Orange Tree Golf & Conference Resort

For summer conditions, the course played well. I know Jon just came onboard and I'm sure the greens improvements will be coming along shortly. It still would be nice to have cart services but I also understand that not many people are playing in the afternoon. I don't recall if anyone was at the snack shop when I made the turn. Keep up the good work, guys.

Great staff, great conditions, great rangers. Thank you orange tree!

Course fairways need work but most of the greens were in good condition. Ranger was not very nice as he asked up to pick up the pace even though we weren't that far behind the group ahead of us. The group behind us was 1 or 2 holes in back of us and we never saw them until the 16th green we were teeing off 17th and it may have been a different group.

Several greens pretty beat up. We had to move our balls in order not to roll thru damaged spots. I’ve always liked the layout, but it can wear down during the hot summers.

Great course that was very green. Best rangers I have seen in 10 years- did their job and kept the idiots in front of moving.

The Putting greens were in poor condition. Multiple greens had spotty putting greens. Need to take care of the greens.

Several greens were in really bad shape but most were very good. Fairways need help as most were in bad shape. Course had just been worked on as many plugs were all around. Course Marshall told us to pick up pace even though we had to wait on over half of the holes

Finished round in 4 hours so there wasn't a need to bother our foursome

Great course and great bar after for a few cold ones.

I like the layout of this course. And really like to play here. But this is the 2nd time my tee time through golf now was messed up at the course. The 1st time I booked, showed up and the COURSE WAS CLOSED. No email, text, nothing. Never even a call after I sent a message of complaint. Yesterday 6/7, I show up 20 minutes early for my 6:04 tee time and no one is there but the cart guy who says the pro shop doesn’t open until 6 am.

They finally show up and say, the earliest tee time is 6:28. I show them my confirmation email of 6:04 and the pro shop blames golf now. I said no, they are YOUR vendor, it’s the course’s responsibility.

We pay and go to tee off, the starter shows up at the 1st tee and asked us to wait 20 minutes because the greens keepers will stop working if we are on the course too early. Oh and we also need to make sure we don’t play too fast because they have back 9 tee times until 8 am. He was very nice about it all, but come on.

The greens were Terrible, the worst I’ve seen in AZ. Slow, bumpy, bare spots with sand. For $72 in June, they way

Greens were in horrible condition, some with huge bare spots. Rest of course was good

The greens were in terrible shape. It is really sad how downhill this course seems to be going. Snack shack closed on a Sunday, limited food offerings available on beverage cart. Almost like they are trying to offset the operating costs knowing that the course is in poor condition.

Emlpoyees were very courteous and accommodating. Enjoyed the layout of course and challenge.

Only minor complaint would be that some greens had large gaps of grass so had to putt through dirt. That was only like 3 holes.

Overall great experience

Course in. Decent shape heading into summer. Few of greens dead grass, unpatched. Always shade and staff very friendly. Good value

We play Orange Tree regularly because it's close to home and I generally like the layout. Because of that, I've been playing it regularly for over 20 years now. Today might have been the last straw with this place. Tee boxes are rock hard. The greens are in VERY poor shape. There is absolutely no relationship between the speed of the practice green at the clubhouse and the greens on the course. Way different. The greens have been horrible for several years now, and somehow the greenskeeping staff can not figure out how to fix the greens. The greens are without a question, the worst of any course in the area. In fact, on two of the holes, Hole 5 and Hole 16, the greens are utterly unplayable. See the attached recent Aerial Photos as evidence. It's much worse in person. There are several rotten, sand filled craters all over these greens, making putting over them absolutely impossible to play legitimately. This course has recently spent money on new golf carts and promoting their bar, but they have utterly failed in their ability to maintain course conditions, especially the greens. As a result, they are charging the same premium rates as other supposedly comparable courses, but you are nearly guaranteed a 2-shot penalty at least for being forced to play those two greens. They are horrific. FURTHERMORE, today, the Ranger drove up on my group as we were approaching the infamous 16th green. He told us that "due to new Orange Tree Policy that was just implemented this week, all golfers must pick up and abandon their games at 7pm regardless of how much sun light is left". We had enough light to play another 3 holes, yet the Ranger (older white haired man), demanded that we stop and terminate our round with two holes to play. In my 50+ years of playing this game, never have I had a Ranger terminate a match when we had 3 holes of light left. Absolutely ridiculous. What a terrible policy by Orange Tree Golf to go along with the overcharging of fees despite the terrible green conditions. The solution is simple, create temporary greens for #5 and #16 and re-build the greens. Instead, they have chosen to rip off their customers for as long as they possibly can, staying silent about their dirty little secret of poor green conditions while they squeeze out as much revenue as they can, all while fully aware of the injustice of charging what they are with the greens in such poor condition. Bottom line is this. Don't waste your money here. The playing conditions are far superior at any of the other nearby courses, Stonecreek, Starfire, Kierland, Biltmore, etc. I have put up with the poor greens for years, but tonight, being kicked off by the Ranger over this new Orange Tree Policy is absolutely deplorable. Paying these fees while knowing that the greens will absolutely cost me at least two strokes is my choice, but if I pay to play 18 holes and there is light available, I should be able to get my full money's worth and finish my round.