Arizona Golf Resort
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3.2
3529 Reviews (3529)
5 Stars
557
4 Stars
1155
3 Stars
888
2 Stars
505
1 Stars
424
Conditions
2.8
Value
3.4
Layout
3.8
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.3
60.8%
Recommend this course
2295 out of 3529 reviews
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3.4
115 Reviews (115)
5 Stars
19
4 Stars
45
3 Stars
29
2 Stars
12
1 Stars
10
Conditions
3.0
Value
3.5
Layout
3.9
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.3
67.8%
Recommend this course
78 out of 115 reviews
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3.5
178 Reviews (178)
5 Stars
31
4 Stars
68
3 Stars
44
2 Stars
22
1 Stars
13
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.6
Layout
3.9
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.2
68.5%
Recommend this course
122 out of 178 reviews
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Course Highlights
Friendly staff and a well-designed layout consistently earn high marks from golfers visiting this course. Well-maintained greens and fairways deliver strong value for the price of a round.

About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Style Traditional
Par 72
Length 6601 yards
Slope 120
Rating 70.8

Golden Hills Golf Club (formerly known as Arizona Golf Resort) is home to a golf school and a challenging 18-hole course. The golf course is known for its difficult and scenic par-3 holes. It is has a traditional layout that features large, subtly sloped greens that are guarded by bunkers. Stately cottonwood and eucalyptus trees line the generous fairways. Lakes form water hazards that come into play on five holes and there is also native rough throughout the course. With four sets of tee boxes, the course offers a suitable challenge for players of all skill levels. In addition to the course and the school, the Golden Hills Golf Club has a putting green and chipping area as well.

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Course Details

Year Built 1962
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Jack Snyder (1960)

Rentals/Services

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

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 Collared shirt required

Food & Beverage

Bar

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Lounge, Conference Facilities, Banquet Facilities, Spa

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Fitness
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Reviews

3.2
3529 Reviews (3529)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 75
Brunch 30
Dinner 25
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 108
Water Hazards 60
Plays Long 53
This course/club is great for:
Locals 99
Seniors 78
Walkers 44
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 108
At a Resort 89
In the 'Burbs 32

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Played On
Reviews 34
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Definitely cheap

Fairways are dirt. Honestly greens aren’t bad. Tee boxes are mid. Lotta blind tee shots. You get what you pay for

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 06/26/2024

Hi, brandunngolf. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Your feedback helps us do better. Thank you for visiting TOP PICK
Arizona Golf Resort. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Place is a DUMP

This place isn’t worth it if it were free. Absolutely no fairways to speak of. Hit the ball where the fairways should be and it’s all hard pan, dead winter grass, and holes from being punched who knows when. Tee boxes are all junk. Hacked up, not mowed. Greens were at or just below average for time of year. That was the only plus to the course. Clubhouse had no AC at all. Went in to buy a bucket of range balls, $16.95….. what a joke!! Go somewhere else. Sad, this use to be a pretty decent course to play in the summer.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 06/26/2024

We're genuinely sorry to hear about your disappointing experience and appreciate your feedback on the conditions of the course and clubhouse. Your review helps us identify areas for improvement, and we hope to earn back your trust in the future.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
2.0
Previously Played

Scorched Earth

There was no grass on this course other than the tee boxes and greens. We will not be coming back.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
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Commented on 06/26/2024

Hi, afhcaSDjm5gtRFoXb9U7. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Your feedback helps us do better. Thank you for visiting TOP PICK
Arizona Golf Resort. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.

Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 115
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

fairways all dirt no grass. Greens ok

never going back to this course

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 06/05/2024

Hi, uZZIP9556ZZ. Thank you for taking the time to review the course. We take single-star feedback very seriously at our course. We always appreciate the feedback and will pass it along to our team. Thanks for choosing TOP PICK
Arizona Golf Resort.

Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Dead

Course was dead on the fairways. It wasn't worth the $50 fee. I'd play for $20 because your ball does run forever in those conditions which can be fun on the par 5's.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 06/05/2024

Hi, fishman9084. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Your feedback helps us do better. Thank you for visiting TOP PICK
Arizona Golf Resort. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.

Played On
Reviews 1
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

No grass on fairways

Decided to try AZ Golf Resort after not playing there for many years and they had openings on Sat morning. I was shocked at how poor the conditions were and realized this was why they probably had openings for early Sat. The tee boxes and greens were nice overall but the fairways were all but dead from no water. Came to learn that they don’t have most of their water pumps working so they let the fairways die basically and keep the greens and tee boxes watered only. They should be ashamed for charging $57 for that track. The staff was friendly and I feel they are in a bad position due to how the owners have let the place go.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 06/05/2024

We're truly sorry to hear about your experience and the condition of our fairways due to our current water pump issues. Thank you for acknowledging our friendly staff; we appreciate your feedback and understand your frustrations.

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Marginal at best.

Greens remain in good shape and are above average for speed. Fairways are brown and dirt patches. Aeration holes present; no summer grass.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 06/05/2024

Hi, mine8181panther. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Your feedback helps us do better. Thank you for visiting TOP PICK
Arizona Golf Resort. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Dead grass

I wouldn't play here again even if it was free. Staff told us the water pumps went out so only the greens have grass. The rest is all dead grass and gravel

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 06/05/2024

Hi, u314162399125. Thank you for taking the time to review the course. We take single-star feedback very seriously at our course. We always appreciate the feedback and will pass it along to our team. Thanks for choosing TOP PICK
Arizona Golf Resort.

Played On
Reviews 74
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Patience getting thin

Trying to like this course again but getting harder to do.

-cart kid when we arrived never looked up from his phone. Every golfer took their own cart leaving very few. He never moved until some guy in a black corvette backed in

-no starter so was a free for all on first tee. As many singles as groups of six on course.

-saw beverage cart once as she drive past us on third hole. We had a 10am tee so could have used something

-great day for long drives. Course was bone dry

-to end day, there were easily 30 empty carts with one kid running to get caught up.

-positive note: there were fewer shady looking people on tee boxes looking through carts as we tee’d off

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 45
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

need new owner

please sell this property to someone who will restore it, current owner should be jailed .

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Sad Reminder of Underfunded Properties

I’ve been a resident of Mesa since 1995. AZ Golf Resort used to be quite a gem in the East Valley. Wow, what a difference a few decades make. I realize the ownership has changed several times over the years, and I’m not sure who owns it now, but it’s really in sad shape. Dried out fairways when we haven’t even had really hot weather yet is just… sad. The decline has been steady over the last several years, but I wasn’t expecting it to be this bad. The staff is still friendly enough, so it’s not a total loss, but conditions were well below what should be expected at the end of May in AZ.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 06/05/2024

We're truly sorry to hear about your recent experience and the state of the golf course; we appreciate your honest feedback and are committed to making improvements. Thank you for acknowledging our friendly staff as we work to restore the course.

Played On
Reviews 1
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Don't ay during summer

Course lacked grass in the fairway, felt like it had not been watered in months

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
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Commented on 06/05/2024

Hi, u766048570. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Your feedback helps us do better. Thank you for visiting TOP PICK
Arizona Golf Resort. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

“Could have been better”

Course lacked tee time coordination and ranger!!

There were a couple of single players ahead of us which slowed the pace to almost 5 hours!!! Waited at every tee as the second in line!!!

The club house should have buddied up players to make at least twosomes!!

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 06/05/2024

Hi, MannyPayne. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Your feedback helps us do better. Thank you for visiting TOP PICK
Arizona Golf Resort. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.

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