Palm at McCormick Ranch Golf Club

The Pines front 9 was in great shape due to the recent renovation. The Palms back 9 has yet to be renovated and it’s clear to see why it’s needed.

Once the 2 full 18 holes tracks are complete, I’m sure they’ll both be nice courses to play.

Greens were half dead and the tee boxes didn’t even have tee markers so you just had to guess where to tee off from

Palms front nine is an embarrassment to McCormick Ranch. Bunkers were filled with water that had been rotting for weeks. Puddles everywhere that smelled like bad fish. Cart paths cracked and you had to dodge mud filled holes. Greens were ok.

Front nine of Pines was in much better shape

I made a reservation for what I thought was the Palm 18. While I was surprised on my arrival that I would be playing the front 9 of both the Pine & Palm courses (back 9s were closed), I was very impressed at the good condition the course was in. The starter was very accommodating, and I was able to get around as a single at a very fast pace on a very hot day. I enjoyed the round.

Played the Palm course. The greens are in nice condition. It's a challenging course with a bunker or two around the greens. The fairways were okay for the time of year--better than most other courses. It was nice to get range balls included with the price of golf.

They've done a ton of work, which is still happening. The holes where the work has been completed are in terrible shape. Standing water in bunkers, good portion of the greens have large dead spots. Don't play during the week in the afternoon, only one 9 will be open so you'll just have to play that twice to get 18 in. There is no value here. Don't make a teatime unless you actually talk to somebody in the clubhouse because they have a scheduling service that has no idea what course is open. We've been playing this golf course for over 40 years, it's hard to watch it fade.

The front 9 of the Palm course was in good shape with well manicured greens and decent fairways. The cart path was atrocious! Full of pot holes and cracks. The greens on the back 9 had large areas of dirt or dying grass. The cart paths were even worse and driving on the fairway was almost as rough.

This is a classic gem of a course located in the heart of Scottsdale. Whenever it’s a special occasion or my family wants to play — this is overall a great spot! Courteous staff, good locale, medium level of difficulty, beautiful wildlife in the eagles and prettiest sunset.

This course has it all — courteous staff, great location, good course layout, medium level of difficulty, beautiful eagles to see and overall a nice golf outing with my family!!

Just had fun after not playing and practicing for 2-3 weeks. Bermuda is coming in even without consistent 100 degree weather. Got paired with 3 randoms and I had a blast. I shot two under par. Just had fun worked on my game and enjoyed the summer day! About 95 degrees and a little breeze. Course is not in bad shape to start the summer season. Greens are maybe a 10. Just a tad slow but they will be rolling faster soon with time.

We played three other courses on this trip for lesser amount that were by far in much better shape.

This course is in such poor condition I felt like an idiot for falling for their scam. You’re a complete sucker if you play their back nines and they do nothing about the complaints. The customer service is very poor. Mud balls, casual water and mud everywhere. Many of the greens are diseased. But hey, here’s two positives: the few greens that were not diseased were fun to putt. Cart girl was absolute smoke show!!! I felt bad for her having to work in such poor conditions. This course is a mid tier muni at best. I can’t reiterate how poor the customer service was addressing my dissatisfaction. Do Not play this course!!! It is also deliberately unclear when you reserve your tee time if you are reserving the front nines or back nines. I thought I was reserving the fronts…I think it’s deliberately vague.