Verrado GC - Founder's: #18
A view of the 18th green from #10 tee box at Founder's Course at Verrado Golf Club.
GolfPass Icon
Rating Index Rating
Tooltip Information Icon
4.5
1544 Reviews (1544)
5 Stars
998
4 Stars
407
3 Stars
83
2 Stars
36
1 Stars
20
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.3
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.8
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.7
95.4%
Recommend this course
1452 out of 1544 reviews
Read Reviews
Average Rating
Avg Rating
4.6
28 Reviews (28)
5 Stars
19
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.4
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.7
StaffFriendliness
4.8
96.4%
Recommend this course
27 out of 28 reviews
Read Reviews
Average Rating
Avg Rating
4.5
95 Reviews (95)
5 Stars
61
4 Stars
25
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.3
Layout
4.8
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.7
StaffFriendliness
4.8
94.7%
Recommend this course
90 out of 95 reviews
Read Reviews

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Desert
Par 72
Length 7258 yards
Slope 135
Rating 73.5

John Fought and Tom Lehman collaborated on the course at Verrado Golf Club, a voluptuous design that meanders through the old Caterpillar bulldozer proving grounds. It's up and down for 18 holes and that doesn't mean "chip and a putt." The course is good test with chances to score and a handful of memorable and scenic holes.

Where Verrado Golf Course will eat you alive is in the bunkers. Some bunkers are hard to carry, others collect wayward shots. But the fairways are wide enough to avoid trouble, and what appears to be the safe shot off the tee will often bring greenside bunkers more into play. So pick your poison.

While the back nine is far superior to the front, going out still has its fair share of memorable holes. A huge boulder 30 feet tall on the par-4 eighth jets out from the left side around which the fairway shapes itself. A perfect line from the tee box is to take the ball five yards right off its edge, but hitting the boulder is certain death by desert. The boulder was scheduled to crumble via dynamite, but stood up to the TNT and was deemed an immoveable object. Open and playable for all skill levels, the Verrado Golf Club is a sublime experience.

Book a Tee Time at
Verrado Golf Club - Founders Course
Powered by GolfNow.com
Hot Deals at Verrado Golf Club - Founders Course

Course Details

Year Built 2004
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Tom Lehman (2004) John Fought (2004)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No
Pull-carts No
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Dress code Collared shirt and bermuda shorts required. No denim.

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities

Accolades

The Best Way To Book Is With GolfPass+
waivedfees
10 rounds of waived fees
golf ball.svg
$120 in tee time credits
teetime protection.svg
Tee Time Protection
redeemtrophy
Redeem GolfPass points

Reviews

4.5
1544 Reviews (1544)

Reviewer Photos

Advanced Filters
Overall Rating
Recommended
Handicap
Age
Type of Golfer
Gender
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 25+
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 292
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Arizona Advisor
Verified Purchaser
Top 25 Contributor
Perfect weather
Used cart

Unprofessional

The course conditions are actually pretty good. A little fuzzy on some greens, but nothing drastic.

My complaint is that we had some kid screaming at us that the course was "Cart Path Only" while we were playing. No one told us this. It wasn't listed as cart path when I booked the round. No one said anything at the bag drop. No one said anything in the pro shop when we checked in. There were no signs and the starter did not mention this either. We watched two groups ahead of us in the fairway from the first tee on. The ranger past us a couple of times and never once said anything to my group or the groups ahead of us. When I said this to the kid he said "Oh, the old man? He doesn't know anything." Well, there's respecting your elders.

The kid may have been right, but he handled it poorly. He said he worked there and he knew. If so, then he should have called the pro shop and had the Ranger explain it to the players, not yell it out during someone's back swing.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 61
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Walked

Wonderful

Great course, picturesque. Fairways, greens in great shape.. bring your camera.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0

Nice Fairways...Slow Greens

The course itself is in good shape but the greens are furry and inconsistent. Beautiful area with great scenery and big fairways that demand a solid drive on every hole. Playing from the whites you need a consistent 230 to put the play into play with a 6 iron or less. Big greens but so slow. Pace of play was awful with cart path only still in play...not sure why. We had to wait at every hole and we were a foursome with a wife playing. Nice layout but if they are going with cart path they need to spread out the time farther.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

West Valley Gem

Love playing founders. Course was just over seeded. Grass is coming in well. Greens were hairy but rolled true. Everything is in great shape.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Overseed

Coming from CO, no idea about this overseeding thing. Turned out I had one of the last tee times before they closed. Course was very dried out and not in greatest shape. You can tell in prime season this would be a great layout.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great experience at Verrado... Again!

