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4.4
1972 Reviews (1972)
5 Stars
1005
4 Stars
722
3 Stars
161
2 Stars
56
1 Stars
28
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.3
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.2
92.8%
Recommend this course
1797 out of 1972 reviews
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Average Rating
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4.2
41 Reviews (41)
5 Stars
24
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.2
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.6
80.5%
Recommend this course
33 out of 41 reviews
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4.4
146 Reviews (146)
5 Stars
84
4 Stars
48
3 Stars
10
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
4
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.4
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.7
93.2%
Recommend this course
136 out of 146 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Desert
Par 72
Length 7139 yards
Slope 137
Rating 73.0

Golf Club of Estrella is the very first golf course on a daily-fee basis to be designed by Jack Nicklaus II in Phoenix, where it makes its home in the master-planned community Estrella, and offers 18 holes of par-72 championship golf over 7,102 unique yards. The many tests of the golf course will impress every level of golfer - though a choice of tee sets ensures no one will get in over his or her head. Desert and wash spaces require golfers to vary their shots while they take in vistas from the fairways shaped to the contour of the land and framed in the Sierra Estrella Mountains.

A round of golf at the Golf Club Estrella kicks off on Morning Star, a par 4 that measures 359 yards from the black tees. If you stick to the black tees, you'll need to conserve your energy for The Arroyo, the 16th hole, a par 5 that measures 605 yards. After that, Evening Star, the 18th hole, will be a relative breeze, at par 4 and just 437 yards from the black teees.

Once the round of golf at the Golf Club of Estrella is over, head back to the Player's Grill Restaurant for American pub fare and Southwestern snacks.

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Course Details

Year Built 1999
Fairways TiffDwarf Grass
Greens TiffDwarf Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Jack Nicklaus, Jr. (1999) Phil Smith (1999)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS Yes
Pull-carts 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, Discover, MasterCard, American Express
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Collared shirt required, no denim

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

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Reviews

4.4
1972 Reviews (1972)

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Played On
Reviews 29
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice track

My only complaint is that the bunkers are horrible. Packed dirt, No sand. Can’t play a normal bunker shot. With high lips you can’t slide a wedge under the ball. GET SOME SAND!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 50
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 69
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Surprise in SW Phoenix area

Very nice course. All the employees were great. Enjoyed our round.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Cart/communication issues

Cart had bald tires (player services wouldn’t change cart)then flat tire, no one would answer phone at number on score card…even reservations couldn’t get a hold of the Proshop and told me to try back, same results…finally called the bar (apparently they understand customer service…) two holes later the ranger gave us his cart

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

It is such a great course. Fairways and greens great. Sand traps totally suck, crusty dirt that had been groomed

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 20
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Estella

Once again Estella remains awesome .

The staff is super friendly and the course is fun challenging and scenic .

Even if you don’t play the back tees take a walk to the 18th tee box for an amazing view

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great Hot Deal value

I'm a cheapskate, so always looking for deals when playing solo while on work travel. This is a 5 star course for 3 star cost using Hot Deal. Challenging with lots of desert to carry off the tee, but I always bring lots of golf balls :). Worth the 1 hour drive for me!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 19
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

I booked the tee time online, received a confirmation and when i got to the course they had no record of me booking. They proshop person was friendly and got me out in a timely manner. The price paid for the green fee was too high for Course conditions. Some of the greens had bare spots on them. The greens were pretty beat up. For a greenbfee over $100 I would expect more.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 22
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

Played this course before and really liked it. Had a foursome looking forward to playing again and was pretty disappointed. The main problem was literally no sand in the traps. Course has nice layout holes are pretty much different not a long course. Just couldn’t believe how bad of shape course and mainly the traps were really really bad

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

Really?

Started out with the starter giving us bad news. The course didn’t have any score cards? At all? The rough was mowed shorter then the fairways. Lots of areas on the greens were damaged. Bumpy and not from divots. Not a good experience this time out. Then a random guy not playing golf wrecks his hoveround on the putting green by hole number 1. Hope he is ok. Overall not happy with the experience

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Love the layout. But

Great layout from the tips. I was disappointed in the lack of sand in the bunkers, and the fronts of greens were hammered with ball marks. That's not the courses fault, but wanted to be real.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice Option

My wife and I enjoyed the course, amenities and staff. My only recommendation would be to fix the sand traps. They need better drainage and new sand. The traps were wet, hard and rocky.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 20
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Estrella

Estrella is a great layout with plenty of tee options the staff is super friendly and the range balls are free with your round .

Putting green ran true the same as the course .

Desert golf the way it’s supposed to be

I will be back no question.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 45
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 107
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Staff did not put clubs on cart right away not sure why as we wanted to go practice ahead of time. Lost my club towel and my bag had been opened??? Privacy breach. Also no course score cards to show set up or yardages. For that price you better have them. Greens were in bad shape on many holes with no grass in places Sand traps too hard. Starter was great friendly and pace of play very good as we’ll cart availability was great

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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