Camelback Golf Club - Padre Course

The title is actually a bit of a misnomer. There was water on the course, but it is water fountains every three holes, and the water is hot! When I made the turn after hole nine, I swung by the starter/cart return and no one was there to get ice or bottled water. And the snack shack was not open. Other than that, it was a great time. I love this course!

Condition: Tee boxes & fairways were inconsistent. Some were wet & mushy, some were sandy & grainy, and some had crabgrass all over. The rough & fairway around the greens were aweful; dried compacted dirt with more crabgrass. The greens were actually pretty nice though; receptive and fast.

Layout: Unimpressive. It felt like a slightly improved municiple course. Definitely not worth what we paid. There are many courses nearby with better layouts in much better condition that charge less.

Service: Bag boys, proshop attendee & beverage cart were all friendly & helpful. Starter & ranger were unprofessional & rude. Everyone in my group arrived about 20-30 min before our tee time. Starter came up to our cart as we were getting ready to head to the first tee & said we were “on the tee box & running late”. This was 9 minutes before our tee time as we were about to pull away anyways. As we drove by him on our way up, he said “we need you guys to hurry up & play fast today” as if it had been a problem before. *We’ve never played here before and, when we got to the first tee, we had to wait for the group in front us. On the course, the ranger hounded us every time he drove by. We finished right behind the group infront of us & played in 3:50, which for a Saturday on a public course, is pretty good & well under their expected pace of play.

If you want to be overcharged, harassed by staff & play a dog track with nice greens, this is the course for you.

Greens were rolling nice. Layout is easy to play. Not very challenging but a great and fun course to play for sure. Course is in really good shape for Az heat.

Fantastical layout and course. Challenging and in great condition. Young lady working the the snack bar was super friendly and kind

Played Ambiente before and enjoyed it very much, wanted to play Padre even though I was told it wasn’t as good as Ambiente, managed to get a good deal and played recently. Course was great, nice layout, friendly staff and as a bonus I played well. Came off thinking it was the better of the 2 courses and would love to play again.

Played Camelback Padre course gout out early as a single and finished in 3 hrs! Nice layout, forgiving

Staff was super! In the proshop at the golfcart pick up and the beverage gal can't say enough! The greens were well kept! Look forward to playing here again!

I love this course, but when summer rates in AZ should be in play, I feel like $150 for a round is on the high side of things. The problem is not Camelback, it’s the cost to play everywhere is the problem. I played here because for an extra $30 you get a way more enjoyable track to play on. Sure I’m getting older but the cost of golf has resulted in me golfing, once a month when I’ve used to golf 3-4 times a month. Sticker shock is a real thing.