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4.6
1205 Reviews (1205)
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732
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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1 Stars
14
Conditions
4.6
Value
4.3
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.5
93.5%
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4.3
21 Reviews (21)
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Conditions
4.7
Value
3.8
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.4
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4.6
57 Reviews (57)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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Conditions
4.6
Value
4.3
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.6
Amenities
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StaffFriendliness
4.6
93.0%
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53 out of 57 reviews
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Course Highlights
The Palmer course at Wildfire Golf Club consistently impresses with pristine fairways, fast true greens, and a varied layout that challenges every skill level. Marriott-caliber staff and smooth pace of play make this one of the most well-rounded golf experiences in the area.

About

Holes 18
Type Public/Resort
Style Desert
Par 72
Length 7145 yards
Slope 142
Rating 72.7

The Palmer Course at Wildfire Golf Club is an 18-hole golf course designed by Arnold Palmer and built in 1997. The par-72 golf course measures 7,145 yards from the tournament tees. "I enjoy designing golf courses that celebrate the sheer fun of golf," Palmer said about this course, "and Wildfire is exactly that."

The Bermuda grass Palmer Course at Wildfire Golf Club is one of two championship courses at the club. It features a GPS option that offers golfers detailed mapping of the Faldo and Palmer courses, precise yardages for tee shots and approach shots to the greens, and the chance to order breakfast and lunch from the golf cart. Additional features include communication with the golf shop, a CBS Sportsline ticker with all scores 24 hours a day, and the leader board for tournaments. Its sibling, the Faldo golf course, also features the system.

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Course Details

Year Built 1997
Fairways Winter Rye Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Arnold Palmer (1997) Ed Seay

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS Yes
Caddies Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes - "Wildfire Golf Academy"
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Collared shirt and bermuda shorts required. No denim.

Available Facilities

Conference Facilities, Banquet Facilities, Spa

Available Sports

Tennis

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Reviews

4.6
1205 Reviews (1205)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 34
Patio Dining 15
Brunch 14
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 74
Undulating Greens 51
Forced Carries 45
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 47
A Weekend Splurge 42
Locals 40
This Course's Location is:
At a Resort 72
Convenient to the City 51
Worth the Drive 31

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Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

Great Resort Course

Course in excellent condition even in the midst of hot Arizona summer. Greens rolled true and fairways excellent.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

Nice course in great condition

Challenging course with great practice facility. Beautiful resort setting.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

The course is a great value right now.

The course is in very nice condition but the greens are pretty slow. I think this is to be expected in 110+ heat. Overall...lots of fun and a great value.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Wildfire in the summer

Been a long time since playing here. As a local Arizonan I don't play much in state this time of year. The course was in better condition than most this time of year and the staff was great. Worth playing in the heat compared to fighting all the winter visitors and the slow pace of play during the cooler months.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

KJF

Very enjoyable round with good conditions; however, desert natural areas are being taken over by noxious weeds. Did someone forget to spray or are homeowners lining some holes mandating no herbicides???

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 78
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

Great day

Greatly enjoyed the round and the course. Palmer course has fair driving areas, various styles of holes and excellent greens. Would gladly recommend this course to anyone.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Excellent experience every time

Course is in great shape in the middle of July. The carts GPS is awesome. Great experience every time.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Awesome Round at a Nice Course

This was my first time playing, but was recommended by friends. I had a slight hiccup at the start, but I played with a 2some and a single and had a great day. The GPS in the cart was very helpful since I had not played there b4. It gives a flyover at the start of each hole and allows to get distances fairly easy. It was a hot day and the cart girl came around 4 times and refilled my ice each time. Finished rhe round in just over 4 hours. Greens were recently aerified so they were a little bumpy, but the rest of the course was gorgeous. Definitely recommend the course and I will be back.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

Wildifre retains its allure years and years after opening

Holes are fair, well laid out and plenty of room for trouble. Because of heat, greens are cut high and heavily watered. Therefore, very slow with partial offset that breaks are somewhat minimized., Unfortunately Wildfire in season has priced itself out of my market like $190. Specials are few and discounts limited., You need to do more for average income golfers like two specials a day instead of developing a snobbish tone in your pricing. Note: no cups available at starter's table for drinking on a very muggy day.Shame on you !

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 38
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Desert course

Very nice course. The greens were mostly recovered from the aeration although they were a bit slow. My wife and I finished the round in 3.5 hours. Nice.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

What a fun course!

Bunkers, bunkers everywhere! Fun course, extremely well maintained and the greens are always perfect. If you have not played here I recommend the course. If you are more intermediate play Faldo first.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

3 Separate Reviews-Superintendent, Club House Guy and Marshalls

The course was in great shape. The greens are just about healed from aeration and should be all nice and cut this week. Superintendent you and your crew presented a really well kept course, 5 Star Rating

There is a ego issue with the guy in the club house, try and smile and be a little more friendly. The actual organization for playing went like this. I had to ask the starter about being ready to go at my start time, it was basically self serve and they seemed confused. They scheduled me by myself, in front of me was a twosome and then a single in front of them. Who schedules like this? I ended up leaping the two some so I could join the other single. No way should two single players be on the course by themselves, especially on a weekend morning. First hole, both divot bottles empty. It annoys me when the practice range has disgusting and very little water in the club cleaning buckets. Attention to detail please.

Marshalls-They did a great job getting everyone moving at a faster pace. They also were very friendly. They were on the course the whole time, this was a good thing.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fantastic Value

My favorite resort and the golf is first class too.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Excellent

The only person that needs to brush up on friendly is one of the men in the Pro Shop. He was very indifferent with us and we suspect it was because we played on a special and were not members. Pro Shop personal in public courses are more welcoming than this guy. Other than that everyone from bag drop to when we finished were friendly, professional and helpful.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Course

Great place to play, usually in great conditions. Be aware though, that the staff obviously looks down upon customers who book through GolfNow. Overall, a lot of fun.

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

Great course

The course was fantastic. It was in great shape, especially for this time of year. I played July third which is an extremely hot time of year here. The guys in the clubhouse were friendly and most of the staff were great. The only thing I didn't like was that I had asked one of the bag guys if I could get a little sun block and he refused. There were something like 20 bottles of sunblock stashed behind the counter at the bagdrop I was told by another employee that they were left behind in the carts by previous golfers. Overall, I would recommend this course

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Fourth of July

Course staff was excellent and very friendly. There were some spots on the fairways that were a little bare. but overall the course was in good condition.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Not worth it

Course was soaking wet and not due to rain
fairways were not good
greene were inconsistent

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

fun track

toughest of the 2 tracks but course was in great condition. nice staff.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Another good Palmer course

Nice course with good vistas. The staff was helpful and courteous. Would like to play it during the golf season as the heat had taken its toll.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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