SunRidge Canyon Golf Club

Inadequate. Marshaling to keep speed up made it bad for lots of folks. Did not finish. Had to leave after 4 .5 hrs and 17 holes.
They say "normal pace" is 4.5 hrs.

Great day! Played with a couple who knew the course. Very helpful. Seems user friendly on the first 9 going down the canyon. Then you hit the wicked six. Challenging but lots of fun!

I have played many courses in Scottsdale and this is in my top five. The layout is great, especially the finishing holes. It feels protected as it lays in a canyon and the staff was super friendly and helpful. The Bermuda was just growing in so the fairways were in the transition stage but still very playable. I will play this course again!

This was one of my favorite courses on my Scottsdale trip.

Staff - Very nice from the bag drop, pro shop, and restaurant staff

Range - Good range, nice chipping area range, decent putting green

Course - Challenging course, the last wicked six where a great challenge. No gimmick holes. Not super tight, but you had to pay attention on tee shots. Good test.

View - Great views like other courses... there are houses on the course... doesn't distract though.

Food - Had a nice patio to eat on... got a burger... it was good and reasonable price.

Bottom line - add it to your list to play.

Greens were very good, and mostly, uniformly speedy ! Some bare, thin patches in fairways but very playable. Helps to have played here before as there are several blind shots unless you drive far up the fairway to get a better view.

Really enjoyed the golf course. Challenging & interesting layout.
All holes are unique. The only negative was it took 5 hours to play.. Way too slow

Fairways were bare or hard pan. We were hopeful that each next hole would be an improvement, but none were. Staff admitted being aware of the poor conditions and even explained why, but why they would charge full price is beyond me and below standards for good customer relations. One of our group had played it in the past, when conditions were better and recommended our recent play, but what a disappointment.

I also resented the watchful eye of the rangers when it appeared that so few players were on the course!

The waitress at the outside bar failed to bring us a requested condiment and after apologizing, went on to fix drinks for two others before going back to the kitchen for the condiment, leaving our sandwich sitting uneaten for about 10 minutes.

Lastly I went to the pro shop with the intention of a couple pricey purchases, but no one was there to assist.

The pace of play was superb as we played as a twosome in just less than 3-1/2 hours. Scenic course with a very challenging finishing hole.

I have played here many times over the years. The course is fun and has many challenging shots however the green are very firm and a little grainy right now. I played the first 10 holes in an hour and then played the last 8 in 3 hours and 10 minutes. I realize I was a single behind some groups but I never once saw a staff member come around the course to even see if the guests were ok let alone help pace of play. When I told the outside service guy about the slow play he responded "that is everyday here. You are lucky to have played the front 9 so quickly." Interesting comment but I appreciate the truth. Must be how they do business there. There are too many other pretty courses that are in better shape.

It was an awesome course! Thoroughly enjoyed it! It was in great shape !

We played the course on April 8th on our last day of a five day golf trip. We were going to play either Eagle Mountain or this course to end our trip with and I am so glad we chose to play here.

When we arrived, the staff was super friendly and helped us to do everything except hit our shots and drink our bloody marys ....

The starter gave us two of the best tips of the day, which were (1) to make sure we putted on the putting green, because it would be exactly like the greens on the course and (2) that 16 of the 18 greens would break towards the mountains in the distance

The course was in pristine conditions with the fairways mowed perfectly with very few brown areas .... which must be a really tough thing to do considering that almost all of the fairways are riddled with undulation leaving you almost no chance of having a flat lie even if you stipe it right down the middle. There is suffiicient landing areas, but even though I drove the ball straight, I never seemed to be in any of them

The greens are second best to only The Boulders in Carfree, AZ
They are pure, neatly trimmed, and rolled to near perfection. Our only complaint about the greens was that they weren't holding our balls all that well, generally forcing us to club down in anticipation of a great deal of forward roll.

The layout was outstanding, forcing you to hit almost very club in your bag more than once, which is really unusual

On the day we played the wind was gusting up to 50 MPH. In some parts of AZ there were gusts of up to 65 MPH. The wind was so WICKED that semis were blowing over and they had to shut down Interstate 10 for quite some time. This was completely out of the ordinary

I felt the need to mention this because the first nine holes play away from the club house in the same general direction. Then the last nine holes play directly back in to the clubhouse in the exact opposite direction. In "normal" playing conditions the wind is at your back at 5 to 10 MPH on the front side and in your face the same amount on the backside ... Thus making the last six holes (because 10,11, and 12 aren't as hard as the last six) dubbed "THE WICKED SIX"

These holes are some of the best and toughest holes in Arizona. All have unique features that forces you to bring all you've got and then some. Adding another 45 MPH wind into our faces on these holes was astutely devastating. I generally drive the ball about 265 or 270 and was striking the ball extremely well on this day, but could only muster about 200 with the driver. Neither myself nor my partner could get home on any of those holes in regulation. I also forgot to mention that the starter told us that the course was set up with the hardest pin placements available and that they only have this setup once every three weeks where the cups were sometimes cut within three paces of the rough

Nonetheless, these holes are beautiful, challenging, and indeed WICKED

When we finished the staff was profusely apologetic for the wind and could not believe the weather we played in. Some were saying it was the worst they ever saw it.

Then we had cocktails and lunch on the patio. Cocktails were poured well with a good selection of high end liquor to choose from. The food was outstanding and had a great local flavor to it

This is a MUST play !!!!

This is a great course. it is challenging for higher handicap players but the staff is friendly and you move along at a good pace. The views are beautiful and the course conditions are very good.

Just arriving at the club, the set-up of water and falls is beautiful. We really enjoyed our round of golf. Spectacular views and challenging course.

Course has nice views and a lot of elevation changes. If you haven't seen it before it plays difficult. No GPS and saw bev cart once over 18 holes (it doesn't return to clubhouse after 9). A little gimmicky with short par 4's that require a layup with an iron. Fairways severely sloped and even good shots end up in trouble or with sloping lies. If you like target golf you will be happy here. Gotta hit em straight or you will be losing balls. Greens were good but there were borderline ridiculous pin positions.

With Golf Now rate this course became one of my all time favorites. Just to be on this well kept course, with mountains, desert, ravines and sage ...and many magnificent homes..was enough. But, the course itself captures your interest and concentration on almost every shot. Would play it again and again.

I set my tee time up using golf now. It was great, as soon as I pulled up to bag drop I gave them my name and confirmation number they put the bag on a cart I went directly to the driving range and then onto the first tee. It doesn't get nicer then this.

Not much that needs to be said - except if you go to Az to play golf and don't go here, you are missing a great course. Definately add this to your rotation if you are visiting the area to play!

The course was in good shape. Fairways were cut short and firm, but lush. The greens were rolling true and quick, but not too fast for a recreational round.

Enjoyed the layout. We knew this was a desert style design so we were prepared for the challenge of picking the right club and putting our ball in the best position to score. Tip - use the yardage book it was a big help. Even though it's a desert layout (some shots are target golf), it was fair and fun. Liked going down and then back up the desert canyon, great change of scenery for us Nor Cal forest golfers.

Awesome views and the layout was great. Very challanging at times. The 18th hole was overly difficult, not a good finishing hole. Otherwise a great course, one that I will play every time I am in Phoenix.

Loved the challenge of this course as well as the magnificent views at every turn.