Palmer Course at Wildfire Golf Club at Desert Ridge

My ‘relationship’ with wildfire got off to a rocky start. At the pro shop checking in, I found that our reservation was inadvertently booked for the prior day… fully my bad. Prepaid using GolfNow. I asked if they could get us on and yes there was an opening, but there was no offset for the $320 that they collected yesterday, so it would have run to a total of over$900 for the 2 of us to play. The pro shop guy couldn’t have cared less - zero customer service, just dismissive. I’ve played at a lot of places and never felt so put off. On a whim, I found a hot deal there at 4pm, last time out. The folks running carts were awesome, and the ranger ‘Tommy’ helped me navigate away from crowded spots to empty places - incredibly friendly and helpful.

Course was immaculately manicured. Greens quick and pure. If you spray the ball at all, this is a tough layout - off the fairway it’s all Rocky’s sand and desert shrubs - unplayable. Just based on the initial treatment I can’t recommend this place. I won’t come back - there’s a lot of options in Phoenix, better tracks at much lower cost and better service.

Very nice course, but VERY overpriced and poorly managed for that price. Many of the traps we not prepped....only raked by prior players, not by the course. Golf cart ran out of electric midway. GPS was well below standard.

Versus the Faldo course, the Palmer course is tighter and a little annoying but overall a great place. Somewhat pricey this time of year

Played the Palmer course and it was in great condition. Fun layout and the pace of play was perfect - never waited once for the group ahead of us and weren’t pushed by the group behind us.

A perfect afternoon on a very nice course. We finished at sunset with lots of doves and rabbits on the greens.

The front 9 took so long there was no hope of finishing in under 6 hours and the sun was going to set in 5. Slowest play I’ve ever seen even in Arizona in the winter. Skip this one like I had to do on the back 9

This is a nice course but I would say it’s a bit pricey compared to other Phoenix-area golf courses of similar quality.

I was impressed with their starter...he seemed on top of his job.

However, during our back 9 a ranger asked us to step aside for a 5-some behind us. We were keeping up with the group in front of us....even waiting on some tee boxes.

Then when our round was complete, no one asked to assist me and my 90-year old husband with our clubs. I ended up doing it myself. They completely ignored me.