San Tan Highlands

Everything was great except the 4% water fee. Not sure if it was for the bottle of water in the cooler or a surcharge for water to water the course. Either way I didn't like it and was not told to expect it when I made the tee time or when I paid.

Just because they changed their name to San Tan Highlands doesn’t make them better. Staff acts like they are in Scottsdale not San Tan. Nice new carts were impressive. Greens are still fuzzy from overseed. Beware of $4 dollar water charge for the 2 bottles of Walmart water they put in your cooler- total rip-off.

This course is amazing. It gives you the classic desert mountain course on the back nine, and a neighborhood desert course on the front nine. The staff, accommodations, facilities, are all top notch. I played this course several times of the last 7 years, and hands down it is my favorite course in Arizona

Pace of play was slow because starter put out twosomes instead of combining into foursomes and didn’t maintain start time intervals. We waited on every shot as did the twosome in front of us and the group behind.

With the name change, from Johnson Ranch to San Tan Highlands, it is apparent they are attempting to get better...from an operational perspective to the condition of the course. Congratz! When we played they were just coming off of their reseed, so the greens were still a bit fuzzy and slow (understandable). They still rely heavily on a volunteer staff, so that is perhaps their weaker area of the operation. Other than that, nice course for the money.

We were supposed to start off at 10:10. There were two sets of foursomes waiting.

We alerted the starters of the issue, and they said “yeah, what about it?” How about letting us know, correcting the pace of play, and getting it right?

It took us 6 1/2 hours to play 18.

This new management and poor attitude is very poor.

Kudos to the afternoon ranger, who was very sympathetic and trying to get things corrected.

Great course for the money , staff was friendly,starter was great and had us teeing off on time new club cars golf cars are great, will be playing there again

Course just came out of overseed. Everything was in great shape. Have played this course over the past 20 year several times. The current superintendent is doing great work. Always tough to keep pubilc course in good shape. Well worth making the short drive. Go play!

Greens were a little slow but they just got done with over seeding. Course is in great shape.

Despite what the folks at Johnson Ranch think, this is not TPC Sawgrass.

You used to be able to play this course for $25, which felt appropriate for the staff quality, greens and fairways, but they’re charging around $80 these days. What’s changed besides the price? Not much. The Marshalls still berate you and follow you around the course, looking for an opportunity to flex the minuscule amount of power they have. There’s still no water on the course. The greens are inconsistent and poorly managed. The starters are rude and act like you’re playing at an exclusive country club. I could go on.

This used to be an excellent course, with room for beginners and veterans. They’ve priced out the beginners and don’t offer a product good enough for the veterans.

My advice? Next time you get to Johnson Ranch, get back in your car and drive up the road to Poston Butte, or back to Power Ranch. You’ll have a better experience and save yourself a few bucks.

This place used to be extremely unfriendly. I’m a single handicap golfer and Marshalls used to treat you like you were up to no good on their course. They seem to have gotten the message and cooled down a lot. Back nine is still gorgeous.

Not a big fan of fake grass but the new tee on #11 is a vast improvement to the poor real grass tee that was always divoted to destruction.Hope it can take the abuse! Course will be great soon.

I think the staff is local neighborhood volunteers. Nobody wants to take accountability. Ice machine broken 🤷🏻‍♂️ three locals allowed to cut in front of us on ten tee box 🤷🏻‍♂️ no help at bag drop or cart return 🤷🏻‍♂️ Local neighborhood course wanting to attract customers by changing name. Need to change mindset of volunteers.