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4.4
1171 Reviews (1171)
5 Stars
547
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
49
1 Stars
30
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.3
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.3
88.6%
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1025 out of 1171 reviews
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4.4
53 Reviews (53)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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Conditions
4.5
Value
4.3
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.5
StaffFriendliness
4.7
86.8%
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4.3
93 Reviews (93)
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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Conditions
4.3
Value
4.3
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.7
88.2%
Recommend this course
82 out of 93 reviews
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Course Highlights
The Gold Course delivers a satisfying challenge with some of the best greens in the Phoenix area, consistently praised for their receptive, undulating surfaces. Friendly staff, smooth pace of play, and strong overall value make this course a reliable choice for repeat visits.

About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Style Traditional
Par 72
Length 7345 yards
Slope 137
Rating 75.0

The Gold Course is one of three 18-hole courses offered at the Wigwam Resort, which was named one of Golf Magazine's "Silver Medal Resorts." Golf Digest cited the Gold Course as one of the best public courses in the state. Mature trees are present on all of the courses, as well as winding creeks that create water hazards, which come into play on several holes. There are also strategically placed sand bunkers present on the course. The rolling landscape of the course causes elevation changes that can affect shots. The Wigwam Resort facility also has a putting green and chipping area.

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Course Details

Year Built 1965
Fairways TiffDwarf Grass
Greens TiffDwarf Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Robert Trent Jones, Sr. (1965) Forrest Richardson (2005) Tom Lehman (2015)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS No
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range 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 Collared shirt required, no denim

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Conference Facilities, Banquet Facilities, Spa

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Fitness, Tennis
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Reviews

4.4
1171 Reviews (1171)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 47
Patio Dining 42
Dinner 21
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 65
Water Hazards 53
Plays Long 51
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 53
Playing Multiple Courses 45
Locals 42
This Course's Location is:
At a Resort 52
Worth the Drive 42
Convenient to the City 34

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Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Beautiful Course

Enjoyed the play and well maintained course. Championship challenge !

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Too shaggy to recommend.

hate to mark negatively but a personal pet peeve is shaggy tees and fairways. Would play again only if I could guarantee good conditions. Greens were good though. Cart path only a pain due to overseedding also, cannot tell difference between fairway and rough really. If full price of I would be livid. I will try and support them again but will be a while. Nice facility otherwise, road out front is awesome! Until further notice only play if you get a smokin deal.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 44
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

weather was good

weather was great, a little disappointing to play up at the white tees due to not playing very well that day and finding all the par 3s playing over or close to 200 yds. There's a reason when you move up to mens regular tees, you dont want to play par 3s that are close to 200 yds! Other than that course was a little wet and muddy but overall was good. If your not playing well course conditions not very forgiving.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Nice course

I really like this facility, great atmosphere on patio, courses are fun and cheap, conditions were good coming out of overseeding. Had a fun day out there.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Poor Condition

First time at the Wigwam and was really disappointed. Driving range in poor shape with dead grass all over the place, cleaning bucket didn't have a brush, dirty water in it and one towel floating in the bottom. Went to hit a few putts and found both putting greens were closed. Headed to the tee box but no starter. Guy drove up and told me there was a twosome joining me. He came back stating he couldn't find them. Tee areas were in poor shape and not mowed. Fairway grass was long, no one was fixing divits. I went through 7 btls of sand in my round. Greens where SLOW, grass was the height of fairways. Some bunkers had grass growing in them. Don't waste your money play someplace else.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Nice tract

My son and I played a cool overcast day so the cart path only wasn't quite the pain it usually might be.
Being recently over seeded was a challenge with rough 4-6 inches and fairways uncut. Mature trees and plentiful bunkers dotted with water hazards was both beautiful and challenging. Par five small greens were appropriately guarded with numerous bunkers. I would recommend this course. Very playable but offered enough doglegs and tree issues to keep you focused on where to place the ball in play to set up your next shot. As it should be in good course design, it had a finishing hole into the wind that produced my only double bogey. Fun day.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Poor Conditions 11-1-14

