Ocotillo Golf Club - Blue/White

It's always a pleasure to play Ocotillo, and today was no exception. I laugh when I read reviews this time of year for poor conditions - when most courses are closed for overseeding, Ocotillo rotates their 3 nines to keep the golf going. Sure the conditions aren't peak season standard, but I guess the complainers would rather not be playing at all. Played nice and quick on a Thurs morning. Actually played the same ball all 18 holes, which shows you can avoid the water if you're careful. Very warm welcome at the bag drop by the youngsters there, unfortunately almost never the same in the Pro Shop. Maybe that's why this 27 hole gem always struggles, the indifference consistently shown inside. But Sheila was great on the drink cart and the course is always fun to play, albeit probably a little pricier than the value suggests. I can't give it a 5-star rating because it just doesn't have that championship feel, but still worth playing from time to time.

Course was just OK. Layout the same. Pace of play painfully slow. Golf Staff was unfriendly and unhelpful. People at the bar and on-course concession cart were nice. I will not be returning.

My God there's a lot of water on this course. Plan your shots accordingly. There's only 4 or 5 holes where water does not come into play.

Otherwise, we had a great time and it's a wonderful course that is very well taken care of.

We usually play the easier shorter courses but like to challenge ourselves on occasion and this one was very challenging indeed. Still had a lot of fun. We were golfing in perfect weather at a well cared for course. What is to complain about?

Course was in great shape for late summer. Over seeding is gonna start soon and this course still did not disappoint! Will be back soon.

Course was very wet in way to many locations.. I had multiple shots that landed in the fairway or just off and they were sitting in larger wet areas.

Fairways and greens were in excellent condition, which is surprising considering its summer. Real enjoyable and played in less than 4 hours.

Greens were solid considering we are in the dead heat of AZ summers. Lots of loose grass on the fairways from lawn mowers but wasn’t too bad. Overall good time. I’d love to play again!

Ocotillo golf course was the course that started my desire to play this game. At that time Troon managed the course which is phenomenal anywhere they are regardless of location. When this course switched management it’s never been the same... the course conditions have plummeted.. Ocotillo WAS a course you could go to anytime of year and know it’s going to be in great shape. This is no longer the case, I wouldn’t even rank this a top tier course in the valley any longer which means pricing should follow. Course used to come with free range balls (most top tier courses do) that immediately changed however the bigger issues are not the free stuff although that’s nice and something I loved. The course simply put is nowhere near the conditions it used to be in. From tee to green it’s a mystery what your going to see now... shame as this place has always had a great rep as a top course to play in the east valley. Tanking quickly and management needs to be proactive or they will lose their avid golfers