The Phoenician Golf Club

You were on different courses especially on the 17th and 18th. They are renovating the course and you were driving to another course for the 17th and 18th hole. Frustrating! I wish that was told to me upfront so I could have booked another course.

The course was beautiful and considering it was under construction play flowed very well.

A yardage book was promised as part of the package. The course had no idea nor did they have any yardage books. You would think if something is being offered by such a up scale facility they would follow through on their offerings. It would be great if we received the books as I was visiting my daughter and son in law and will play the course again. Thank you. Sandi Rudenko

I recently played the Phoenician golf course on Easter 2017, Thinking it would be a fast play and should be short of players, that was not the case. They have different courses to play but they put me (a 42 yr old male) above average golfer with 2 seniors females (lol) to play along with. Well lets just say i wasted my time and money that morning. We played 4 holes and they told me to play ahead if i wanted to because well they were NOT good at all (understatement), little did i know the course was busy all the way through. I left after 4 holes because i didn't want to spend 5 hrs on the course on a holiday. I called the clubhouse after leaving as a courtesy not to make a scene and they had no answer just silence and no apology for me, and to that resolve will not recommend this course to anyone, golfers beware poorly run staff.

We enjoyed the first nine holes we played, The Oasis nine. Parkland style, interesting & fun. My problem was with our back nine. The Desert nine is not a desert course in the sense that it runs through the desert. There is desert on the edge (usually one side only) of some of the holes, but you never feel like you are in the desert. This nine has some extreme elevation changes and a couple of good holes, but overall it's more tricked up than interesting & I have no desire to play it again. The Canyon course looks interesting, but was closed due to a major remodel of the resort. I would like to give it a try on another trip one day.

Regardless of cost, when you sit for 15 minutes on the T box hole after hole, it simply detracts from the rhythm of the game. Ultimately the pace of play became extremely slow and we left the course after the 15th hole. Secondly, there is a significant amount of facility construction, and the laborers are clueless about golf etiquette. I would hope someone in management takes their position seriously. No evidence of same on Friday.

We played the Desert and Canyon for our 18. On almost every hole, the view of Camelback Mountain, the valley, Phoenix, and the actual golf holes are breathtaking. People might even pay to just rides the cart and take in the view. The course was fun to play. The staff was friendly and helpful. It was a fun day.

From the moment we turned off of Camelback into the resort we had smiles ear to ear. The resort is beautiful, well laid out, manicured landscaping and ultra friendly staff. It was our first time playing here, and definitely not our last. We played Desert/Canyon 18, the course at this time of year is very green and lush, not burnt out at all. The design is challenging but playable and fair. I read some reviews of it being shorter, it may be, but this is a definite must play in the valley and did not play "short". The practice faculty is also in mint condition, again lush and the greens rolled true just as on the course. I can't say again how happy we are with the Phoenician and can't wait to play here again next time in town. Ps. Bring a camera or a good camera phone, amazing views from many tee boxes!!!

Loved the layout. Staff was very friendly. We were finished within 4 hours. My only complaint is the bunkers. Unfortunately, I was in quite a few bunkers and the material under the sand with showing in a lot of areas. The bunkers need some sand in them. Other than that the fairways were in great condition the greens were running fantastic... great experience. Best compliment anybody can give is... I would go back.

Seemed like Marshall would push us even thou we were not playing slow not giving us time to look for golf balls so he could find them.

I played Canyon/Oasis course. Perfect weather and great company for the round. The course was in great shape with a bunch of different type of holes (water, dogleg, blind shots). Great practice facilities (watch out on the 8th hole of the Oasis course). The course is a bit pricey, but is connected to a resort, so it is expected.

For your reference, my guy shoots around 80 and I average around 93. This course is very scenic. He thinks it was pretty good, maybe its not long enough for big hitters (approx 6200 yards from the tips.) I loved it. Not overly easy, not so difficult either. I absolutely enjoyed every whole. We did not get to play the Oasis nine.... we played Desert then Canyon for our 18 holes. You do not have a wide berth, yet there are truly no narrow holes on those nines. Great couples course, we would go back for sure to get the Oasis in :-)

Great course! The day we played was windy which added to the difficulty of play. We enjoy the course and would play again.

The courses are unnecessarily tricky. Probably the result of sticking 27 holes into a space that would easily have accommodated 18 good holes.

We played all 3 courses which gave us a good comparison. The Canyon and Desert courses were in the best shape and had the most majestic views. All courses are not too difficult that the higher handicapper gets too frustrated but yet challenging enough for the low handicap players. Staff is friendly and accommodating course was in great shape. We had an enjoyable round of golf.