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4.0
3933 Reviews (3933)
5 Stars
1214
4 Stars
1782
3 Stars
613
2 Stars
177
1 Stars
147
Conditions
3.9
Value
3.9
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.9
87.7%
Recommend this course
3400 out of 3933 reviews
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4.1
56 Reviews (56)
5 Stars
26
4 Stars
17
3 Stars
7
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
3
Conditions
4.2
Value
3.8
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.6
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.2
82.1%
Recommend this course
46 out of 56 reviews
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4.0
163 Reviews (163)
5 Stars
57
4 Stars
69
3 Stars
26
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
5
Conditions
3.9
Value
3.9
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.3
87.1%
Recommend this course
142 out of 163 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Desert
Par 72
Length 7162 yards
Slope 130
Rating 72.7

San Tan Highlands (formerly known as The Golf Club at Johnson Ranch) boasts a championship course with a front nine that winds through the Sonoran desert and a back nine that finishes at the base of the bordering San Tan Mountains. Naturally, the first half of the golf course is relatively flat and the latter half has a hilly terrain. In contrast to its categorization as a desert course, this course has grass from the tees to the greens but the cactus-filled landscape definitely implies desert. The greens are quite large and undulating and the fairways are fairly open with generous landing areas. Strategically placed sand bunkers and water hazards come into play throughout the San Tan Highlands.

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Course Details

Year Built 1997
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda/Annual Rye
Golf Season Year round
Architect Kenny Watkins

Rentals/Services

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

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed No
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Restaurant, Beverage Carts

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities
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4.0
3933 Reviews (3933)

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Reviews 15
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful course with great desert mountain views.

Really awesome layout! Views are amazing! Course has many fun challenges including elevation change, tight fairways, and breaking greens. The wind was blowin so made it even more of a challenge. Overall, a very good price for a very fun course. Teed off at 2:24 and barely finished before it was too dark around 6:35 for $70. I’ve paid much more for a boring flat course with no views…. Definitely want to play here again!!!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

San tan highlands

Coarse was in great shape and was challenging with some fun elevated tees and the greens were true but very fast.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

New Name - Same Old Johnson Ranch

The course was OK but the greens were very inconsistent.

Staff must have been trained by the old volunteers. Terrible customer service.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great course to play an close to home, love the layout of the sand traps an greens, fair- ways are perfect, would definitely recommend this course

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Slipping

Course looks heavily played and surfaces have deteriorated on many holes. Played here and last fall many times, loved it. Re-thinking now.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fabulous course

I had to knock off 1 star. We arrived to see 3 employees standing around the starters podium, when we got our cart the first thing I saw was a splat of bird droppings on the floor mixed in with the mud and the dirt, bad 1st impression when everyone was standing around and the carts were so dirty. Course was in awesome shape.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 32
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great course

Greens spot and fast. Ball checks well and putts roll true. Great course for a great price.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

The only real complaint I have about this course is the pace of place sometimes

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great day.

Great course. Only complaint is slow play. Waited on almost every tee box as a foursome.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Played On
Reviews 184
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 20
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 254
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

Backed up

Every time we play this course there is a significant backlog of play. Pace of play is approx 4 hours but it took us closer to 5 hours! Super frustrating and no Marshalls during the week and we’ve only ever seen the occasional Marshall on a weekend ( and there seems to be no action taken). Tee times too close together is a just a money grab with little satisfaction to the golfer. It would be different if this was occasional but, in speaking with other golfers, this is not the case

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course was good staff were friendly but there was no course Marshall as was told for fridays, saturdays and sundays, so play was slower than normal. Played for 4 and a half hours and had to stop on 15th hole due to dark. The tee off times are to close together, every 8 minutes , I don’t know if this is a money grab for the course but impossible to play a full round after 2 pm

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 20
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice Course

Course in good shape

Slow play

4 groups on hole #2 & slow after that

5+ hr round

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 55
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good option for a round

This time of year it gets pretty spendy to play golf in and around Phx, so this is a nice course to play, we took a late tee time to take advantage of discount and got in the round just before sunset, so that part pretty good. Nice place, will play here again for sure.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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