Orange Tree Golf & Conference Resort

Aerated tee boxes, fairways and greens impacts this review. Heavily sanded and punched greens made accurate putting nearly impossible. A lot of fairways are loaded with grassless areas. Not a pleasant round. Support staff, however, was outstanding. Just wish Orange Tree would advise of course conditions before allowing an online booking. Disappointed.

Do not play here right now. The worst conditions of any golf course I’ve seen in the valley so far. Fairways were mud, greens were basically a sand trap. Go somewhere else for 30$.

After waiting to play golf here, a place I enjoy.. I was not happy! It was like a skeleton crew also found out after checking in that I would have to play back 9 twice since they were aerating the front…no starter, the snack shack was closed the grounds crew were everywhere and the sprinklers were watering beyound their holes and soaking the sand on others. We had to time the sprinklers just to get to next hole!

The golf course is in shambles, will not be ready for at least a month. Only the front 9 is open, but there is enough top dressing on the greens for 36 holes. Burnt out almost everywhere, but that is to be expected in July. Do not make the same mistakes we did, it is worse than you think.

I’ve played here a few times before and it’s always been fine, but today was legitimately unplayable. I can deal with dirt patches in the fairway and burnt out tee boxes. It’s Arizona summer golf, we can’t expect perfect conditions. But the greens today had not only been punched, but top dressed to the moon and back. This, along with the fact that the back 9 is closed and we’d be playing the front twice, wasn’t disclosed before booking. It was only $30, but I’d rather spend that $30 on a bucket of balls and a few Gatorade’s at the range. Don’t play if you intend on putting. I will say, the staff was very nice. Not their fault the course is open when they need to shut it down for a week or two.

Your better off finding decent grass to hit off of if you put it in someone’s backyard. Fairways had sparse grass. Actual dirt in a lot of spots.

This time of year $40 tops for a morning tee time. But, $70 is nuts. Stay away till conditions are at least decent.

I was not very impressed with all the dead areas of grass on the fairway. Most of the greens were acceptable but again not in great shape. My expectations were of lush fairways and nice and even greens. I'll be back in the fall to play again. Hope the course is in better shape.

It was hard to find a decent patch of grass in the fairway. You're often hitting off dirt even after a good shot.

All the tee boxes are scorched.

it is still just June and the course looks like August. Lots of burned out areas on the fairway and many spots just bare dirt. Tee boxes were also just bare dirt on many holes. Bunkers for the most part had good sand. Glad I only paid $30 for the round

Got paired with two really fun players. Pace was good, Course was in decent shape--a couple of bunkers under repair and some thin grass in a few fairways, but that's to be expected in summer desert golf. Greens were decent. Overall, a lot of fun, some good golf, and all at a very friendly price. Will play again.