Golden Hills Golf Club
About
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.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6601 yards | 70.8 | 120 |
| White (W) | 72 | 6211 yards | 75.2 | 125 |
| White | 72 | 6211 yards | 69.0 | 116 |
| Gold | 72 | 5874 yards | 66.6 | 112 |
| Gold (W) | 72 | 5874 yards | 71.8 | 122 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5123 yards | 68.8 | 116 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 70.8/120 | 502 | 222 | 445 | 231 | 391 | 385 | 488 | 178 | 425 | 3267 | 488 | 210 | 496 | 384 | 177 | 437 | 277 | 409 | 531 | 3409 | 6676 |
| White M: 69.0/116 W: 74.4/123 | 478 | 206 | 436 | 189 | 372 | 371 | 452 | 159 | 393 | 3056 | 458 | 185 | 479 | 370 | 150 | 422 | 229 | 396 | 466 | 3155 | 6211 |
| Yellow M: 66.6/112 W: 71.6/117 | 458 | 186 | 416 | 147 | 359 | 362 | 421 | 152 | 381 | 2882 | 436 | 172 | 469 | 359 | 136 | 373 | 212 | 383 | 452 | 2992 | 5874 |
| Red M: 64.2/107 W: 68.4/112 | 416 | 141 | 316 | 104 | 332 | 304 | 418 | 115 | 333 | 2479 | 417 | 128 | 428 | 304 | 88 | 331 | 203 | 340 | 405 | 2644 | 5123 |
| Handicap | 3 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 14 | |||
| Par | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 3 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 10 |
Course Details
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Reviewer Photos
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Photo submitted by GNDflFMrctVgc8ORQwxV on 08/21/2025
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Photo submitted by GNDflFMrctVgc8ORQwxV on 08/21/2025
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Ladies tee box hole 3 Photo submitted by u314163678687 on 01/05/2025
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Photo submitted by ma11rats on 08/26/2024
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Fairway #1 Photo submitted by golfzlf on 06/25/2024
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Dry Fairway. Photo submitted by golfzlf on 05/21/2024
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Photo submitted by clayzernich on 01/16/2024
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Photo submitted by fabcar14 on 01/10/2024
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Photo submitted by u370058614 on 09/17/2023
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Fairways Photo submitted by TommyKrepelka on 07/15/2023
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Fairways Photo submitted by TommyKrepelka on 07/15/2023
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Photo submitted by u314163764655 on 03/18/2023
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Photo submitted by u314163764655 on 03/18/2023
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Photo submitted by gclesniak on 02/24/2023
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Photo submitted by Chuckbomb1 on 09/06/2022
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Photo submitted by u000001215595 on 07/11/2022
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Photo submitted by u000003370075 on 11/15/2021
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Jennifer smacking the ball down fairway! Photo submitted by u5280042 on 07/19/2021
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Photo submitted by prepson18 on 10/28/2020
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Photo submitted by iypKz1EpPFFeRzyTqqhU on 05/29/2019
Definitely cheap
Fairways are dirt. Honestly greens aren’t bad. Tee boxes are mid. Lotta blind tee shots. You get what you pay for
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.
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.
Scorched Earth
There was no grass on this course other than the tee boxes and greens. We will not be coming back.
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Arizona Golf Resort. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.
fairways all dirt no grass. Greens ok
never going back to this course
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Arizona Golf Resort.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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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
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Arizona Golf Resort.
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
need new owner
please sell this property to someone who will restore it, current owner should be jailed .
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.
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.
Don't ay during summer
Course lacked grass in the fairway, felt like it had not been watered in months
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“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!!
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Mesa Golf Around Package
Whirlwind Golf Getaway Package
Talking Stick Stay & Play Package
The Fairways of Fountain Hills Package
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