Arizona Biltmore Golf Club - Estates Course

The Estates course is in great shape from tee to green. Only complaint it’s back and forth and you hear FORE ALOT!! I would bet at least 1 person a day gets hit by a golf ball. Lots of back and forth and playing out of other fairways. Busy course even on a hot August day.

Yes, it's summer . Yes, it's hot in Phoenix. Yes, you can play a well conditioned course in the middle of Phoenix in three and a half hours - no sweat !

Tee off by 10 and you will be very pleased that pace of play will not be an issue. You will be finished before the higher temps arrive and will feel pretty good too .

The Estates course that has been redesigned by pro golfer and course designer Tom Lehman provides an enjoyable and restorative round on the original 1928 footprint. The course is very walkable in the cooler months. Course conditions are first rate, bunkers have very good quality sand and green speed and conditions are appealing to every level of skill. Have a cool one post round !

Great time out. Played golf with a few members. Course was in great shape. Thought the layout feels easy, reading the greens was much more difficult. Really enjoyed the round and the group I played with. The course was also wide open and we played 18 in less than 3 hours.

Good condition and the course lay out was fun with nice tricky greens! Definitely play again. Decent greens and great bunkers

The course was in decent shape considering its Aug in Phoenix. The fairways and greens were in good shape. The pace of play was a little slow but later in the day it’s expected.. The stage was very friendly.

We realize that everyone's abilities vary, however, absent golf etiquette, a ranger would help greatly with pace of play when an entire golf course is being held up by one foursome. It would go a long way toward promoting happy golfers on the course while not impacting the one foursome's enjoyment. If anything, they might enjoy their round more because they wouldn't be faced with the stress of looking back on every shot and seeing someone waiting for them to hit. Absent that, The Biltmore golf was a fun experience.

I first played this course in 1968. I always liked it. The course is not that difficult but it has Donald Ross style greens and the greens are fast. The chipping is difficult for me but I like the challenge.

Course will be set in mid July or August for sure get the price for what it is right now

OK here is the good;

The New Clubhouse & adjoining restaurant is first class. Beautiful facility that looks out over the course. Staff was friendly.

The bad; IMO the decision to compress 18 modern golf holes into what was the old Adobe course was a huge mistake. Why not make a great nine hole course (27 hole resort facility) instead of shoehorning in 18 holes. Because of this (and other reasons), playing here is a not enjoyable & downright stressful - here is why:

• Tabletop greens that are rock hard & don't hold shots.

• Tiny tee boxes that are so hard you Need a jackhammer to get tee in ground

• holes are so close together - smallest mishit end’s up in adjacent fairway. Causing slow play

• Slow Play

• Areas of course where several tee boxes are close together causing confusion and safety concerns

• Dangerous – almost got hit by errant shots (twice).

• They charge over $100 to play here in the summer (peak time) – really?

• For local golfers – there are soooo many better choices out there – don’t waste your time or $$

This was a favorite course for my wife and I when we lived in Phoenix. We played the course again during a birthday trip back Arizona, it’s was completely redone and we enjoyed the new look very much. We would have stayed to check out the new Club house and restaurant but we had reservations elsewhere for the birthday dinner. Great Day of Golf!

course is great condition especially for the money, but the layout has golf balls coming at you from every angle

Course was in good shape, and pace was good. Refreshing change from desert-target golf

They obviously spent a lot of money renovating the pro shop & restaurant, but virtually nothing on the golf course. Planting lots of ficus column trees to try to block errant shots does not constitute a course renovation!

The crowned greens with false fronts are already brown (in April!) & scraped dry with virtually no grass on them. They’re unfairly rock-hard & will not hold any shots. Doesn’t matter how good a shot you hit. It’s not going to stay on greens that play like a concrete driveway.

The age-old routing problems on the Estates course persist. The crazy layout means you’re constantly in danger of being hit by wayward shots from other golfers. Most fairways are routed back-and-forth next to another fairway. It’s much too easy for shots to go off-line & land in someone else’s vicinity. It’s actually dangerous.

The fairways, unlike the greens, were in good condition. Tee grounds were only fair- rock-hard like the greens.

Overall, the Estates course plays like a good muni, but with diabolical greens. It’s in a beautiful location & the surrounding scenery is fantastic, but that doesn’t justify the premium prices for this course.

There are dozens of other courses around Phoenix & Scottsdale that are in far better condition. It’s a shame.

The redesign of the Estates course was very nice. The app I use for distance was not updated but the on cart GPS was great. Other than a few singles players that appeared from nowhere and seemed to be members jumping in and playing wherever they chose, it as a good round.