Dinosaur Mountain at Gold Canyon Golf Resort

The Sidewinder Course at the Gold Canyon Golf Resort is one of the finest courses I have played in my 40 years playing the game. From the friendly staff to the free balls to warm up, my experience was first class. The fairways were in perfect condition, not a blade of grass out of place and the green rolled true as evidenced by the 29 putts taken in my 18 hole round, which included 3 holes I three putted because of a lack of concentration. The course is picturesque from the driving range, putting green, through the 19th hole. The staff was super friendly beginning when they unloaded my clubs until they cleaned them after the round. A camera is a must. I will definitely return and recommend this course to anyone visiting the Phoenix area.

Very small and punishing domed greens with tough pin placement s. Greens nasty seven for really good golfers

I was hoping to get on Dino Mt. but they were closed for overseeding. Sidewinder is quite a nice course in it's own right. The whole resort sits at the base of the Superstitions and there are beautiful views aplenty. Even though the course had just come off overseeding it was in great shape. The rough is mostly waste bunkers. Try to stay out of it if you can. Would definitely play again. Staff was great, very accommodating. The beverage cart passed 4 times in the round. Overall, a wonderful experience.

We played the Sidewinder course and my wife, son-in-law, and daughter thoroughly enjoyed the course. The women appreciated the forward placement of the women's tees which made it more fun for them.

It had been a year or two since my almost-snowbirding wife and myself made the trek East into the Superstition Mountains and so when Golfnow.com offered an inticing deal, we jumped at the chance to re-acquant ourselves with Gold Canyon's Sidewinder course. Just out of overseeding (I would have thought its locale would see us spared that annual Sept/Oct ritual at every venue near our Valley home?) the course was SPECTACULAR. I am a sucker for the general Nicklaus lay-outs, but the use of the natural landscaping to accomodate those generous fairways and slope-filled greens was pure majesty here. My wife was obviously inspired as she shaved four strokes off her best ever score and came within inches of a first ever ace!! One could whine about the lack of decent practice area all the way out in Gold Canyon, but that would be niggling. We had a great mid-week round and will be back again soon.

Gold Canyon Dinosaur is a great course that I have played before. When we played on October 12, 2013, they had just scalped the fairways and greens the day before; therefore the course was in very poor condition. Absolutely no grass on the fairways or greens. Putting on the greens was like putting on glass. The course should have told you all the conditions of the course and I would have played somewhere else. This is why I cannot recommend the course until the over seeding is mature.

Course prepping for over seeding so greens were dry, hard and shaggy but still enjoyed my round.

was cut getting ready for winter play hole locations had been in there location for some time. greens were really fast 15

Wanted to golf this course for several years now but it's normally priced out of reason for us when the "Snowbird gouging" season starts. Good price in October and made well aware that conditions would be less than ideal as scalping the grass was underway to ready the ground for the winter grass seeding. Everything was brown and dry, and the greens were fast and dead with some questionable pin placements on several holes that made putting a bit ridiculous. However, it was very good for the ego as my normal driving distances of 200-240 yards went to 240-280 yards! The sand was quite hard packed and only about 2" deep in most traps. I would like to try this course again when in normal conditions to see what it's like, but it's obviously a very nice course with scenic views, and at $49 c/w cart, good value to check it out. We will try it again in a month or so before the big price increase in January.

We played from the blue setup and really had a great day. The vistas were excellent, the layout and elevation changes took you breath away.

We played in Oct, and everything was dry after 7 days of no water in preparation for changing over to Rye from Bermuda for the winter. This course, with green grass would be fantastic. But we had a great time considering what we paid thanks to GolfNow! The group had a great time.

WOW what views. Liked the par 3 charity hole. Not sure why more courses don't do this. Staff was freindly and helpful. We will be back

My husband and I really enjoyed our round at Dinosaur Mountain! Even though they are readying the course for over seeding, it was in good shape!

It was one the best courses I have ever played - the layout, conditions and the scenery were - Oh my, every hole brought out a challenge for anyone looking for one. The greens were the only item which could use improvement, they were not in A one condition, but the speed was spot on - very quick. You will not regret your round and i'm sure you will return if your in the area again, lastly for the price, it's a steal :)

Pat

This course has great views and elevation changes and every hole is new and exciting!

Although preparing for over-seeding course was in good condition. Great views of Superstition Mountains. Clubhouse good value as now doing happy hour 2 - 7pm

Best golf course views in AZ if not the entire west coast. Every hole is a unique challenge, though 18 seems oddly out of place. Booked as a single, played in under 2 1/2. The only downside was they had plugged recently so the greens were like velcro.

This course is fantastic. Very well maintained with picture perfect views. Staff is very friendly and professional

Staff is a little too worried about pace of play, even when there is no backup on the course. I don't play here often but generally enjoy my outing when I do.

Pristine and well worth the time and money. Pins were purposely placed at most difficult positions due to a member outing in the morning. However, it made it fun to see how hard a great course can be set up. Would play again in a minute.

Great Course to play during the summer months, low rates and maintained nicely!