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4.5
1540 Reviews (1540)
5 Stars
913
4 Stars
466
3 Stars
101
2 Stars
38
1 Stars
22
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.2
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.5
88.9%
Recommend this course
1413 out of 1540 reviews
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4.1
35 Reviews (35)
5 Stars
18
4 Stars
7
3 Stars
6
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.2
Value
3.6
Layout
4.6
Pace
3.7
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.5
74.3%
Recommend this course
26 out of 35 reviews
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4.5
93 Reviews (93)
5 Stars
62
4 Stars
19
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.2
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.5
StaffFriendliness
4.7
86.0%
Recommend this course
80 out of 93 reviews
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Course Highlights
The Raven Golf Club's tree-lined layout and well-maintained fairways consistently impress golfers seeking a rare desert escape. Included range balls, GPS carts, and a reliable beverage cart make this an outstanding value for the experience.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Traditional/Desert
Par 72
Length 7078 yards
Slope 132
Rating 73.2

Raven Golf Club - Phoenix features a one-of-a-kind round of desert golf. Its fairways are lined with Georgia pine, and its greens have more tiers than one - the kind of golf course that only Gary Panks and David Graham could imagine, and a can't-miss on your next golf trip to Phoenix. Over the ages, the golf club has garnered all sorts of recognition.

The layout features plush, rolling fairways framed by thousands of mature trees, as well as vistas of rugged desert mountains and the Phoenix skyline. The golf course's flexible, strategic design offers a challenge for all players, and the variety it presents will give you the opportunity to use nearly every club in your bag.

That said, the Raven Golf Club - Phoenix might be the perfect place to turn a business trip to Phoenix into a golf trip to Phoenix - it's handy to Sky Harbor Airport and downtown Phoenix.

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Course Details

Year Built 1995
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens TiffDwarf Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect David Graham (1995) Gary Panks (1995) Gary Stephenson (1995)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

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
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Collared shirt and bermuda shorts required. No denim.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

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Reviews

4.5
1540 Reviews (1540)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 63
Patio Dining 29
Brunch 24
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 105
Undulating Greens 58
Water Hazards 51
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 85
Locals 71
Entertaining Clients 51
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 101
Near the Airport 96
Worth the Drive 48

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Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Addendum to earlier review

Already mentioned the difficulty, challenging layout with every hole having some kind of catch to it and that the raven is pretty much a great very taking place to play and I highly recommend it. What I forgot to say before was that the raven also has the best beer cart girls.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Every Hole has a catch

Pretty tough course. Either a given hole was really long and difficult to reach in two or you had to be Dead Eye Richard to hit the green because of bunker placement. One par four was only 300 yards...but was literally had ten bunkers on the approach with no margin for a bad shot. Freeways were beautiful, layout was great and greens were firm and fast. Normally, this course costs north of 80; I managed to sneak on for 45. I'd play this again in a heartbeat

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

2nd time, still really good!

Some people don’t care, but customer service and friendliness go along way to someone like me ..... and this course knocked it out of the park again!

not to mention the fairways, greens and bunkers .....all in terrific shape —- nobody out there on a weekday afternoon, currently the best value around for what type of course you get ....lots of trees and water!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Raven

What a great day. Putting green and range were ample size. Signage was great between holes. Par 3 ranged between 132 and 202 (silver tees 6722 yards). Par 4 between 303-430. Par 5 between 499-577. Green were in ok shape (quite smooth but many with pitch marks unfixed. Areas between holes with bushes, flowers, and pine trees. Good value for $96 in May 2020

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 45
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Cart Quit in Me

So the course is in pretty decent shape with the exception of the “sand” traps which were rock hard or had standing water.

My golf cart quit on me in the middle of the 15th fairway and no one brought another one out to me. So much for social distancing. I had two choices, either walk the remaining holes in 105 degree temps or chance getting Covid-19 by saddling up with another golfer. I chose the risk.

Another poor point is we did not see the cart girl except twice. At 105 it would have been nice to see her a few times.

Greens and fairways were in good shape. I think I will still recommend the course to a friend. Probably my sucky luck the cart quit on me and maybe the drink girl was slammed with other customers (my wife tells me it’s not always about me :)

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great Said the Raven

Wow! The greens were soft, true and FAST! The fairway were very lush. GREAT track!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Solid no gimmicks golf course

Excellent straightforward course with tree liner fairways in the desert! Fairways & Greens in great shape. Would play again .

Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course

A tree lined course with pines. Reminds me of a Georgia. Great shape and picturesque..rolling fairways. Bunkers are very deep and LACK ENOUGH SAND especially for the greenside bunkers! My only complaint. Why can't you fill them properly?

So easy to improve.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 40
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Excellent Course

This course is in great shape. Friendly staff. Will be back soon. Thank you!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Amazing

Just fantastic, great greens, amazing staff all the above 5 star

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Beautiful course

Beautiful course, greens were pristine. Was there on an extremely busy day so there was plenty of slow golfers out there slowing down the pace. But no complaints really on that front.

Will be back as many times as I can afford.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 24
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

excellent conditions

upon arrival was promptly greeted and set up by staff. as the other players did not show , the starter cobbled together a foursome from several tee times. course conditions were lush with no poor lies on fairway, rough or greens. tees just ok. some bunkers had drainage issues.an enjoyable round on a well maintained course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 40
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice course, great staff.

I had a lovely outing. Particularly the pace of play was terrific for a Saturday. We saw the marshal on multiple occasions and it was obvious he was doing his job. Greens were minimally tattered with the winter season winding down. Fairways wide and in reasonably good shape. There is plenty of sand in the bunkers as I found out several times. Very playable course — fun for a high handicapper like me. Staff was terrific. I’ll be back.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Pay

I was a single and was paired with a threesome I paid for hot deal and they told me they also paid for hot deal which was hald the price I paid you would think if I was paired with them that i would have got same price if not less..

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Course was in great condition. Greens were fast. I'd play it again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great setting

The staff were very friendly, the course was in excellent shape, great for the average golfers and very enjoyable to play.Would highly recommend it to anyone. They could use a shorter ladies tee.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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