Camelback Golf Club - Ambiente Course

For $277.00, this Camelback track was in poor condition. Greens were bumpy and slow and several were totally damaged by fungus or whatever and were almost unplayable. Unfortunately "Greed-Flation" has impacted golf like everything else. It was a beautiful day and the staff and facilities were nice, but price being charged was ridiculous and the course condition was poor at best

This is usually in great shape and the greens are usually fast and pure - but today the greens were really hairy, probably only rolling at 7-8. Not expected for this course or the price that we paid.

Course condition has declined dramatically. Really unfortunate to see this beautiful turn into a dog track

I enjoyed the layout, it's very nice. However, the course was in very bad shape which was quite disappointing given this is the peak season. Tee boxes were good however there were a number of issues with the greens stemming from them being very bumpy (don't think they have been cut or rolled in some time) and there were several where the grass was dead or nearly dead and painted green to try and hide the issues. Fairways had a number of areas w/ no grass or very little grass. All in all it was a very disappointing experience given the amount of money it cost to play and knowing it is affiliated with the JW Marriott. My understanding is their second course is in much better shape but I did not have a chance to play that.

Great course and staff. Played full 18 in under 4 hours..

Some rough patches on a few greens but still rolled well..

Greens are in mostly decent condition but the fairways and rough are in very poor condition. Like about 50% grass coverage and the rest is either dirt or very thin grass coverage.

Ambiente has always been a favorite of mine so was somewhat disappointed in the current conditions. Greens were nowhere close to good. Several had large dead spots on them and most had random patches of poa. All in all not what you’d expect from a premium priced course. That said still had a great time and always love the feel, vibe and layout of Ambiente.

Course conditions weren’t great but had an awesome time playing this course. It’s a really fun course to play. Would play here again for sure.

More than half the greens were dead and basically painted and fairways were thin and poor. Apparently overseeing went badly, but not worth the price.

For the most part the course was in very shape but a few of the fairways were in spotty shape. The layout and atmosphere made up for this.

This is a course I always wanted to play… very disappointed when I got there range was closed couldn’t warm up course conditions were very poor nothing has been maintained has a great layout, but patchy grass everywhere. Greens were in horrible shape, fairways missing, decent grass having to move ball to hit off grass in the middle of the fairway. Very expensive and you feel like you’re playing rundown municipal course… there’s plenty of beautiful courses in the area for less money.. I feel like it’s running off its old reputation.

This a great layout! 10 holes out and 8 holes back the other way like a links course. Yeah there are some knocks about the quality of the grass in the fairways and poa on the greens. Most of the fairways are really good…if you are in a bad spot in a fairway, improve your lie. Poa on the greens is mainly around the edges of the greens so not a problem as the greens run true and there aren’t any difficult contours or slopes. It is a track a good player can score on and not too difficult for an average player.

Worn out/damaged/thin areas on most fairways. Had to move the ball and play preferred lies. The greens had significant clumps of poe annua grass which affected putting, especially by mid day. Great layout tho, but really unfortunate. Had played this course once before. Was really disappointed with the condition of what is supposed to be a premier course. Until this course has maintenance and condition issues fixed, will not play again.

I’ve played Ambiente in the past ( the better of two courses on the property). The green complexes have several thin spots. The greens are very average compared to years past with 2 or three with severe disease.. still a nice course but not in as good shape as years past

For some reason, they just can't keep the greens at Ambiente in good shape. A lot of it is just poor greenskeeping as old holes have massive dips on the green. Fairways are so-so with patches of muddiness and dead grass. The practice green was in great shape and I believe Padre is in good shape. Ambiente needs a ton of work, especially for the greens fee.

Played with my sister-in-law, who had never played desert golf in the past. We played with a lovely couple that are members at Camelback. The pace of play was great and the course conditions were as they should be for the price paid. That said the course was in excellent condition!

Such a great course as my valley favorite as a long time local however they are loosing my favorite status not due to staff nor course layout but maintenance v costs.

They know this and my remarks are not nor should be a surprise as a well manage property but somebody above is cutting budgets to improve profitability to make themselves shine !

The best greens usually on condition coupled with rolling at 10 plus is gone with excellent speed , lack consistency as well as patchy , bear conditions, green filler for bare areas, on numerous greens - disease/poor oversight from greens keeping/ can’t say who’s at fault - shameful.

Course sand traps v costs to play needs a lot of budgeting without further play price increase as these costs should be built into there reserve studies under applicable maintenance over the course of maintenance reviews. - well past the spend required to refresh -