Palmer Course at Wildfire Golf Club at Desert Ridge

Greens punched and very shaggy making for lousy putting experience. Normally nice quick greens were very bumpy and slower than a glacier. Disappointed that we weren't notified before booking time to play that the greens were in such poor shape. Would have gone to another course, bad greens make for bad golf experience.

excellent course, quick paced

Course is situated in an area where you are not plying between rows of houses most of the time. Front 9 fairways are wider giving you time to get into the round before the more targeted back nine. Bunkers were in great shape. Greens hand be punched so they were very slow and a little bumpy at times. Back nine greens seemed to be in a little better shape. They were very receptive though didn't have a ball stop any further than six inches from pitch mark. GPS on cart accurate.

Played in summer shortly after aeration and, as expected, the greens were in bad shape. Even so an enjoyable round on an enjoyable layout.

Great staff, very nice course. Lots of interesting holes and excellent conditions. This is a first class golf complex. I think the Falso is a bit more challenging, and both seem somewhat overpriced but overall I really enjoyed the course and my day there. We played in about 3.5 hours at 6:30 in the morning.

If you enjoy hitting tee shots with no roll and plugged lies this course is for you. Furry slow greens are what you like? This course is for you. The staff is great. Pro shop and outside the staff are professional. It's too bad the layout and conditions of the course are way under par. If you are visiting the Valley stay at the JW, but go okay one of the many other lay outs that are far better condition.

I prefer this course over Faldo. Faldo is bunker overload with some tricked up holes.

Palmer is pretty flat with variety of holes.

Midsummer fairways are rough but greens were in decent shape pre aerification.

Bag staff lazy only looking for tips - starter not accommodating did not fill comfortable with course staff - Pro Shop staff was great (love them) !

for the time of year the course was in really good shape. greens were a little slow but that is to be expected this time of year. fairways were good and i loved the layout. very fun to play. i was paired with a member which was nice so i could get a better understanding of the course since i have never played on it before. i will definitely come back and play the Palmer course again and am looking forward to playing on the Faldo course. i would have played the Faldo course but the just punched the greens and green condition is critical.

Wildfire at Desert Ridge is a nice facility and property in North Scottsdale. The course fairways were very disappointing, however, the greens were plush and true. I would have been disappointed if I paid in season rate but since I played twilight in the summer, it was worth the money.

I played the Palmer course as I had played the Faldo a couple times prior. With all the competition and courses in Scottsdale, they will need to improve course conditions during season.

Excellent golf course...greens were in very good shape. Ran true and fast. Highly recommend playing the course. Great value.

Everything about this course/facility was fantastic. Some of the best, most consistent greens I have played in the area so far. Except for a few small spots of burnout on the fairways everything was green where it was supposed to be.

Only played Palmer, but it was a GREAT track. Not overly difficult, I shot the best score of my life here!

Staff was great, practice areas were quite nice and not crowded, would highly recommend. Get a deal on this via GolfNow or wait until it's hot, regular rates are far too high during regular busy season, but great prices now for the quality.

somewhat unorganized at drop off/1st tee area. also, help a little less than polite. course conditions were ok but not as good as usual---edges around greens etc were a little barren/burned out. not nearly as nice as around when ladies play their tournament

Excellent weather, no many people, and the course in good shape. You cannot ask for something better.

It's always gratifying playing at Wildfire.

My coworker played here last month for double the price we did and it's really not in the best shape as we expected from a resort in Scottsdale

This was the first time our group had played the Wildfire-Palmer course. We were really looking forward to our round, but were kind of disappointed afterwards. The course is nice enough, but very similar to many of the courses in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area. Nothing that wowed us. The conditioning was okay, but brown spots were evident throughout the course. Had this been a $50 course, I think we would have been happy, but having paid $80 in May, we won't be back. May give the Faldo course a try next year, but we'll see. There are better values out there.

The place is always beautiful, the staff is great! The only problem we had were some muddy fairways

Other than that it was awesome

in AZ for a week. Slowest pace of play all week. No rangers..fun course otherwise.

Loved this course and the layout! Got a hot deal on golf now and was very glad I did. Will definitely be back!!

Course in excellent condition. Greens roll true but a little slow. Fairways very good with no thin or bare spots. Staff very friendly. Played on a Saturday in just under 4 hours.