Camelback Golf Club - Ambiente Course

A links layout. Greens read true. Excellent condition. Wild flowers everywhere. Length good for most handicaps. We played in 3/12 hours. Did tee off early in day but never saw anyone ahead. Staff very polite at every position. Even course workers stopped whenever we were near. Snack shop, cart lady, and all golf assistants were friendly and professional. Great experience, beautiful day...

First time playing here and what a treat. We played six rounds on our most recent trip to Phoenix and this was probably our group's favourite course. The conditioning of the course was superb. The layout is very unique - definitely not your typical Arizona desert layout. But it's not easy by any means. The native fescue grass that borders the fairways will eat up golf balls and they are a lot harder to spot than you would think. Beautiful facility, will definitely return next year.

Great course if you can place your ball where the architect dictates. Driver not necessary on many holes. Course was in excellent condition, but had many hazards. It was fun to play, but I preferred the second course called Padre.

Excellent course. Greens were in good shape but too slow.

Beautiful greens, fun driving tees and not too dificult

course in great shape, weather excellent, service excellent. nice day on the course.

I had an 11:40 tee time but there was an opening at 10:50, so the staff told us to go ahead. We played in 3 and half hours. Winds came up on the back and every hole was into the wind which made it difficult. But very enjoyable especially with the hot deal rate.

Overall , great course but play is very slow

Course was in good condition. Greens were slower than most we played in Scottsdale. Course has good bunkering and is a good layout, though not spectacular. We teed off around 2 pm, and didn't have many players around us.

The staff here is exceptional! The course is pristine as well and the views are great. No issues at all except it was a tourney day and it took 5+ hours to play. Make sure to ask before you go if the course is hosting 2 tourneys that day!!!

otherwise, spectacular!!!

Staff was friendly and helpful. Pace was a little slow for us but the weather was great. Not a great value for money. Only reason I would return was the friendliness of staff

Tricky layout with some well placed fairway bunkers to add difficulty but where it really gets interesting is on the greens.All of the greens have multiple slopes and contours making the breaks very hard to read.Prepare yourself for a few three putts.WQell worth the play if you can get a good rate on Golfnow but not at $135.00.

The course was in outstanding condition. Played in mid-late afternoon, pace of play was not too bad, got around in 4:15.

Very important to be in play off the tee on this course. If you are, you can score, if you are not ... you will have big numbers. A friend from out of state played with me, he was blown away by the course and its condition as well.

Also enjoyed the GolfNow "after 2:00" price that we paid!

I've played Padre before but Ambiente is at a whole different level.

Routing: Out 9 and back in 9. I'm surprised they didn't make the course more walker friendly. I was planning on walking with a rented push cart. The gentlemen at outside services said they had only 3 and they were all being used. They were very apologetic, I could understand why they don't have more. The course is pretty flat but green to tee walks are rather far.

Views/Elevation Change: Pretty flat, not as a good of views as Troon North, Quintero, We Ko Pa... Although you get a nice view of Camelback Mountain on a lot of holes!

Value: Excellent, the regular rate for my starting time was approx. $189. I paid $71 with tax & fees on Golf Now for a Saturday late morning.

Greens: I've played at least 25 courses in the valley. Ambiente's greens were defintely top 3 along with Wickenburg Ranch & Quintero. Running about 11 with lots of undulations. Challenging but fair!

Design: Very interesting. Room off the tee, good bunkering (similar to Erin Hills). I was excited to play another course design (Hurdzan renovated Ambiente) by Michael Hurdzan. The original Hurdzan designs that I've played are Olde Stonewall in PA, Little Mountain in OH, & Erin Hills in WI (My favorite course I've ever played, Host of the 2017 US Open). It's tough to find balls out of the native grass. Play the right tees and you'll be fine. 3 or 4 of the 1st 10 holes are risk/reward short Par 4s!

Pace of Play: The course was very busy. We finished in 4h 30mins but lots of stop & go. There were rangers monitoring pace of play but it was so busy there wasn't much they could do.

Course Conditioning & Customer Service: Excellent

Overall: 86/100

I'd give Ambiente a 6 on the Doak Scale

In my opinion the course meets 11 of Allister MacKenzie's 13 general principles of golf architecture.

I can't wait to play Ambiente again!

would play again, very nice includes practice areas

Layout was pretty straight forward greens were fast and large. Fairways excellent condition. More of a Links course w/ some unfair rolls in my opinion. I would definitely play this course again.

For the money, excellent course. Surrounded by courses twice the price. Greens in good shape and all tee boxes were perfect. Waste areas are ugly, but it's no bother finding your ball. Plays a bit longer than the cart GPS generally reads as well.

We played this course on a beautiful February afternoon. The course was in great shape and is only 2 years old. I found it enjoyable and challenging. Plenty of desert scenery and views of Mummy Mountain. The course is pretty level so if you are looking for elevation changes, this is not the one for you. I would definitely consider playing this course again when I come back.

The course has beautiful views. The course conditions were great, greens are tough to read and while fast are not terribly fast. This is a links style course with lots of waste area that you're not supposed to stay out of, so bring plenty of golf balls

The course opened 2 years ago and is in excellent shape.