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4.6
1093 Reviews (1093)
5 Stars
622
4 Stars
327
3 Stars
85
2 Stars
33
1 Stars
26
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.3
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.4
91.0%
Recommend this course
961 out of 1093 reviews
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4.4
19 Reviews (19)
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Conditions
4.5
Value
4.1
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.7
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.6
78.9%
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15 out of 19 reviews
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4.6
45 Reviews (45)
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4 Stars
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Conditions
4.5
Value
4.4
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.6
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.7
91.1%
Recommend this course
41 out of 45 reviews
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Course Highlights
The Ambiente Course consistently impresses with immaculate conditions from tee to green, featuring strategic bunkers and subtle fairway undulations that reward thoughtful shot-making. Friendly, efficient staff and a well-appointed clubhouse with scenic views make this a standout value in the Phoenix area.

About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Style Links
Par 72
Length 7225 yards
Slope 138
Rating 73.9

Camelback Golf Club features two courses, Padre and Ambiente (formerly known as Indian Bend Course). The Ambiente Course underwent a major renovation in 2013. Making the course more eco friendly was one of the major goals of the renovation in addition to improving the layout's playability for a wider range of skill levels. The creatively shaped greens offer a variety of different putting options that present interesting risk-reward opportunities. The renovation added 100 acres of native desert and grass areas that add not only beauty but also require a third less water. Rolling terrain is the defining characteristic of the Ambiente Course, from the undulating fairways to dramatic drops in elevation. There are five sets of tees with forward tees that have easier approach angles and no forced carried, allowing even beginners to approach the golf course with confidence.

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Course Details

Year Built 1970
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Jack Snyder (1980) Jason Straka (2013)

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
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No, soft spikes only
Fivesomes Allowed No
Single Allowed No
Walking Allowed No
Dress code Collared shirts & Bermuda length shorts for men and appropriate attire for women. No denim is allowed for men&women.

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Lounge, Locker Rooms

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Reviews

4.6
1093 Reviews (1093)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 44
Patio Dining 33
19th Hole Scenic Views 20
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 118
Undulating Greens 104
Thick Rough 72
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 100
Locals 68
A Weekend Splurge 55
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 115
At a Resort 48
Near Local Attractions 42

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Reviews 24
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Awesome day to play

Great course that challenges you to use all of your clubs in your bag.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great shape!

Remodel of Ambiante Course is awesome!! Very happy to have gotten to play it during WM Open week!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 27
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Play Every Day

This is one course I could play every day. There are so many great holes and the greens are very challenging. It is too bad more courses here aren't like Hawaii where locals who play them year around are rewarded during high times. Even if it was a once a month special. Prices on this course are going out of reason.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Dissappointed

Looked like a Florida course. Frankly, it was a little boring. Flat layout, holes seemed to repeat themselves. While the course was well maintained, there was little information to determine how to play the holes. (The Ambiente course is not yet on the GPS system for Garmin or other range finders. The GPS system on the cart worked only part of the time.) Without course knowledge the greens are challenging. Greens rolled true but hard and difficult to hold. Several uphill greens that sloped away from the front. I would not recommend for a one time play. Probably OK for someone who is going to play it a few times to really understand the greens.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great potential, needs work

I've played ambiante before and it's definitely improved but there are still many areas that could be better. Just the amount of grass on the fairways is limited. It makes shots tough unnecessarily.

The greens are excellent. Great speed but probably too much undulation for most.

More grass in the fairways and rough would help because the holes seems sloped to run away from center making the ball head toward the waste areas. That's a little too punitive if you ask me.

All in all, good course with lots of ways to improve playability.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

concrete greens

Great layout but greens hard as rock and unplayable.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great links track

We live right on the course and watched the 10 million dollar remake, We finally decided to try it out. The course was in fabulous condition despite being just a few years old. Being a Marriott property the service and staff are great.

The course is challenging but very playable at the same time. Bunkers everywhere including being very well places to catch tee balls no matter what tee boxes you play.

my wife is a beginner and the forward tees provided her an enjoyable day. This is not a desert course....but very pretty.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Camelback ambiente

Course was in good condition. Greens fast but true.would play again.

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Very unique layout!

As the course matures, the greens will become more receptive.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Love the course, will come back again, but....

Unique course and experience, fairways and greens in excellent shape. Love tough pin positions, but have to say there were a few goony golf pin placements. Greens so fast and a few holes were in middle of slopes, ball comes back to your feet. Need to use the tiers of the green to penalize shots, not bizarre pin placements to penalize lag putts.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Ambiente a must play

This is my favorite public fee course in Phoenix/Scottsdale. If you played the old Indian Bend course, come back and play this new world. There's really nothing like it that I play with so many shot choices from the tee and various ways to use the green contours to get it close. The site lines are wide open to see Camelback and Mummy Mountain. The greens are perfect. It's in great shape and a must play.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Poor weather
Used cart

challenging

Great greens, fast and true.
Small landing areas off the tee box will take the driver out of your hands on numerous holes as much of the ruff is unplayable.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

BORING

Been there done that don't have to go back. Very boring course straight down and straight back. Will say the greens were fast and undulating . Save your money....

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Used cart

Ambiente Rookie

Great course, greens are awesome. We managed to play in just over 3 hours with a 1:50 start.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 78
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

Who would have known

Great gem in the heart of Scottsdale Great layout design and conditions. Enough challenge to keep it interesting and some of the trickiest greens in the valley

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Excellent course

Great course. Going out plays shorter down wind and coming in plays much longer against the wind.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Links golf in thecdesert

Nice course that doesn't fit the mold of most Phoenix courses. Nice facility and course. Only negative is course is kind of wedged into property. It's 9 holes put in one direction and 9 back in the other. The course is well bunkered and surrounded by fescue. If you can't hit it straight it could be a long day.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 28
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Wicked fast greens

Fun course nice job on the redesign, greens super fast but fool great

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Used cart

Fast Greens and1

Most excellent GPS and very fast Greens. Great conditions!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

a good day on the course

course was in very good shape, my playing partners were great. pace of play was good.
very friendly staff to greet you, even remebered that i was there the day before.
all in all a very good day on the course

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