Verrado Golf Club - Founders Course

About
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.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Black | 72 | 7258 yards | 73.9 | 139 |
Black/Silver | 72 | 7036 yards | 72.8 | 134 |
Silver | 72 | 6833 yards | 71.9 | 130 |
Silver/White | 72 | 6561 yards | 70.7 | 127 |
White | 72 | 6228 yards | 69.3 | 123 |
White (W) | 72 | 6228 yards | 74.4 | 134 |
White/Gold | 72 | 5734 yards | 67.2 | 119 |
White/Gold (W) | 72 | 5734 yards | 71.7 | 122 |
Gold | 72 | 5403 yards | 65.7 | 114 |
Gold (W) | 72 | 5403 yards | 70.0 | 117 |
Green (W) | 72 | 5142 yards | 68.6 | 113 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Black M: 73.5/135 | 423 | 397 | 222 | 478 | 588 | 178 | 540 | 477 | 382 | 3685 | 515 | 422 | 442 | 310 | 184 | 588 | 464 | 154 | 494 | 3573 | 7258 |
Black/Silver M: 72.3/130 | 423 | 379 | 193 | 454 | 588 | 178 | 540 | 457 | 382 | 3594 | 515 | 411 | 418 | 310 | 184 | 544 | 449 | 154 | 457 | 3442 | 7036 |
Silver M: 71.2/127 | 386 | 379 | 193 | 454 | 559 | 166 | 506 | 457 | 364 | 3464 | 492 | 411 | 418 | 291 | 168 | 544 | 449 | 139 | 457 | 3369 | 6833 |
Silver/White M: 70.3/125 | 386 | 354 | 172 | 421 | 559 | 166 | 506 | 428 | 364 | 3356 | 492 | 375 | 393 | 271 | 168 | 544 | 402 | 139 | 421 | 3205 | 6561 |
White M: 68.8/120 W: 74.1/133 | 366 | 354 | 172 | 421 | 518 | 147 | 435 | 428 | 337 | 3178 | 449 | 375 | 393 | 271 | 150 | 466 | 402 | 123 | 421 | 3050 | 6228 |
White/Blue M: 68.1/119 | 340 | 321 | 172 | 391 | 518 | 147 | 435 | 428 | 337 | 3089 | 449 | 375 | 360 | 271 | 150 | 466 | 374 | 123 | 387 | 2955 | 6044 |
White/Gold M: 66.7/115 W: 71.4/119 | 366 | 279 | 154 | 350 | 518 | 147 | 435 | 355 | 337 | 2941 | 449 | 347 | 322 | 242 | 150 | 466 | 338 | 123 | 356 | 2793 | 5734 |
Gold M: 65.3/110 W: 70.0/116 | 291 | 279 | 154 | 350 | 480 | 125 | 371 | 355 | 310 | 2715 | 414 | 347 | 322 | 242 | 131 | 427 | 338 | 111 | 356 | 2688 | 5403 |
Green M: 64.0/108 W: 68.5/112 | 291 | 279 | 131 | 350 | 419 | 125 | 371 | 311 | 284 | 2561 | 380 | 313 | 322 | 203 | 131 | 427 | 338 | 111 | 356 | 2581 | 5142 |
Handicap | 13 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 2 | |||
Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
Handicap (W) | 15 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 4 |
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Photo submitted by u215505674 on 08/30/2025
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Photo submitted by sgtjchino on 08/23/2025
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Photo submitted by Ericm92 on 07/19/2025
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Photo submitted by Ericm92 on 07/19/2025
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14th hole Photo submitted by Gsully34 on 04/21/2025
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Photo submitted by Typete247 on 03/16/2024
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Photo submitted by u000005594144 on 02/07/2024
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Photo submitted by b73solar on 11/17/2023
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Deer on Hole # 3 Photo submitted by u000002066695 on 09/06/2023
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View from clubhouse Photo submitted by u000002066695 on 09/06/2023
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Photo submitted by ejh370 on 09/18/2021
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Photo submitted by Fridley1313 on 04/06/2021
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Photo submitted by guprox on 08/20/2020
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Photo submitted by guprox on 08/20/2020
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Photo submitted by u705588131 on 07/07/2020
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Photo submitted by u705588131 on 07/07/2020
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Photo submitted by u705588131 on 07/07/2020
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Photo submitted by sfdc76 on 05/02/2020
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Photo submitted by sfdc76 on 05/02/2020
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Photo submitted by sfdc76 on 05/02/2020
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Photo submitted by dearl0627 on 12/17/2019
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Photo submitted by dearl0627 on 12/17/2019
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Photo submitted by dearl0627 on 12/17/2019
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Photo submitted by u4438065 on 05/31/2019
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Photo submitted by krpuppy on 04/05/2019
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Photo submitted by krpuppy on 04/05/2019
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Photo submitted by krpuppy on 04/05/2019
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escaping the heat Photo submitted by Dshabby on 10/06/2017
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waterfall Photo submitted by Dshabby on 10/06/2017
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Photo submitted by Dshabby on 10/06/2017
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Photo submitted by RhodyGrinder on 05/05/2017
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Photo submitted by maxtuta on 09/20/2016
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Photo submitted by maxtuta on 09/20/2016
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Photo submitted by maxtuta on 09/20/2016
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Photo submitted by reganaz on 03/15/2016
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Photo submitted by reganaz on 03/15/2016
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Photo submitted by Brightwine on 08/20/2014
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Photo submitted by johnnygjunior on 09/26/2013
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Great outside patio Photo submitted by mboling on 06/23/2013
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Dad and the boys, greaat time. Photo submitted by mboling on 06/23/2013
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Made a birdie! Photo submitted by null on 09/24/2012
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Scenic par 3 Photo submitted by null on 09/24/2012
Great layout, fun course
This was a fun course to play as long as you stayed out of the dessert. Good condition with fast greens and a great layout. The staff were very friendly.
