Palm at McCormick Ranch Golf Club

Staff great, course conditions for the price , not a good

Overrated. Biggest complaint is the greens are rock hard and SUPER fast. Many times we hit the green and it bounces over. Fairways are extremely sparse, of grass. Ground so hard it was difficult to get tee in ground. IMO only reason it is popular is location, location, location.

I hit the green on at least four holes where the ball then rolled off into the water. The grass was very thin in most areas so be ready to hit off hardpan. On hole #9, I hit the island fairway and the balled rolled into the water.

We had a tee time around mid-day on a Saturday. It rained the night before but stopped by 6:00am and was otherwise a perfect, sunny, warm day from 7:00am onward. When we arrived at the course, we were informed it was cart-path only all day because the course was water logged. Having rained the night before, that seemed reasonable at the time. However, once we got out on the course it was clear the course had drained just fine and was in great shape. Over the course of 18 holes, there were only 3 holes that were too wet and should have been cart-path only. Instead, they made the entire course cart-path only which slowed the pace of play to a crawl. We were constantly waiting and our round took 5.5. hours. Twice I attempted to raise my concerns with the rangers that there was no need to enforce the cart-path only rule on every hole and that it was making the pace of play miserably slow. My concerns fell on deaf ears or were met with rude and aggressive responses from the rangers. The carts at this course are GPS-enabled so the course can set specific holes as cart-path only while unlocking other holes. It simply refused to do so.

The staff and course were very well managed.

The experience was great and I look forward to my next round there.

Everything was perfect minus the turf mats for the warmup, which isn’t great

This course was in terrible condition and extremely dry. The layout was good but it seems like a course that had better days and is not being looked after. It was very brown with little greenery. The restrooms on course were not well looked after and I was afraid to use the water fountains on course as they were not well maintained. I would not recommend this course for the money, there are much better courses in the area.

Only the refreshment attendant, Jess, a real smokeshow saves this course from being an 0 star. Extremely Over priced. This should be a $15 course as the Course is in poor condition overall, and very slow pace of play. Find another place to play a round than the "Dirty Mac"

Course was in bad shape considering this time of year in Phoenix. Hard greens, fairway grass was in bad shape, tee boxes were rough. Not sure what happened here but it's overpriced for the course condition, I've played it in the summer and it's been in better shape. Palm Course back 9 much better than the front 9.

The new greens were understandably firm and fast, but I was surprised by how poor the rest of the course has become. Fairways were beat up and probably deserved “ground under repair” flags throughout. Puddles of water in bunkers and other areas in the late afternoon don’t make sense to me given the lack of rain water. The course is a patchwork of sand, mud, hard pan, etc. on greens and fairways. This course used to be a joy to play and had decent eye appeal, but it’s now a bad muni-looking course. Despite the relative lower rate compared to other “championship” courses, I won’t be coming back unless changes are made. Regarding beverage service, all the “cart girls” were unfriendly and staring at their phones. In the first “drive by” instance, the cart girl drove right by us and didn’t even acknowledge us…I swear they are trying to make as little money as possible! If you enjoy great conditions, friendly people, and an acceptable pace of play - all of which you should expect this time of year in Scottsdale - play elsewhere.

Course conditions were a bit rough tea boxes would beat up and fairies lotta dead spots