Everything about the facility, the staff and the course is A+ awesome!!!

Conditions Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Beautiful Course

4th time playing this gem. Staff is always classy and friendly. Greens and fairways are always consistent and a great course for long and short hitters. One of my top 5 in the valley and trust me, it’s worth the drive.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 40
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course

Challenging but beautiful and the views are worth the price. Can only afford to play it when we find a deal but love the entire facility!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
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 40
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great afternoon at Verrado

Course in excellent condition overall though green speeds were variable. Most greens were slow but the odd one was fast. Inconsistent. Service was great.

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

Bring bug spray

The gnats are relentless this time of year. Kind of made the round unenjoyable. Week before overseeding so the greens are a little hard and sand is thin in bunkers. No distance markers or gps on carts so use a rangefinder or a gps app. Great course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart

What Do Rangers Really Do

We happened to be behind four golfers who did not have the utmost of respect for the golfers behind them. They were particularly slow on the greens and then took extra putts for whatever reason. The Ranger blamed a female golf outing on the slow play....which had nothing to do with the group in front of us. There was always 1 1/2 holes free ahead of them.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0

Bad customer service

Pro shop staff is very unfriendly. Attempted to hit driving range but requires polo shirt. Staff is very snooty and upoty. Don’t attempt to play there unless you are that way yourself.

Friendliness Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Great course, awful greens

This course was awesome. Very cool layout. Very nice turf. But the greens were anything but. Very brown, very slow.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

day at Verrado

It was a perfect day except for the humidity but we had a great time with friends from out of town that wanted to play golf somewhere "a little different". The view was panoramic and we got an up close view of two coyotes on one par 5 hole on the back 9. We live in Goodyear so will plan to play here again sometime on a special occasion.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Nearby Courses
Buckeye, Arizona
Public
4.2927027998
1235
Buckeye, Arizona
Public
4.1008709405
2902
Goodyear, Arizona
Semi-Private
4.8536155203
190
Litchfield Park, Arizona
Public
3.4090909091
550
Surprise, Arizona
Semi-Private
4.543176096
334
Litchfield Park, Arizona
Resort
4.5093198331
1163
Waddell, Arizona
Military
4.2083333333
72
Goodyear, Arizona
Public
4.1479055089
740
Goodyear, Arizona
Public
4.1479055089
740
Litchfield Park, Arizona
Resort
4.4062911163
1134
Golf Packages

Phoenix Buddies Trip Adventure Package

CLICK BELOW
PHOENIX/SCOTTSDALE | Enjoy lodging accommodations at Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort and golf at Lookout Mountain Golf Club, Westin Kierland Golf Club, Papago Golf Course, & The Phoenician Golf Club.
PG1.3.jpg

Phoenix Buddies Trip Adventure Package

CLICK BELOW
PHOENIX/SCOTTSDALE | Enjoy lodging accommodations at Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort and golf at Lookout Mountain Golf Club, Westin Kierland Golf Club, Papago Golf Course, & The Phoenician Golf Club.
160-2413 SD Stay & Play 1903x530 v1-72DPI4.jpg

Bet On Great Arizona Golf Package

CLICK BELOW
PHOENIX/SCOTTSDALE | Enjoy accommodations at Harrah's Ak-Chin Hotel & Casino and golf at Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club.
B_Estrella-Hole # 17.jpg

Phoenix Golf Around Package

CLICK BELOW
PHOENIX/SCOTTSDALE | Enjoy lodging accommodations at Hilton Phoenix Tapatio Cliffs Resort and golf at Lookout Mountain Golf Club, Longbow Golf Club & Golf Club of Estrella.

Bet On Great Arizona Golf Package

CLICK BELOW
PHOENIX/SCOTTSDALE | Enjoy accommodations at Harrah's Ak-Chin Hotel & Casino and golf at Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club.
Now Reading
  • Home

  • Memberships

  • Library

  • Account