The Lakes At Ahwatukee

I played a lot of courses in the area and this was the worst. The courses in the area had grass this one only had green grass on the greens. The personnel was friendly but the course needs improvement.

The fairways were very, very hard to determine in many places. Especially for an executive course we were very often playing in sandy dirt in the middle of a fairway.

First of all, please change the photo and the description of this golf course. The only accurate aspect of the photo is the blue sky. And "top ten executive courses in the country"??? That cannot be true, unless of course there are only 10 executive courses in the country.

The Lakes was the first course I had ever played on as a teenager and it was a great learner's course. I took my son to play there as well about 6 years ago. Again, a great course to learn on. Now is a totally different story, unless you want to learn how to hit off of hard packed dirt (fairways) and putt on glass (greens). I understand overseeding only the tee boxes and greens on an executive course, but what about the par 4's? Nothing but dormant grass (if you can call it that) and dirt. The course is usually a nice easy, make you feel good about your game type of course, but the current conditions make it challenging, but not in a good way. If you miss the green, forget about it. The rough is smooth, and the bunkers are hard packed dirt with a quarter inch of sand on top. The lakes have receded and are disgusting to look at and the aquatic birds have made a toilet of most of the surrounding greens.

The staff was very friendly however, at least the three that were there. Front desk, Cart attendant, and beverage cart server. We saw the beverage cart twice on the first nine and were told she was going home for the day. We finished the whole 18 with plenty of daylight, it would have been nice if she did too.

Right after teeing off on number 1, our cart died, understandable, it happens, the cart attendant arrived quickly after getting through on the phone to the pro shop. Approximately 10 attempts with busy signals before getting an answer. The cart attendant was very apologetic about the situation.

We had to wait to tee off on three separate holes due to high school kids cutting through the course after school. One couple of students had to stop on the cart path at #3 and proceed to make out in front of everybody, forcing us to drive around them. In the middle of #3, we had to wait for apartment residents who were out feeding the ducks to get their two dogs away from us so we could hit. I felt like we were two golfers getting in the way of people trying to enjoy their park, shame on us. And finally, on #8, as we drove to our second shots, my fiance and I got a nice view of another golfer off to the side of the #7 tee box urinating into the lake. Now that's not the course's fault, but that is the type of golfer (term used loosely) this course now attracts. And you too can experience all of this for only $19.00 per person!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've read in the news the possibility of the owner of this course selling half of the property to an apartment builder. If it means putting the rest of the money into making a nice 9-hole course, I say sell sell sell.

But until then, I will not be back.

The course needs watering badly. We used to enjoy playing it, but not the last two years.

This used to be a half decent executive track. Not any more. This was prime season and the course was absolutely horrible. No over seeding of the fairways, the tee boxes are mounded so it was hard to find a level spot to tee off from. The course has a nice layout but the conditions make it not worth it. It's a shame because this used to be a pretty fun course.

Friendly staff and tee time was on time. Greens were a little slow and fairways quite brown but had an enjoyable time.

The course was in bad shape. The fairways were hard and hardly no grass. many of the greens had duck dropping. It was just awful. It wasn't a good experience.

This golf course is quite a challenge. It lives up to it's name, "The Lakes". If you are a first time player of this course, plan to lose several golf balls, as there is "hidden" water in front of the greens on several holes, which will cause increased scores, even with "good" shots.
I thoroughly enjoyed playing this course!

Obvious they don't put any $$$ into maintaining the course. They had no one working in the kitchen selling coffee or anything, and acted like I was bothering him when I asked (took him away from reading his Golf Digest magazine). The staff, especially TJ, need to take a lesson in basic customer service. I've played there in the past, but no more. There are much better alternative executive courses, with people who know how to treat their customers.

could have been a lot better greens were covered in duck droppings and leaves if you play this course carry a broom for the greens before you put.

Ive played this course many times over the years and I hate to say this but ive never seen it in this bad of shape before. Besides the greens and tee boxes there is no other green grass on the whole course. The fair ways are all dead and brown grass with dirt oatches in them. Quite disapointing but i do like the course.

One the worst courses I have ever played. Terrible fairways.. Didn't hit off grass all day other than a few tee boxes.

Great course, some difficutly. Fairways in bad shape, a lot of water but know grass on fairways. Good greens.

This couse is a challenge as it is . However, part of the challenge is poor maintenance. Large parts of the fairways are dirt when they should be grass. Thec staff is friendly and helpful and the price is low but the course itself is in nearlr poor condition.

Great little course but not maintained has par 4s but had no fairways, grass only on the tee boxes and greens

Would not go back as the course is in very bad shape.

Course requires alot of work. most fairways were dead or dormant, sand traps were like cement I guess that is why alot of them did not have rakes

Greens rolled great but the fairways and bunkers need attention. Bunkers did not have much sand in them which makes them hard to play out of.

Given that we paid little to play, we got our money's worth. There were too many greens with duck poo. It actually affected some putts. The fairways were dry and crusty. Teeboxes not much more than sand at times.

But all in all, it was a fun day.

They didn't overseed the fairways. Hitting off dead grass. Greens not up to par. Tee boxes not level either.