Palmer Course at Wildfire Golf Club at Desert Ridge

The summer prices have finally arrived in the Valley, so the locals now get to indulge in upscale golf. Wildfire is typically in the $200+ range through the prime golf season here from November through April. With the summer heat, tourists tend to stay away and the better courses' prices drop accordingly. Palmer is a decent layout with tee boxes spaced to match all levels of playing styles without compromising the challenge presented by each hole. With the summer heat, however, the course struggles in spots on the fairway to maintain lush grasses. Burnout is present, but not in large areas. Your ball will invariably find a burnout area multiple times in the course of the round, nevertheless. Not to worry, the No. 8 wedge puts the ball into a nice grassy spot just inches away. The nice thing during the round was how receptive the greens tended to be. With the summer heat, you would expect the greens to be hard and play like billiard tables. Not so. Holding the ball on the green was not a problem. As for the practice area, range balls are provided and the hitting area usually has plenty of 'deep' grass to hit from. Its a top level course all around.

Very helpful Staff. Assisted with changing tee time for me last minute.

Found the course in great condition.open fairways, large greens , nice tee boxes.

Got a chance to play the Palmer course at a good price and i enjoyed every bit of it. I played the white tees which was challenging but fair. Really played well on the back nine. I plan on playing again this summer when the post tourists golf rates are lower. The fairways are in great shape and green putts nicely.

I really enjoyed the layout and condition of the course and will probably return many times. That being said I’m a casual guy and when I was practicing around the range/green I could hear others talking around me and I felt VERY out of place. Myself and my playing partner were the only ones who had untucked shirts. But once out playing had a great experience. Definitely a premium course.

Course was in great shape. Greens were best rolling ones I have played in awhile. Pace of play was good, even though they were incredibly busy. Staff was great. Highly recommend, especially if you can get a deal. We played 36 and had a blast

Fantastic condition. Greens and bunkers impeccable

Golfed about 20 different courses in the Phoenix area and this is one of the nicest , well kept , challenging courses to date . Great job by management and staff , it shows!

Wow ! What a Beautiful golf course and great experience. Super friendly staff made us feel first class even though the LPGA tour was at the course simultaneously ! Made my vacation even better,I would highly suggest this course to anyone.

Greens good pace. Conditions average. Cart path only for some strange reason. Made it not very enjoyable, hard to play a course for first time as cart path only. Gps is useless on this occassion. Inside bartender was der lady who obviously hated her job. Very unfriendly and would dissapear for long periods. Ashsme for a JW Marriott and Palmer sig

nature course.. bev cart was friendly but ran out of a few brands. Overall, a $75 course. Much better options. Pace of play 4:55.

This was my second time to the Marriott Resort. First class facility that includes a driving range with complementary range balls and putting practice green.

First time that our group played the Palmer Course. The GPS equipped golf carts saved us a lot of trouble determining strategy off the tees. The course, including the tee boxes, fairway and greens were immaculate Sand bunkers were not. About an inch or so of loose sand over a dead pan base. Pace of play slowed after the first few holes, often finding ourselves with three groups on the same hole. Ranger showed up once and said that a member group was slowing things up. Remained this way for the remainder of our round. My round was free through my GolfPass + membership. I wouldn’t pay the $166 rate. There are a lot of other courses in the Valley that offer better value.