Arizona Biltmore Golf Club - Links Course

I have reviewed this course before. You will find the front 9 holes fairly straight forward, although there is a blind -approach par 3 that you do not see every day. But the front 9 is all prelude to the back 9 that moves into foothill terrain and some fairly interesting holes. The fairways undulate and there are multiple elevated tees and/or greens you will navigate. A fun par 3 with a 100+ yard drop from an elevated tee caps off the adventure. The fairways were a bit stressed from the heat though very playable. The greens were all running slow on this outing.. I am guessing that they were being grown out from being punched and sanded a few weeks bak.

This is a great course In peak season but it was really beat up when I played yesterday on the links course.

I love the links course however today was a free for all out there and it was very disappointing. I don’t know if it’s the heat and not a lot of people out there but this group that was not ahead of me on the front 9 was so obnoxious that I quit by 12. They must have skipped over and after waiting around, replaying holes (no one behind me) I finally just gave up. The staff did nothing it seemed as though they just didn’t care.

The links course is a short but fun course. I have enjoyed playing it for years.

The layout is good, and the bunkers were in excellent condition.

The grass from tee to green was patchy. The pin placement was not thought out as it was right in the middle of terrible patches occasionally.

The range is $10 to hit off of mats. After seeing a group of 4 adults hitting off of the grass, a lone teen joined them. The range attendant ignored the adults as they left but asked the teen if he knew how to read. No reason to be rude.

They take the appearance of covid protections seriously but have no problem forcing strangers to share carts with dozens available.

Finally, the halfway house reeks of propane. I felt bad for the young lady that had to work in there.

Leaving this review on a good note, Hailey on the beverage cart was great!

Almost impossible to play this course for a real score, biltmore has always had greens but today was a new level of bad, some greens have fairway length grass mixed in with dead spots and weeds, putting your ball is like pulling the lever on a pinball machine, just guess which way it’s going to bounce.

As with other reviewers, the greens were pretty rough, bumpy and the tee boxes were dried out and hard on many of them. Fairways were probably the best part along with the pace of play.

Course is in good condition... Dry in spots, but that’s to be expected with 110-115 degree days. Staff was very friendly. Thanks for the good price for golf. I will be back for sure!

Maybe it's the fact that Phoenix metro has so many nice courses or the fact that it's June but the Links at Biltmore is nothing more than an average experience. The views help it but the course conditions are what hurts this course.

There are some unique holes like 16, which has a huge elevated tee box and 17 which has a beautiful view of downtown Phoenix and yes a few local mountains present nice views.

All told, it''s worth playing once but I can't bring myself to recommend it more than that.

Conditions are not what they used to be. Tee boxes are badly beat up, greens are spotty and slow and a handful of areas around the greens are bare. It’s not a bad little course but there are plenty of tracks in the area in far better shape for the same price.

Summer grass(Bermuda) is in and the course is looking and playing well. Greens are nice and of course Covid -19 ready. One per cart. Holes up so ball does not go into cup. That is a little strange as just tapping the cup counts. Eliminates the potential for Hole in One. Scores lower. Some of the tee boxes needed a lot ore grass No’s 1. 5, 14 comes to mind. New riding carts and they are really very nice . Comfortable with all the amenities. . . Cart o course and restaurant open for take out.