Palmer Course at Wildfire Golf Club at Desert Ridge

Played after getting great half price deal to fill in a foursome. Course even playing up was over my head as a 30 handicap but the course is beautiful. Easy to find errant shots in the desert washes and you can play out of those places fairly well. Wide fairways and huge greens. Found myself three putting most of the time because of their sIze.

Staff oriented to the course and ranger very helpful on pace of play. Done is just over four hours.

Very nice course. Very fair- not too difficult. Beautiful views, nice facilities. Very enjoyable round. I played on a Tuesday with a foursome, and we never saw another group- either in front of us, or behind us.

Great conditioning. Had misfortune of playing on cold and windy day, but on the plus side round took 3:40 on cart. Greens rolling well. A little difficult to play for the first time. Cart has gps but the flyover video snippets are useless. Would have benefitted from knowing where to (and not to) hit it off the tee.

Staff was very friendly. Course was in perfect condition. Greens rolled true. The only downside I could see was lack of a good snack bar in between nine's. Will play here every time I come to town.

Played from the Blues. Course was in great condition. Greens were firm and fast, and rolled true. A fair test. Am an 3 hcp - enjoyed playing the course. We were done in 3.75 hours.

I enjoy this course. Nice layout and staff. Fast greens and nice fairways.

Wanted to play this course last fall but it was unavailable due to over seeding at that time. As it was highly recommended to me by an excellent golfing friend I just had the opportunity to play it myself.

The course was as good as he indicated and I was thoroughly happy to have had the chance to experience it personally.

We played the Palmer course at Wildfire. Extremely nice layout, the greens were in excellent shape and the speed was excellent, the greens consistent and true. It was a challenging layout, with lots of variety.

When I am on vacation, my wife, who is a non-golfer, rides along with me. During this visit to Arizona, we have played 11 courses, including Wickenburg Ranch and the Stadium course at TPC Scottsdale. At every course that we attended, we were treated extremely nicely and there was never any concern about my wife riding with us. However, at Wildfire, my wife was told that she could not ride and there was no willingness on the part of the pro shop staff to accept a payment for her to ride or any other accommodation. It was no and that was it

Thankfully the starter, a gentleman named Ted, understood our anger and disappointment and quickly accommodated us.

In closing, I’m sorry to say that I will not return to this resort, due to the disrespectful treatment by the pro shop staff. I feel that this staff did not display the respect and willingness to be helpful which were hallmarks of Mr. Palmer and that one would associate with course carrying Mr. Palmer’s name. .

This was the best course I played in the Scottsdale area. The course was perfectly maintained and had a great design. It was both challenging and fun. A great experience and well worth the money. The sister course looks equally good and I’ll be playing it this week.

We enjoyed the day but found the course difficult.

Always enjoy playing there and in general pace of play is always good. That's a key reason I like playing there. Also excellent practice range.

Very enjoyable course and practice facilities. Fairways are generous and layout is formidable.

I had a friend play the Wildfire Faldo course and he raved about it and when I saw the deal on golf now I took advantage and played the Palmer course. What a great experience. Everything from the practice facility to the friendly staff through to the course were first class!! I can’t wait to try out the Faldo track now.