Papago Golf Club

Played this course today. Paid $178 through Golf now app. We were shocked at the price having played such courses as The Raven, Lookout Mountain and Quintero on this same trip. The quality of the layout, quality of the course were below our expectations. It was embarrassing for that price. The staff, amenities were excellent but this course is lacking the same type of course layout and conditions of the affore mentioned courses. I for one and those who played with us will not return to play Papago when there are so many ultra quality courses lower or marginally more than this club in the Phoenix area.

As most of you will notice by looking at reviews, Papago has recently undergone a major renovation and their rating took a significant hit because they remained open and continued to charge full freight for what had essentially become an executive course with all the temporary greens. However, they're back open now and the results are pretty stellar.

The course had gotten a bit shaggy around the edges prior to the renovation but they redid every bunker on the property and changed up the routing a bit to make it a more modern test (while freeing up some room near the clubhouse for new properties). These bunkers are deep and extremely penal, which is what William Bell originally had in mind for the course, and they force you to map your way around the course strategically.

The greens were in very good shape and they should only get better in the coming months. Tee boxes were also in good condition despite some continuing landscaping work around the tee areas.

Ultimately, to me this was a really successful renovation that has taken a golf course that was meant to be a challenge and restored it to its former glory. And the pricing for locals has been made much more affordable. Pace of play, like with most city courses, is still a serious issue but there's incredible value to be had here now.

Cart paths are poorly marked, if at all. Most are dirt paths, hard to tell which way to go. Carts are set to lock up if you go off the wrong way, but since you don't know which way is the right way...it becomes distracting and takes away from the game.

Until this is solved, I wouldn't play here again.

Course will be lovely when they are done. You have to stay on the cart paths and most are dirt. With wide greens we walked a tremendous amount. It slowed down play. They also allow walkers which slowed down play more. Everything was filthy when we were done. Took 4.45 for 18 holes and we were right behind the group in front.

The worst experience I have ever had on a golf course. No cart paths, just dirt everywhere- in your mouth, bags, clothes. Cannot drive on course -Cart Path Only lol, 5 hour round. Torture.

5 hours of filth. Cannot breath on course. Makes u sick

The course did not explain the extreme construction in progress, We understand overseeing this time of year, but there were only 10 holes open and not contiguous.

Terrible coarse conditions. Didn’t inform us even at checkin if it being under construction. Pretty expensive for not even an 18 hole course

They have no business selling tee times to people while they're undergoing course renovations. This wasn't a minor inconvenience with regards to a few areas, every single hole had some form of construction activity. They have you play only certain holes, and you play them twice.

Staff were friendly. Course was not.

This course may be beautiful someday but between Papago and Golf Now it is not clearly stated that you will not even play a full 18 holes of golf. You get to play 10 and they throw in there that you can go around twice. There are no cart paths and the GPS will shut down your cart for trying to menouver around the multiple tractors actively digging in the bunkers while you tee off. You are instructed to yell fore so you don't hit one of the 10 yellow shirt employees bravely raking sand around the landing zone. Between the tractors digging and the constant mowing this course is just unsafe and the course manager should be fired for thinking this is okay to do this to not only the workers out there getting nailed by golf balls but the CUSTOMERS that have to deal with EVERY hole under construction. They need to close down and fix the course and stop taking peoples money for a half-assed course. Garbage 🗑

I highly recommend Papago Golf Course because the views of Camelback Mountain as well as the Buttes near the course are spectacular. The golf shop as well as Lou’s Grill are top notch. The course is fun and has many par 4 and 5 holes. You will enjoy it and I highly recommend it.

We made a tee time and looked forward to playing one of the Valley's most underrated courses. However, when we got there we were informed the range was closed and there were a 'few' temporary greens (there were four). Because of on-going construction the course played as a par 65, the bunkers were concrete (which resulted in multiple lost balls when we couldn't find where the bounces of the concrete ended up) and the course was basically torn up. A little advance disclosure would have been helpful--I had out of town guests that weren't very happy with my choice of courses Very disappointed

Stay away until 2023, full construction mode in progress on complete remodel. Think it will be a real great makeover when complete if not made too expensive.

Course is under complete construction. Should not really be open. 8 of front nine holes only and 1 3/4 hole on the back. A few temp tee boxes and greens. No sand in bunkers etc. The course will be nice(r) than before when finished but seems a real stretch if the are able to finish by 2nd week in November. I would wait until next summer to try and play again. In the meantime, keep up the work but don’t raise fees thru the roof.

Was not aware that the course would be under construction and that several of the holes would be out of commission. Given this, I think there are better options for the $50/person rate in the area. I also think that a little bit of notice would have made a difference too, not finding that out the morning of showing up

We booked the course on line and there was a disclaimer that there would be 2 temporary greens and some construction. When we arrived we were told that we would be playing the front nine twice instead of the entire course. I accepted that although begrudgingly. The paths between tees were just awful. Large pot holes, ruts, roots, dust etc. Pace of play was fine at first, but really backed up on the second nine. Outside staff were very friendly and supportive.

I understand courses have to make improvements, however the extent of the construction was not communicated through GolfNow or from the course. Total trash! To charge people money to play there when half the course is unplayable was a poor strategic move. Close the whole thing down. Paying $70 for a course that turns 2 of the par 5s to par 3s is bs. I will never go back whether it’s looks good or not after construction.