Just came out of over seeding. That said, Fairways were not cut until hole 12, could not see ball on fairways up until hole 12. Roughs were very wet and very thick and long throughout course. Sand traps were all very poor, wet, hard with little to no loose sand.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 27
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

NICE COURSE

Overseeding so condition was okay but no one behind or in front...good value for the money. Championship course so longer than our foursome could handle...all felt it a challenge.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Horrible conditions

Course was just off over seed. Greens were uncut, very difficult to putt on, fairways were uncut, we lost balls in the centre of faiways. In general the course was in unplayable condition. At no time were we told of the course condition. There was no access to drinking water on the course. Staff in pro shop and on course staff never mentioned course poor condition. We will not play Wigwam courses in the future. For the extra couple of hundred dollars that Wigwam golf courses received for that day of golf they did so much damage to the course reputation.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Reseed opening too soon

This normally pleasant course was opened way too soon after reseeding. The fairways were uneven and so poorly prepared, it was difficult to find balls in the fairway. Greens were furry and we finally resorted to granting 2 putts once you hit the green. Bunkers were grassy and some were crunchy on the bottom from evaporated water. Only one had rakes. I'm sure it will look great in a week or two but it definitely was not a high end resort presentation, at any price, on this day.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Overseeding

While it was undersood that the course was just overseeded and cart path only it was in no condition to be played The traps were full of grass and no sand the first rake that was seen on the course was 18. this course should not have been open to guest or public play at any price

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing
Used cart

Bad Greens & Slow Play

I drove an hour to get out there and expected a nice course. For the price I paid the course was in very poor shape.

Greens: Extremely bad shape. Looks like they have not been watered in quite some time. A lot of them had big chunks of just dirt areas with no grass. It was the worse I have seen anywhere all year. Wedges will not hold or stick.

Fairways: The rough was challenging but nothing to intense. Fairways were decent but still mostly dead.

Bunkers: No sand at all. Chips shots off of hard dirt.

Pace of play: 5 hours! There were multiple groups of five-somes... Not efficient or fun having to wait 5-10 minutes every shot.

Some of the hole layouts are very strange. One par 3 from the tips played about 213 and had a tree right in front of the tee box. It required a monster hook to get anywhere near the green.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

last minute deal.

decided at the last minute to play. staff was great. course was in good condition. had to stop after 16. thunder and wind

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

1st Timer

Tough classic course that worth playing at least once. Choose the tees that are appropriate for your game. The course can be very long with the thicker rough

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

Extreme course conditions

Hard, slow, bumpy greens made putting difficult. 3"+ Bermuda grass rough not very fair; made it easy to loose ball and prevent hitting greens. Layout of a couple holes questionable. Some pin positions too difficult with green conditions.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great day of Golf

It was my first time there at the Wigwam Gold. I found the staff helpful and very friendly.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 134
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Arizona Advisor
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
First Time Playing

Nice layout

Course in good shape including fairways and greens. Grounds crew in process of mowing the rough to a more reasonable length than had been talked about in earlier reviews. Still a course that one needs to drive the ball straight and long to be able to score. Would recommend playing once but probably will not play again this year.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Not Good

The course layout itself is not bad, it's long, but not bad. The problem is that the rough is horrible. You can't find your ball if you are 2 inches off the fairway or green. And all it is is unmowed grass, not anything even nice looking. The greens were horrible, they had piles of dirt and tire tracks on almost every hole. I'll never golf here again.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Wigwam Golf

Grass was too long. Had to search for balls almost ever hit that wasn't on the fairway itself. I don't mean we chucked it in the boonies, but every just off the fairway grass was hard to find. Green were too slow too. Being a recreational golfer I don't really like US Open rough. Wigwam is a great place, just get the mowers out there more often.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Heritage course money well spent

Course was in good condition and would play anytime

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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