Papago Golf Club

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.

The course was under construction with the front 9 being unavailable for play. The back 9 had two temporary greens and tee boxes were considerably shorter than normal. There was no indication of the current conditions on the website when booking which is extremely disappointing. The staff was friendly and helpful. Overall disappointed in the experience.

we were not informed until driving there that it was 9 holes only. They said we would have priority to play the back 9 again for our 18 hole booking but 3 groups were lined up after our first 9 holes so we quit. Then the computers were down so no refund!! "Call back tomorrow or here is a free replay card." No thanks! Suckered me once, won't be back.

Course under construction so lots of construction activity

The front 9 was closed so I played the back 9 twice. The 10th and 18th have temporary greens that might as well just not exist. 11-17 are mostly ok other than some off riding in between the holes. The price for what you get is just not worth it. I’ll come back once all of the construction is done and see if it’s worth it then

The course is completely tore up, maybe in six months or a year it will be good but right now it is not playable. You would have no idea where the next hole is. Not a good course to play right now.

Unfortunately they were renovating, which I didn’t know about beforehand. So I had to play they back 9 twice, with 2 temporary tees and 1 temporary green. Without this I would rate it 4-5.

Next year should be much better.

The Arizona golfers who used to call this course "home", can probably still remember a classic Billy Bell layout. For the those who never had the chance to play it prior to the butcher job that was done on it 15 or so years ago, you're being cheated. Aside from the lack-luster attempt to "improve" the course through the "redesign", the course is in complete disarray. The work that's being done on the course, which includes the closure of half the holes, is a necessary evil...I guess. But, the fact that they are still asking people to pay the ludicrous fee to play at a track that should be paying people to play there instead, is comical. The staff at the course has either told GolfNow to NOT tell people that half the course is off limits in order to keep people coming, or their they just plain ignorant...probably both. However, if you want to pay for a course that is just a fraction of what the original Billy Bell version was, then by all means, have at it. They are doing a huge disservice by continuing to call it "Papago", it's simply not the same. Also, the corporate mentality of the staff is a sad addition to the course. The friendly and welcoming atmosphere used to be a very genuine experience that I and many of "the regulars" enjoyed. It had that great "muni" feel about it...the true Arizonans who used to play it back when it was great understand what I saying. It used to be sacred ground, and now it's part of corporate America...some would call that "progress", but at the same time, it could also be called a tragedy.