprooted trees, torn limbs, and debris still on the course. Kudos to the grounds crew for keeping the course playable, though.
Nice public course
Nice public course in Tempe. Even though it’s 18 holes you can get 9 in pretty easily and cut out for half day. Carts are pretty decent working order. Decent amount of shade
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