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About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Style Traditional/Parkland
Par 71
Length 6669 yards
Slope 128
Rating 72.0

Some consider the Estates course (formerly known as Adobe golf course) at the Arizona Biltmore Golf Club to be grand and stately, a prime example of golf course design in the pre-modern era, combining rare beauty with solid trickery. It makes for a round both relaxing and challenging played on lush 50-year-old fairways, with a spacious layout, reminding on of golf as it ought to be played: the glory days when graphite went into pencils and balls were only white.

The Adobe golf course at the Arizona Golf Club measures 6,430 yards from the white tees and comes in at par-71.

Due to the mild Arizona winters, the Adobe Golf Course at the Arizona Biltmore Golf Club is open year-round.

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Course Details

Year Built 1928
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect William P. Bell (1928) Forrest Richardson (1989) Jack Snyder (1996) Tom Lehman (2023)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS Yes
Pull-carts No
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Golf Simulator Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes, members only
Dress code Collared shirt required, no denim

Food & Beverage

Restaurant, Beverage Carts

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Adobe

The staff was friendly. Cart was nice and clean.

Course was in good shape, although some of the traps had a lot of stones.

Conditions Good
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Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Nice, historical course!

Overall good experience at Arizona Biltmore Adobe. There was a major scramble tournament in front of us, which delayed our tee time from starting on time. This wasn’t communicated to us until we were about to tee off, unfortunately. The practice facility is nice and the views from the course are good. In my opinion, it was too pricey, but sort of expected when playing in Arizona in the winter. The course was in excellent shape. It was built in the 20’s and many famous people have played here, which was cool to read about. I would play again, but most likely not in the winter at the premium price.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Course is not worth the cost

Course in below average condition for this time of year. Most holes either along side driving range or side by side. Can be hit from anywhere it seemed. Greens on slow side. Just boring layout. No memorable holes. Staff not very friendly and first time playing course.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Conditions Excellent
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Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
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Pace Excellent
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First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

WELCOMING PEOPLE

I noticed right off the staff was very friendly and helpful!

Course was in great condition from tee to greens.

My tee time was at 1pm, so pace of play was expected to be worse than the 4.5 hours

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
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Reviews 6
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Plays A few times a week
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5.0
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First Time Playing

Beautiful course with stunning views

This course was extremely well maintained. There are views on most holes of the mountains that surround the course.. Even the rough is green grass at this course (and that was in January when some courses have dormant grass in the rough).

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Plays A few times a week
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Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing

Over priced old course

Fairways are in nice condition. Greens are medium to fast. There are so many divots not repaired you can repair 10 divots on each green and still see some in your line. Biggest issue with this course is the layout. Fairways run

so close to each other, you feel like you are playing dodge ball instead of golf.

Pace of play was good. We went out early on a Saturday. Played full round in less than 4 hours. That's pretty good for weekend winter golf in AZ. Saw the beverage girls about every 3 or 4 holes. IMO, it's overpriced. Overall nice, but there are plenty of other courses in the area that are better value.

Conditions Excellent
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing

Beautiful course with lots of history.

I thoroughly Enjoyed the course, my only complaint might be it’s a little tight between greens and tee boxes in places.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Reviews 19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
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First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing
Cold weather
Used cart

Adobe Course

Great course surrounded by huge beautiful mansions. Well maintained course with a pretty challeging layout. Greens were in pretty good shape, plenty of break and fast.. Everyone at the course was pleasant and helpful..

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Used cart

Sort of Dull

Play here for the history, not for the course itself. The course is straight forward without a lot of trouble. It was a tad long for me but my playing partners were fine with it. I play very fast golf so while I took an extra stroke or two, I didn't hold them up.

I thought the staff was kind of snooty. Only one person was at all welcoming. There was a tournament on Links so perhaps they were tired? But based on the attitude, I would find somewhere else to play if I ever go back.

I will say they had a phenomenal women's section in the pro shop, I was very impressed but the course and staff didn't impress enough to want any logo wear.

Conditions Excellent
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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