Raven Golf Club - Phoenix

Charging the same price as usual while overseeding is a scam. There is no notice either that they were overseeding. Be honest to your customers.

I have played Raven in the past and it was one of my favorite courses in the Phoenix area. What I did not realize was how much that was dependent on the course conditions. I recently played and given the price of nearly $100 I assumed the course was in good shape.
I was disappointed to arrive and see that the course grass was almost completely dead in preparation for over-seeding,. It is possible to have a good round during over-seed prep if the greens and tee-boxes remain in good condition. We found the greens to be rock hard and many of the teeboxes to be completely under construction with all of the different tee colors pushed all the way forward.
I normally love this course and would have been fine with the round today if we hadn't being near peak rates. $40-50 would have been appropriate, not $100.
Wait until over-seed is done.

1st time playing this layout, and wasn’t disappointed. Played firm and fast, and course layout was wonderful. 2 complaints…1) no one rakes the bunkers!! 2) course is closing in less than a week for overseeding… you can’t wait a few days before you shut down all the par 3 tee boxes? You’re gonna be closed for 3 weeks… a few days won’t make that much of a difference…

Enjoyed the course, just didn’t have my best stroke going on this day. Will have to comeback in the future to play again. Conditions were fine, but they were replacing some of the tee boxes. Pace of play was fine, but I didn’t feel welcomed by some of the other patrons. Stares and no replies from people I tried being friendly too.

Course was in good condition, greens rolled well. The only issues were the sand traps had very little sand. Also, redoing tee boxes on Hole 1 and all 4 Par 3 holes. You have to tee off from the front tees on those holes.

The course was in great shape. Greens were true and pretty quick. Loved the tree lined fairways.

Amazing condition and great space between groups. Pace of play was perfect and know one pushing from behind.

We overlooked the bunker conditions due to the recent heavy rainfall. We know they’ll be returning to normal sometime soon.

Course is fair for any level of player. I’m a professional and played with two average golfers. We had a great time.

have played alot of courses around town this summer and most are in terrible. condition , not the raven . greens and ,fairways were great . will be back . .

We Teed off at 6 am on the front 9 but they were also letting people start on the back 9 all morning as well. We finished the front in under 2 hrs and the back took almost 3 because we got stuck behind 6 groups. Frustrating to wait, specially when we get out that early but still one of my favorite courses in the valley.

IF all the courses offered thru golfnow were valued as well as this course was, it would make it much easier paying the $100+ for the courses which aren't comparable to the Raven. OF course location is probably an issue as it doesn't have a Scottsdale address But for those of you looking for a nice change from back and forth , mundane layouts , this one is well worth the effort to play!

This course never disappoints. The fairways and tee boxes look great however just in expect the greens to be slow and bumpy right now (typical for az summer). The course is playing a bit firm and fast which was very fun for me. There are lots of interesting linksy bumps and swails on the fairway and around the greens thay make things interesting. . Staff is great, service is great. They had a cart girl on a slow weekday which was nice . Raven also always offers free range balls before your round

Greens were punched a few weeks ago but rolled pretty true, fairways and tee boxes were in great shape, staff was fantastic, food was great afterwards!

Looks like a typical municipal course when driving in but once you get into the course, it’s very nice. Pine tree lined fairways made a nice set up. Fairways were like carpet and we were getting 20+ yard run outs of drives. Only negative I had about the course was the punched green. It was like putting over rocks but the fairways made up for it.