Ocotillo Golf Club - Blue/White

Ocotillo is not your desert target course. Tons of forced carries and water.
Plenty of tourist trade and those "frozen from the winter swings" and all the water make for a very slow round. We just made it in in just less than 5 hours.
Bunkers are in tough shape as it's been rainy and, of course, few visitors bother raking.
This would be a great Country Club. Experienced golfers who know the course would make the course move well.
For a daily fee course, I would rate it in the lower tier due to the length of their rounds.
Food in the grill was adequate. Patio is relaxing and scenic.
Don't get me wrong, it's a nice venue with some nice holes, but I have 14 courses I would play before Ocotillo.

I've played this track twice in the past 2 winters. Both times, it was enjoyable.

Greens are fantastic, challenging, undulating, and fast. Only issue, lots of ball marks not repaired. I'm noticing that is a theme down here. Seems like courses don't really care about patrolling that, and if they did, many of these courses would have some of the best greens I've ever played.

Suggestion, use a GPS based app to review your tee shots and even approach shots. Helpful in hitting to correct areas.

Overall, our group loved the course. Challenging and fun.

This course is full of birds and bird dropping are everywhere! They need to get a dog who follows staff around the course and chases these things away. Excellent course and I would only play it again once they solved their bird problem. I would suggest no one play this until they have resolved this issue!

The course fairways were ok for the most part, several of the greens and fairways were coveted with droppings from ducks and geese . The bar/restaurant staff was more interested in talking among themselves then serving the customers. The food was limited and tasted terrible..

Hope this will be allowed because I have actually booked through Ocotillo's site rather than Golf Now the last 4 times over the last two weeks. I felt I needed to post because some of the reviews read on here are unfavorable to the pre4sent conditions, I have seen this course great and horrible over the last 20 plus years. But let me assure you that many of the sand traps now have real sand in them making an instant upgrade to the course. Yes, the greens are pelted with fixed divots but that is not the course's fault, that is the lazy golfer's fault. But lastly, I wanted to say the course is beautiful and the layout is almost a one of a kind here in the valley. I would not pay 100 plus for it but that is just me. I play the twilight prices for 45/50 after 2 o clock. Again, the course is playing awesome, especially compared to when Phil Mickelson owned it a few years back.

Sand traps need wor,.was in better shape one year ago!

The course has a great layout. Very picturesque. Lots of water hazards. But the greens were very pick-marked. Apparently no one who plays here knows how to fix a ball mark. Most of the bunkers were in poor condition: grass 2 inches long in fairway bunkers, rocks the size of golf balls in the sand. For this price level I expected better.

Ocotillo golf course has really fallen off as a premier course. The sand traps had little or no sand in them or were overseeded badly with rye grass. The tee box markers were rusted so badly it was hard to no what color they were. The greens were peppered with unrepaired ball marks and the fairways had many divots as well. I was incredibly disappointed in the condition of this once premier course!

I really look forward to playing here but for me, it's a bit more than I usually spend...a "treat", right? I was disappointed at the overall conditions... somewhat shaggy fairways and rough, amateurish cup-cutting and repair of old holes on the greens and bunkers that need attention. I paid for prime conditions but that's not what was delivered. I'm coming back but not till the rates drop.

This course is one of my favourites. I like taking my friends that have come down to Arizona for the first time down here to play it. Beautiful scenery and top notch golf course. Great value for your money and excellent staff.