Orange Tree Golf & Conference Resort

Very highly priced for the condition of the course

I know the course has been working on bunkers. Many/most are still of low quality -- certainly poor by a "Golf Resort" standard and $$. The 12th green has several large areas that have been without grass for several years.

Pace of play: On the 2nd hole ( a par 5), we had four groups--very slow so we quit after 13 holes (5 PM).

Traveling from out of state, paid 200 a person for 18 holes. The golf course was in extremely poor condition.

The greens were patchy, and divots everywhere. They even had some construction underway on the 16th and the sand traps were filled with construction workers and equipment. I played at four other golf courses in the Scottsdale area in the same week. All of them were great and were priced similar. Orange Tree Golf was the only course disappointing course.

Have played OT for years and the course is not in the shape it has been in the past. Tee boxes in rough shape, bunkers are undergoing a face lift. If OT staff put in a minimal amount of extra work to make sure water in ball wash, change the J-Cloth towels that are essentially rags from ball washer, empty the overflowing garbage cans at the tee boxes and fill the water coolers, that would be a huge improvement.

Can't argue with the $73 +tax for the round, unfortunately was on the course for 4 hrs and 30 minutes and that did not include the 18th hole. We had the 2:00 pm tee time and struggled to get in 16 holes before too dark. While the 2some in from of us was not slow, having a 5 yr old granddaughter making every sand trap on the course her own sandbox was not cool.

Played Orangetree for the first time in years. Going back to my teenage years I always enjoyed playing the course. Yesterday’s experience was fair at best. You could have landed a jet in the bunkers they were so compacted. Staff was polite but not overly friendly. Maintenance workers everywhere. Pace of play was excellent and on course marshals very accommodating. So, it wasn’t a top rated experience but, as I said, have always enjoyed the course. Will play it again but hope there are some visible improvements.

The course overall was in good shape. They experienced some frost this week which delayed our round by appx 1 hour. When doing so it made it where part of our party had to leave early on the back 9. Tried asking for consideration to start on the back 9 to be able to get the whole round in, they quickly declined and didn't seem to really care. They are focused on dynamic pricing which is likely great for them, however it has jacked up pricing and the course conditions do not reflect it. I wouldn't go out of my way to go back to the course due to their management choices on how to treat golfer experience. Plenty of other courses to visit.

Course condition and staff were great? Greens are very true and readable. Loved the patio and sitting area. Many holes seemed the same, but still provided a good challenge.

Fast, slick greens. Every putt near the hole curved away. Fairways were patchy in too many places, creating thin, uneven lies.

We had the second tee time. The course had a frost delay which was expected. But the course just wasn’t worth the price. The course was very tight as well really had to keep the driver in the bag. The best part were the greens and the fairways were in decent shape as well but the bunkers, the rough were pretty bad. I know they were do renovations on some of the bunkers but the ones that were done or not being worked on were very inconsistent and pretty much just hard dirt. The following day we played another course that was similarly priced and it only made us more disappointed about this round because that course(I will not name in fairness) gave so much more for a competitive price. If you have other options. Go there.

Course is in great condition minus the sand bunkers. All lacking sand so hitting out of was almost impossible.

Hopefully that will change soon.