Ocotillo Golf Club - White/Gold

This is by far one of my most favored courses. It is in exceptional shape. It certainly helps to play with someone who knows the layout as there is plenty of water to consume your golf balls. This course will remain on my MUST play list each tome I return to the area.

Everything was very nice, from the staff to the layout. However; there was only a dusting of sand in the multiple bunkers I found. One even had the matting of the underlayment showing. It was like playing off a concrete cart path, while needing to clear a 3 foot fence.

Course is in great shape, give credit to the greens keepers on having almost perfect greens

The prices are high enough that the range balls should be complimentary. Expect to find water with inaccurate golf shots.

Can’t go wrong here. Course in great shape, staff is great. You won’t find a course as nice for this price. I highly recommend.

Wife, friends, and I have played Ocotillo for a number of years, have always loved the course and staffs.

Not so much anymore, this may be our last time playing at Ocotillo after over 100 rounds there.

Arrived 12:30 PM at the bag drop. One staff member was within a few yards of us, hosing down golf carts. 3 or 4 minutes standing there, never made eye contact, as if we were invisible. I pulled and stacked our bags myself at the rack while hose boy and one other staff member continued to perform their busy work. 2 staff members, no acknowledgement of our presence. 3rd staff member (seemed to perhaps be a manager), stayed a few yards back in the shop, within eyesight and earshot of ourselves. Go figure, no notice of us, the only two customers present.

We left for the pro shop, hopefully someone would eventually assign us a cart and secure our bags to it. (They did not, wife had to go find someone later in order to obtain a cart).

Pro Shop, similar disinterest from staff member and management behind the counter.

Course conditions: Greens OK, somewhat beat up, but scratch that up to heavy traffic.

Fairways - dry, short, large brown spots, some are now just dirt. NOT the Ocotillo of years past. Mediocre at best.

Tee Boxes (White) - beat up, chewed up, bumps and holes. Poor

Sand Traps - all but one were closer to concrete than sand. Could not hit a normal sand trap shot out of any bunker. Hard crust, better to try and putt it out.

Restaurant: At about 12:40 PM, went to have lunch and meet our third for the day before our round.

Inside: no staff to be found, stood for about 5 minutes. Went outside and seated ourselves. 15 minutes after we arrived, server with whom we had previously had good service from, appeared. There was one other group drinking outside, one group inside, so 3 tables total to serve. 1/2 hour after our arrival (tee time now getting close), food arrived. My quesadilla served cold. Not warm, cold.

Poor service/quality/attitudes is indicative of poor management. Ocotillo needs a major overhaul.

Something is amiss with the former crown jewel of Chandler. Staff is still nice but stretched very thin. No starter and it’s obvious the cart girl is trying to cover 27 holes with an empty cart and individual transactions for every stop. There’s even a separate charge for range balls if you can get them from cart staff. Feels like a page from the airlines playbook. Overall the operation seems choppy except for pace of play, no wonder, the course is empty. Seems we were the last ones to find out this beloved track is suffering.

Cmon Phil, bring her back please.

We play Ocotillo every year for the last 13 years. The course is always in great shape. Very friendly staff and the best course in Arizona for the money.

Layout was good. Greens are ridiculously slow. Very fuzzy and grainy. Wouldn't play it again. Nice people. T

This golf course is definitely one of the best values in the East Valley.

Great challenging course. I would highly recommend to play Will play again next visit. Lots of water on blue nine.