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4.1
1271 Reviews (1271)
5 Stars
378
4 Stars
481
3 Stars
275
2 Stars
87
1 Stars
50
Conditions
4.3
Value
3.9
Layout
3.7
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.4
82.0%
Recommend this course
946 out of 1271 reviews
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4.3
29 Reviews (29)
5 Stars
15
4 Stars
11
3 Stars
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2
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.6
Value
4.0
Layout
3.7
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.5
StaffFriendliness
4.7
86.2%
Recommend this course
25 out of 29 reviews
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4.4
56 Reviews (56)
5 Stars
29
4 Stars
22
3 Stars
2
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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.6
Value
4.1
Layout
3.9
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.6
StaffFriendliness
4.8
91.1%
Recommend this course
51 out of 56 reviews
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Course Highlights
Course conditions consistently impress, with lush fairways, smooth greens, and well-maintained tee boxes earning high marks from recent players. Exceptionally friendly staff and quality amenities, including a well-regarded halfway house, round out a polished experience.

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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Reviews

4.1
1271 Reviews (1271)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Patio Dining 54
Drinks 44
Brunch 22
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 72
Water Hazards 39
Undulating Greens 24
This course/club is great for:
Locals 60
Entertaining Clients 44
Seniors 42
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 104
At a Resort 64
Near the Airport 32

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Reviews 8
3.0
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Best summer course in AZ.

If you’re from Arizona and like to golf during the summer ( very hot by the way ) you can always expect the rough and fairways to be sub par, a lot of dry spots and if you go in the sand they are as dry as concrete, not here. The fairways were green the greens are nicely kept ( a bit slow on the back nine) and the sand traps are actually sand they are not hard is dry dirt. I loved the course will definitely be playing here again. The prices were fair $50 per person but It was a nice course. I recommend it to anyone. Not to many hills easy to find your ball if you slice it. Really enjoyed it.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
2.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 55
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Great rate slow summer greens

Pace of play was good . The greens are slow once they start rolling true it will be a really great course to play.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Nice easy play

Course is pretty open and can be brutal on hot days. I found all the fairways running parallel to be distracting.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 134
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Arizona Advisor
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Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

I love this course and the layout is great, however the course itself was not in very good shape. Hard and bumpy greens and dry fairways. It is usually in great shape so I will definitely be back.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens lumpy bumpy from recently being punched

Adobe has a wide open layout that I would recommend highly to novice golfers. However almost too easy tee to green, as id recommend the Links side of Biltmore to any golfers under a 20 handicap. Greens were hit/miss as to how theyrecovered From recent aeration..

Some were flat out horrible and not worth trying again for a few weeks.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Sunday funday

Great value. Course is not perfect but that is ok. Nice staff, great car attendants that were seen 3x on both the front and the back. Less then 4 hrs for 4 some.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 99
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

Awesome place‘bnb course was in great shape and staff were wonderful

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 99
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

truly awesome course wife and i would definitely play here again!!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Perfection

First time playing this one, spectacular! Will play again many times. Course was in great shape, greens rolled well. Staff was great, friendly and social distancing was followed. Cart was best I have ever been in, padding top shelf!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Always An Enjoyable Time

Biltmore Adobe is a staple for myself and my dad during the summer. The Biltmore/Wigwam summer pass is great value and all 5 courses are kept up well. Adobe is one of the easier layouts but it challenging enough that you want to come back and try to score better. Staff is always friendly, pace of play is always great (my dad is in his 80s and we finished our 4some round in 3 hr 50 min) and it’s a relaxing atmosphere.

Highly recommend for anyone just looking to play a quality course with fantastic views.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Adobe at the Biltmore

I was the first one off so that was nice. I finished 18 in just over two hours. This course is all laid out right in the middle of the estates whereas the Links course goes around the Adobe on the outside d has more personality. This course is very straight forward Golf course with not a lot of character to it. I found it to be very easy and quite frankly I was bored playing this course. Nothing challenging at all and I played from the black tees. At the same time I would recommend it to my friends because they are hacks.

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