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Conditions
3.9
Value
3.7
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
3.9
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.5
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Traditional
Par 71
Length 6410 yards
Slope 125
Rating 69.7

Nestled within Fountain Hills, the course at the Desert Canyon Golf Club offers a championship course with a variety of elevation changes with views canyon and mountain views. It is a desert-style course with some elevated tees and open fairways that play tight with a few doglegs. Water bunkers come into play on a few holes as well as numerous well-positioned sand bunkers. From nearly every hole on the golf course, views of the signature fountain in Fountain Hills, which is the world's tallest fountain at 550 feet, can be seen.

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Course Details

Year Built 1971
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect John Allen

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $29
GPS Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

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3.8
1230 Reviews (1230)
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Conditions Excellent
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Layout Excellent
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Conditions Excellent
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Plays Once a week
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First Time Playing
Perfect weather
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Great round

It is always nice when you play well but it helps when the staff is friendly, the course conditions are good and the layout suits your game. Great course for different levels of players and great views as well. Will come back

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Beautiful Views

Course has beautiful views. Diverse layout. Enjoyed the mix of challenges (e.g. number of holes have uphill greens especially back nine). Like the short but challenging cliff tee box to post-stamp Par 3.

The course is much better manicured vs the last time I played it. Conditions were excellent!

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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4.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
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I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 11
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
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Plays A few times a week
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Previously Played

Poorly Ran Staff

I visited this course this week. We played on Tuesday then booked again for Friday. Today we were playing with a couple of friends of foreign decent. During our play, we ran into some drunk, rude local players.

They were making comments toward our friends. They then turned their attention toward us as we defended them. During our play, they then gathered with others from their league. They stacked up 6 carts on the same tee box totaling 12 people.

They yelled out inappropriate comments and threatened us. We called up to the clubhouse and spoke about it with them. Not only did the women in the clubhouse not care, but they told us it was fine they had 12 people on one tee box.

When we caught up to the course ranger, he laughed and talked it up with the guys. We were told it was locals who were members and if we didn't like it we could leave. This course allowed locals to get drunk, play with 12 people at once and be inappropriate toward us.

We found that this course is not a place you should visit if you want to be treated with respect as most golfers are supposed to be. This course doesn't adhere to proper golf course educate. There should only be 4 to a tee box, but because they are local members, they were allowed to do what they wanted.

We paid $275 to play only to be run off or face the treatment from this course. When we git back to the clubhouse, we again told staff and they said maybe we should find a different course should we revisit Arizona.

I will be spreading the word about this course to others publically to make sure they learn you cannot treat people this way just because you're a member.

They, as a course, had a responsibility to protect all players when brought to their attention and chose not to.

Conditions Excellent
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Best condition in Fountain Hills

The golf course is great shape especially the greens - best I have played in November 2021!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 48
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

WEll maintained - easy to play

We’ll maintained Easy to play. Friendly staff. Good pace of play

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
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