Papago Golf Club

We arrived and were told the other two in our foursome cancelled. We were advised we would be a twosome unless we wanted to wait until they could pair us up with another twosome. We opted to play as a twosome. We also realize a twosome behind a foursome would slow the pace down. After 4 hours and 50 minutes I jokingly asked if we were playing behind the OWNERS of the golf course. The group was repeatedly asked to keep up with the group in front of them by the Marshalls. By the way we never saw the group in front of the foursome holding up the entire golf course. They obviously knew no golf etiquette. They had at least 16 holes to allow us to play through. Golf staff was apologetic but in this situation they should have been more aggressive with the OWNERS group. It certainly put a damper in trying to enjoy our round and the day. I did not rate the golf and the experience very high because of this.

very well run golf facility with excellent and convenient amenities. Thank you!

Over priced, make you drive on off road cart path. Play any course in the area but this one.

To me for what I paid, you get what you get.

I think one thing they need to do is for sure have a Marshall out on the course and make the pace of play go faster. No reason the course should take more 4 hours to finish..

If not on grass it is dirt. Course is fair and in good shape for August. Staff if very good. Very bumpy as most cart paths are dirt

Truly, one of the most awful golf experiences of my life. I will preface this by saying unless you have a city card, stay the F away. $30 on city card makes sense. Anything more than this no way. Let alone, $90!!!!?!?. This place is notorious for overbooking. Pace was horrendous and mind numbing. Blue tees were moved back to tips on most holes. Greens were slower than Biden. Wanna know the worst part? I WAS PLAYING WELL AND I STILL QUIT AFTER 9! Overbooked to the max. One positive note, staff are the friendliest people on the planet. Nothing against those guys. Let’s just maybe work on TEE TIME SPACING!

I love the lay out have played it many times. Sence it became ASUs home course it has been cleaned up. Only issue is price went up.

Still love it may not score as well as I would like but a great track.

Bunkers are the best I have played for a long time

This was my first time playing the course in a few years and I was excited to see some of the changes they’ve made since I believe 2022. I signed up as a single and was paired up with three others as I was expecting. I had to find the starter 5 minutes before my tee time, keep in mind I checked in 45 minutes before my tee time, and lone behold the group I was paired with was already teeing off. Pace of play was HORRENDOUS, 5 hours and 15 mins. Didn’t see a ranger out on the course the entire round and teed off before noon on a sold out Saturday. GPS told us every hole we were 5,10…45 minutes behind pace starting on the 6th hole yet we were waiting every single shot. Every cooler out on the course was empty. Lastly every green was covered with sand.

This course is just play slow. No one moves anybody around the Rangers don’t do anything the staff is very friendly and nice and how do you let a five hour round happen every time I play this golf course 10 to 12 times a year it blows my mind

We were sitting on the 3rd tee box and 45 minutes had passed. The course has a lot of walkers and this along with 9 minute tee time intervals (instead of 10) contributes to a slow pace. 5 hour round.

Had to laugh at the message going off on our cart on the #4 tee box saying we were 10 minutes behind pace - as if there was anything we could do about that. The walkers ahead of us that were over a hole behind never got that message.

Greens were fast but they had just been punched (in February?). Tee boxes were flat which was good. Bunkers had a decent amount of sand. Not much rough if you miss the fairway, everyone was hitting off dirt/rocks which is never fun, and there were 3 single digit handicaps in our group.

Carts had GPS but did not tell you the distance from the tee. No water bottles, bring your own. There were ball cleaners which I am figuring out is a rarity in AZ. The cart paths in a lot of areas were simply dirt, which meant driving through dust for anyone who wasn't the lead car.

Plenty of doglegs and fairway bunkers. A 235 yard par 3 (#17) and a 462 yard par 4 (#18) end the round. Some nice views of downtown Phoenix and mountains. Always enjoy playing courses that aren't in residential communities.

The facility is impressive - fantastic bar and grill, driving range faced the mountains which was beautiful. Parking was a nightmare - not enough spaces for the golfers when an event was going on, people were creating their own parking spaces in the lot and down the road.

I could see it being a good value with the Phoenix City Card, especially if you can play it when events aren't going on.

Greens were punched (as of 2/21/2024) and there was no alert on website or at time of check in. Pace of round was slow and there was no marshal regulating pace. 5hr+ on middle of weekday.