Arizona Biltmore Golf Club - Links Course

Horrible. Fairways and greens. A complete goat ranch and charging $100 to play. Never again.

Teed off in the early afternoon, and after 4 hours had only finished 14 holes. Every hole was backed up and no one was out on the course to moderate pace of play. We had to stop after 16 holes due to darkness. At the clubhouse, had to just leave the cart as no one was left to meet us.

They are charging $75 + per round for a twilight round. This is currently a $40 round at best. Felt like I was playing a city muni course not a resort course.

Greens are patchy. Tee boxes are bumpy and beaten up. Course layout isn’t great either. Tips are only 6300yrds.

I’ll say the fairways were in solid condition.

They are renovating the other course so there is no excuse for the conditions to be this bad.

This was a decent course.

There was a lot of waiting at each tee with the way they book tee times.

We saw a refreshment cart only once the entire time.

Played the links course, the other was closed for Reno and/or overseen. Course was in good condition prior to overseed but it was obvious that overseed shutdown was coming. Practice putting and range were also closed. Multiple construction projects were ongoing too. Premiere facility that was worth the price.

The Biltmore seems much more focused on the refurb of the Adobe course and the new buildings than keeping the course they have open in good shape. Greens were rough, fairways were thin and patchy. Some of the tee boxes were hard as a rock. I’ve played the Adobe course before and felt like the conditions were pretty good, this was a different story.

Course was in relatively decent shape for being September. Was my last course of the trip coming from Texas. Front 9 ground was a little hard, back 9 was good play. Staff was the friendliest of all the courses of my weekend trip. Construction around the club house but didn’t affect any holes. Great experience for the value.

It’s always great to play at a Course specially when it’s under $60!!

Overall I gave this a 4 star because some of the greens had some bare or rough areas about 12 inches in diameter in various locations on the greens. Other that that the course was well maintained and in good condition. We were a twosome following a twosome so pace of play was great. I found the sand traps a few times and appreciated the sand was in good shape and playable like it should be.

I have heard about the “wonderful Biltmore” for the last 4 years, and being a native naturally I thought I’d give it a shot and see what the hype is all about. Typically when I am paying upwards of $100 for a round I expect to have good course conditions, especially greens. I know they have course renovations going on, my disappointment didn’t come from the construction, it came from the courses absolutely terrible care of the greens. Half of them had dirt patches scattered across them. The remaining greens were riddle with crab grass or grass that was so long it made short game impossible and unpredictable from green to green.

This is a $50 course. With the vast array of other courses in much better condition I wouldn’t waist your money by playing here.

We had a great time, however, the course had experienced a violent thunder and hail storm the night before. The course is under renovation, so there is no putting green or any practice facilities. We experienced casual water several dozen yards across the fairway in low lying areas of the course. This was inconvenient as was the fact that we were limited to the cart path due to the soggy conditions. Otherwise, it was a nice day for playing. The course wasn't crowded and the food at the Adobe restaurant was very good. I dropped my phone on the 10th green and the players behind me retrieved it and gave it to the cart girl and it was summarily brought to me by the roving ranger. I was grateful for the service and the consideration of the players I've played this course before, and I would do so again, but probably at a different time of year.