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3.4
643 Reviews (643)
5 Stars
79
4 Stars
207
3 Stars
180
2 Stars
78
1 Stars
99
Conditions
3.2
Value
4.0
Layout
3.8
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.9
Amenities
2.3
77.4%
Recommend this course
448 out of 643 reviews
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3.8
83 Reviews (83)
5 Stars
23
4 Stars
35
3 Stars
17
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
4
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.4
Layout
4.1
Pace
4.0
Amenities
2.6
StaffFriendliness
4.5
91.6%
Recommend this course
76 out of 83 reviews
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3.6
117 Reviews (117)
5 Stars
27
4 Stars
47
3 Stars
28
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
10
Conditions
3.5
Value
4.2
Layout
4.0
Pace
4.0
Amenities
2.5
StaffFriendliness
4.4
86.3%
Recommend this course
101 out of 117 reviews
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Course Highlights
The Lakes consistently delivers some of the best putting surfaces in the Phoenix valley, with lush, well-manicured greens that outshine many premium courses. Friendly staff, smooth pace of play, and outstanding value make this course a smart choice for Arizona golfers.

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Holes 18
Type Public
Style Executive
Par 60
Length 3660 yards
Slope 100
Rating 59.2
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The Lakes at Ahwatukee Golf Club
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Course Details

Year Built 1980
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda 328 Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Gary Panks (1980)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs No

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed Yes
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code No tank tops or cutoffs.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
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Reviews

3.4
643 Reviews (643)
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Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Needs to grow a bit.

The layout was good and the staff was excellent. The course has sone growing to do. Slow greens, not quite green yet. I'm confident it will get there.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Yikes

people were nice. but course is run down to the max

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 189
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Greens, not as good as it could be,

They're just going through receding and everything so we were cart path only and the greens is not quite there yet and the fairway is haven't completely got all covered in grass again. Lot of bare spots but you can see that they're really putting the time and effort to get it back to normal. But we've decided not to go back for a couple weeks and let it completely go out and they're not going to let anybody drive on the course anyway. Only on the car pass. So couple weeks we'll give him a shot again

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 39
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Unfriendly marshall

Course is in bad shape. Even when you hit on the fairway, you have soil instead of grass.

Marshall was very unfriendly. Every one else was nice.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Bare bones Golf course

I went there yesterday to play a practice round on my short game , Mission Accomplished, greens are in pretty good shape,fairways are decent, I didn’t use the driving range, practice greens is okay.No cart person, no restaurant, bare bones golf course

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 189
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Fairways and greens

Well we should have waited 2 more weeks after reseeding

Cuz cart path is fine walking lot but greens aren't ready for golf nor fairways, ...... We will go back when it's better,

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Absolute dump

Do not waste your money on this man, I showed up and didn’t even play. club house is a trailer it’s all dirt except for a bit of the fairways and the green, this place needs to shut down. I’m trying to get my money back from golf now because it was a complete scam.

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 33
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 33
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Rough day on the liks

This is basically an overrated par 3 course with 3 par 4’s on the front and 3 on the back. I thought by starting at 8:30 I’d be done by noon. Unfortunately the pace of play was dreadful. It didn’t matter if you had a tee time or not -whoever showed up went straight to first tee, and from there the snarl ensued.

We barely made it to the turn by 11:30, and high AZ sun was beating down. I was spent and went back to the condo pool. The course is really, really rough. It was so hot even the coyotes were heading for shade - hard too find with barely a few palm trees.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 95
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 16
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Don’t, just don’t

The pro shop is a literal half size single wide trailer, no alcohol, half the course is dirt, half the sand traps aren’t even sand, majority of bathrooms are porta-potty, and they charged $55 to play this garbage course. Save yourself time and money and just go to the range.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

I'll be back

A fair review of the course is not possible.

it is in redevelopment and has potential.

it was an unexpected 114 degrees after 9 that day, adding a little suffering to the round. But that's not the course's fault.

I'll play there again absolutely, but not with a client. (Maybe by 2026?)

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
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