Papago Golf Club

Very friendly staff greet you and the rat is up to you. Profits is straightforward and a good test for golfers at any level. No frills, that's for sure, but a good track and well worth a visit.

Course was in good shape, pace of play good. Course design is one of the best in Arizona. Managed my ASU, they need to build a club house and restaurant to get it in line with other top courses in the valley.

Beautiful views of mountains and desert but the holes are close together and the lack of cart paths makes it bad for your eyes especially if you wear contact lenses.

Fairways and greens are in great shape.

Course was in great shape. Freindly staff and a good pace of play.

Papago is the best value in AZ Golf. The tees, fairways and greens are in great shape. If you like fast true greens then this is a must play. The course is located within Papago Park and is very walkable with great views. The staff is excellent as well.

Of the six courses I played on my trip to phoenix ,This was the only course I felt I didn't feel I got my money's worth. The course itself was nice and staff friendly.But they WAY overbooked it.We had to wait at every tee box for 30 mins.We had to replay front nine in order to finish our round.It took 3 hours to play the front nine the first time. The only food selection was pulled pork or hot dogs. I had the pulled pork. I recommend the hot dog.

Course was in great shape staff very friendly will definitely play this course again.

Very fast greens did not detract from a great round completed in just over 4 hours. Course is interesting (not much water, though), and fairways and greens are in great shape. There is plenty of drinking water on the course, but you can buy a large Heineken for just $4.75 from the cart. Two large, red, eroded hills to the northeast form a scenic background for many of the holes.

Course layout was good. Was pretty open course but could get into trouble if your shot wasn't in fairway. Staff was friendly and considerate. Very helpful. Would play again.

while the greens and tees are in great shape, the forwards pretty good for this time of year, the rough is almost nonexistent. any balls hit into the hardpan, dormant, thin bermuda roll out into the rocks. and there are a lot of rocks in the dirt.
there looks like some paint markings for new cartpaths which are sorely needed as they are just more rocks now.
the clubhouse trailer is on it's last legs.
i am looking forward to ASU stepping it up. hope they do as good a job as GCU did at maryvale

Solid golf course. Plenty challenging from blue tees for this 12 handicap. Greens fast and consistent , fairways and tees decent. Pace of play great at 9:30 tee time. Looking forward to playing again, hopefully better with more knowledge .

First time playing this course. The course was in great condition. The fairways were green with very short grass and bunkers were well maintained with soft sand. The greens were extremely fast and firm, tough to get your ball to stop unless struck high with loads of spin, but overall the greens were great. What ruined a perfect round was poor tee time spacing. We were waiting 15 minutes between holes 1-5 because it was backed up 4 groups, then it open up slightly. We tee'd off at 2:09 and did not finish, didn't see a marshal the entire round. Apparently this bunch up on the first few holes is common, maybe management should rectify this issue instead of pretending like it doesn't exist. I expect these issues at cheap executive courses, not this course.

Pace play was excruciating. Locals told us worst they ever seen and they even called clubhouse to no avail. No sand for divots which was weird because they have nice fairways.

Greens nice off fairways dead and rocky

let walkers out after 1pm who fell behind by more than 2 holes so we did not finish....very poor policy

Papago has a long history in the Valley and a few years back they renovated the course to return it back to it's original beauty. It's a great track for locals who want to get out and play 18 holes and enjoy views of downtown. Course does play long and it seems that you are always having to deal with the challenges of the wind. It's a walkable course with some up and down fairways. Greens are usually in good shape but watch for the mountain effect it can make you misread some of your putts. When in doubt every thing breaks toward downtown.

It appears Papago Mgmt has chosen to concentrate on the customer service side raise them above the muni level. Check-in, cart service, and club cleaning staff does a good job.
Unfortunately when you fail to have a marshal on the course, you end up with a 5hr 25 min round. The only positive side to the marathon is we didn't have to pay by the hour.

No need to have a ranger out if they are buddies with 4 groups that like to play 6 hour rounds due tot heir bets... We had 3 groups stacked up on all par 3's ALL DAY.

Love this course as it is right next to my house, but after the ranger disregarded us and 6 other groups asking for his help, doubt I will return. Terrible experience for an otherwise great course.

Superb setting, fast, challenging greens, and a nice layout. Far superior to pricier courses like Talking Stick.