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Conditions
4.3
Value
4.0
Layout
3.7
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.4
84.9%
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Value
4.0
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Pace
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Amenities
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Layout
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4.8
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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

4.2
1276 Reviews (1276)

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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5.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 6
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Plays Once a week
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4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
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Friendliness Excellent
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Handicap 15-19
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Week of sun and golf in AZ with my wife

We liked the Estates course. Keith is the best, helpful, considerate, fun, friendly guy at any course we've played!!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

good experience

A few of the holes were muddy but not too bad. The course was overall in good shape. The first few holes were ok but everything beyond hole 5 was excellent. Most of the Par 4s are on the shorter side and all the Par 3s are fairly easy. Some water hazards keep you on your toes. Most of the fairways were pretty wide open for the most part. The beverage cart came around 3 times which was solid. All the employees were nice and helpful. Pace of play was good but we went on a Monday so obviously not during their peak hours. Overall if you like having a good time and don't want to play a super difficult course, this is a good course to checkout.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 36
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Hidden Gem on the North Side

First time at Biltmore Estate course. Golf course was in excellent condition and the greens were fantastic. There are multiple tees for all levels of player and layout is challenging but fair. Don’t overlook this property during your visit to the valley.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing

Beautiful course

This was the first time playing the estates course at Arizona Biltmore. Price was a little high but I found it was well worth it. Staff was friendly and area was nice. Going to driving range was a little confusing since this was the first time. People would say go to hot dog stand and follow path along condos but I managed to get to the range and remembered the path after that. Driving range was hitting off mats but the chipping and putting greens were smooth and fast (possibly 10-11 on speed.). Played the front nine with members who were polite and friendly. Enjoyed the course and the greens were great. Fairway and bunkers were well kept. Would remcommend this course for others.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Biltmore Estates Golf Course

I was hoping that the course improvements would be a great thing. I was told the extra trees planted was to prevent errant balls from hitting other golfers.

This very flat course isn’t at all difficult, and by no means am I good at golfing but it seemed boring. The fairways and rough were in fantastic shape, the greens were rough, many of them seemed burned and just poorly taken care of.

I love the links course and will continue to play that one.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fast greens good shape

Great practice facility. Estates Course easy. No trouble. Greens were good shape and FAST.

Got a Golfnow credit so made it “ reasonable” but I would not pay regular rate… too expensive for what it is. Not insulting the course just being realistic. Green fees are too much

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Arizona Biltmore Estates Golf Course

Course has a lot of overwatered/water logged areas, which made it tough to get in/out of my cart without stepping in mud. Course layout was funky and hard to follow. There were several dried out brown fairway areas. There are several holes where you do not quite know where to hit your ball to . On some holes, It was hard to see the greens. The course was cart path only….. not my favourite…. Also, the tee markers were metallic, making it confusing to know from which colour you were hitting , as the sun washed them out. Staff were friendly and the views were wonderful.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Interesting track

Unique for the valley. Disappointed with greens. I expect fairways to improve after the overseed.

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

First Time on New Design/Warning on Parking

Our first time since the redesign, which is very nice, although as others have commented, there are a lot of wayward shots and golfers from other fairways on our fairway. Given the heat, the course and new trees are in great shape.

The only two negatives were our arrival experience and with the golf cart.

We arrived 45 minutes before our tee time, the new (beautiful) restaurant adjacent to the pro shop also has very, very large meeting space. There was a giant coffee meeting of realtors, resulting in absolutely no parking. There was a valet, but after 13 minutes of no movement in that line, we backed out and followed the bag attendant's advice to park in the Biltmore garage. This is 1/4 mile away, and it already was 90 degrees at 9:30 am. Walking back in the heat on asphalt was not fun and we no longer had time to warm up at the range or putting, barely making our tee time in a chaotic fashion. So, check ahead!

The staff couldn't be nicer, there is plenty of water, but we also experienced a problem with our cart on the last 3 out of 4 holes. It would prohibit us from moving forward, even though we were on the cart path. Our other playing partners had no problem. Multiple times we had to back up for over 50 yards, before we could move forward. Very frustrating. The staff said they had this problem before this summer with some carts. They did give us a ride back to our car, which was most appreciated.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Good Experience but expensive

Visitor playing this course for the first time. The course was well maintained for 100+ degree weather in early October. The holes were pretty straight forward without many challenges. Not sure if it's worth the price but I guess these are going rates. Now I know what other reviews meant about holes been too close together. Too many players playing off different fairways - makes it hard to lose balls but had few people jump on my side when I was about two hit.

Conditions Excellent
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course remodel made a decent course bad

I used to enjoy the Adobe course, but the recent remodel took away all the charm. Add to that absurd rates for what courses you could play at this price point, it’s not a good value. Also to note, the new course design has been live for a long time now, and yet still can’t find an online GPS app that has updated to reflect the new course. The cart is riddled with geo restrictions so you’re left guessing distances for most of the course (especially off the tee box when the cart is nowhere near. Another annoyance is the recent addition of full screen advertisements on the cart GPS. I’m talking every hole you have to dismiss it. Normally not an issue when you can you use your phone/watch GPS but here you have to rely on it solely. Skip this course, the Links is the only course worth playing.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Fore!

The investors were like "Ive got 4 acres of land and a 3 million dollar budget, build me a Par 72 course" developers went to the professional tetris league recruited half the team and said "bet".

Thats what this course is, tetris. Every hole is right next to each other so watch your head. Bright side is if you hit it out of bounds you're just in the fairway of the next hole (or hole next to that one).

Every hole had 2 groups waiting, gave up after finishing 13 4 hours into the day. Wouldnt offer any refund. Would never play here again.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
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