Papago Golf Club

was very disappointed in club house and food services. we played wigwam the day before way better for less money.

Good layout, pace of play was slow but what do you expect for a Saturday afternoon. Greens are in very good shape, some work needs to be done on teeing grounds.

This is a golf course. There are no real frills here, but it is a players golf course. The design is very traditional but the bunkering makes it fell very modern.

Granted, there was lots of dormant grasses off the tees/fairways/greens, but to be expected in February.

If you want to play a well designed players course, play the tips and have fun. This is a solid course!

good value, challenging, a little backed up on the weekend

First time I had played here since it was renovated 4-5 years back and I was very impressed. From all the way back, this would be all the course you want, but more forward tees are very forgiving. No real forced carries or desert-style golf here. The course was in good condition, a little soft after some recent rains. Greens were a bit on the slow side, but in good condition. I'm eager to play here again.

I went out as a single and was paired with three local guys that provided enough local knowledge to make my round very enjoyable. The staff were all very nice and helpful. This all made for a very enjoyable outing.

Nice course. Well maintained. Greens a little bumpy from mower, but ok. I just think 85 bucks for a kung is a little much.

Played this course twice in the past week because it was close to the airport. Flew into Scottsdale to have a golf weekend with friends for a few days.

The first day was much better as the pace kept moving, but the second time we played it was inexcusable. 20 minutes per hole! The club knew that the pace was slow, but never did anything to improve the pace.

Had it not been for the second day experience, would have rated the course as a 4.

Outstanding value for the price. Great views of the city and Papago Buttes. Greens were suberb once they thawed!

We found Papago well maintained and staffed on an usual chilly day in Arizona. The mountain and butte surroundings are a positive but found the MANY large sand traps trying. We also noted the long yardages on most of the par 3's from the white tees to be more than we could handle at our level of play.

i found greens too close to next tee boxes // balls came close to me not once but twice in 9 holes // sand beside greens are rock hard // 4 times my group skulled it out of the kitty litter // on score card it states rocks in sand are obstuctions
i would play again at maybe 30 dollars // i was not impessed for 75 dollars

Nice layout with interesting holes. Greens were a bit bare, but were nicely sloped and quick enough. Better than a muni, but not a resort.

Really well maintained municipal course at the foot of Papago park. The course is in great shape, with lush fairways and rough. The greens are always soft and roll very true. I play this course quite a bit and its always in good shape. There may be weeds here and there, but for the price you really can't beat it.

This course is generally highly rated, and you can see why when you play it. It is in better than average condition for a municipal course. The layout is interesting with a lot of doglegs and a fair number of elevation changes. The fairways are cut a little thin, and if you get into the rough, you are likely to be hitting from a poor lie, so focus on accuracy.

The pace was slow the day we played, but it was a great fall day, and it looked like everyone who golfed was trying to get in a round.

We started about 20 minutes after our reserved Tee time, and it took us almost five hours to finish.

The beverage cart made numerous rounds, and there was water on the course as well.

We will go back.

our first course to play in Scottsdale. Not a great welcome from the pro shop staff, very disinterested person. We were paired with a great couple from Phoeniz who played it alot. They were great. Good course, forgiving for the driving game. Course was in very nice shape, but was hosting the city championship that day, so it was back up in spots, hence the 5 hour round. A definite play in Scottsdale.

The course offered a fair amount of challenge from the tees and elevated greens in some holes with a discreet bunkers in play making every shot to think before taking it. The GPS was accurate giving a lot of help while playing. The staff was very friendly. To be back for sure!!

Don't judge the book by the cover. Coming into the parking lot, we were not sure. Once we started playing it was pretty and just challenging enough. Very women friendly. huge challenging greens! Played in 4 hours on a Saturday morning

First off, the tee boxes are perfectly flat! The fairways are lush green grass, the rough can be difficult but the fairways are wide so you should hit the fairway. The greens are in pristine condition right now, I really would recommend this course to any type of golfer! It a great test of golf!

Papago is a course that looks benign. It has interesting and attractive -- though not spectacular -- scenery, very light rough (not counting the desert), and a layout that is fairly straightforward, but it can jump up and bite you on almost any shot. Consequently, you need to focus from tee to hole if you want to score well.

The greens and the bunkers were consistent and very well maintained. On the greens, approach shots held, putts rolled true, and the speed (probably about 10) was the same from the first green to the last. Bunkering seems fairly abundant, and I only remember seeing one (a fairway bunker) that did not have depth to it if you were hitting toward the green.

The course offers all the length you want, with five sets of tees that range from 5400 to over 7300 yards. I played the 6771 blues, which includes three par-3s of over 200 yards.

The driving range is excellent, the practice putting green is large, and there are separate chipping greens and a practice bunker area. I suggest taking advantage of all four of those in advance of playing the course.

Although we rode, the course is walkable, but not flat by any means. I'll be going back soon with my push cart to see how the course feels under foot.

From my perspective, this is a course that is worth your time and hard-earned dollars. It wants decent accuracy (and, depending on your tee choice, some length) off the tee, will make you use a variety of irons for approach shots, and will make you look at every putt, even a three-footer. In short, it will challenge every aspect of your game, and that will make you a better player.

An added bonus: there are no houses on this golf course, just wide open spaces, some of which are desert. The staff is quite friendly and the pace of play (for us) was good. If I have any knock on the course it is that you kind of need to know where you are going (there is a map inside each cart), and that the carts have sensors on them to keep them out of the desert. Now if they would provide a system like that for my golf ball....

Papgo is a challenging course for all levels. The layout presents plenty of risk and reward. The greens are generally pretty fast, but true. The fairways present a good mix of undulations, well placed bunkers and tricky rough. Adding to the challenge is the fact that it's location on the upslope of the Papago hills leaves it exposed to extra winds that come through the valley in late morning/ afternoon. This can make the course play another 4-7 strokes harder. It's location also affords some nice views of those hills that make a pleasant change from the view you would typically get from playing a course in the middle of the city.