Great from the start to now over 20 years! We starting playing Verrado Founders course when there were no homes at Verrado! Thais course is a gem do d
Great everything especially how the course is set! wonderful! Still well kept and golfer friendly except for hole 10!
Great course in excellent shape.
This course is very fun and challenging. Beautifully carved into the granite rock. My favorite course to play in the West Valley.
great course, just a bit slow
always a great course. this time there was a slow group ahead of us. The Marshalls needs to be more assertive.
Greens in bad shape
The greens are very rough and do not roll well. This should be noted when they offer tee times and the rates should reflect this.
Nice place
Good course greens were bumpy different type of grass than what I was used to
Verrado golf course
Way overpriced course. For $180 course I thought the course would be immaculate. Nope. Greens were awful. Played a course today for under $100 and was better shape. If I paid $80 ,
I would be fine, but no way was that a $180 course.
Amazing Course
I have nothing but positives to say about my experience at the course! This was my first round at the founders and right when you pull in the views are amazing and it stays that way on the course as well. The staff is extremely nice and very helpful. The course was in great shape and the greens are fun but challenging!
Beautiful course, but…..
First off I want to say that the staff was extremely professional and friendly from the start. The fairways and tee boxes were immaculate. The problem was that about five or six greens were almost unplayable! One of the guys in my group was a member and said that the overseed hadn’t gone well. The only other negative is the lack of GPS. Unless you play this course often, you have no idea where to hit and where to avoid. A course charging these kind of rates could afford GPS.
always a pleasure
staff, course conditions, weather and paired up golfers were all great! if they can keep the price point around the mid $100's (or lower) i will continue to look for openings on this course with it's country-club like ambience
Wonderful Experience
I've played the alternative track on the property but the Founder's Course is the gem - great staff and layout. Looking forward to a return visit.
Worth the trip out there
Overall it was a good experience. Started out a rocky when I tried to have my autistic spectrum 8 year old son, whom I'm trying to introduce to the game, accompany me in the cart. Stephen in the golf shop insisted on charging me for him, even though he didn't bring any clubs and wasn't playing. In support of junior golf and expanding the game, I was hoping they would just let him ride along. I eventually negotiated to pay a cart fee for him. I guess they just wanted or needed the extra money that bad. But then they said the didn't have a cart for us and refunded my money! Fortunately, the outside service guys were top notch and pulled out another cart from the barn. I went back in and paid and off I went, albeit with no warm-up at this point.
The course itself was in decent shape and for Phoenix prices in the winter and wasn't a bad value. Front nine is fairly flat but back nine has a lot of elevation changes. Never had a bad lie in the fairway and, despite having a few thin spots, the sloped greens rolled smoothly with medium/fast speed. What would be the thicker rough around the greens was dormant, but the sand in the bunkers was well maintained and on the fluffier side. Only maintenance issue would be the tee boxes. Many are fairly small so it's hard to spread the tee markers around. As a consequence, areas on the white and silver tees get worn down and uneven.
The Grille was very nice and reasonably priced at $15-30 a plate with $6 beers. In addition to the inside restaurant, they have outdoor dining with a separate outdoor patio bar. People and families from the neighborhood were getting on a wait-list to dine for dinner. As it was winter, they had fire places and warmer lamps going when the sun went down. Looked to be a pretty popular place certainly a good amenity for after the round (or pre-round breakfast/lunch).
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