Scottsdale CC - The Championship: Aerial
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3.4
3818 Reviews (3818)
5 Stars
1072
4 Stars
1578
3 Stars
684
2 Stars
283
1 Stars
201
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.4
Layout
3.8
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.6
63.9%
Recommend this course
3016 out of 3818 reviews
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3.3
154 Reviews (154)
5 Stars
23
4 Stars
51
3 Stars
40
2 Stars
23
1 Stars
17
Conditions
2.9
Value
3.2
Layout
3.7
Pace
3.3
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.0
57.8%
Recommend this course
89 out of 154 reviews
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3.2
214 Reviews (214)
5 Stars
36
4 Stars
65
3 Stars
50
2 Stars
30
1 Stars
33
Conditions
3.0
Value
3.2
Layout
3.7
Pace
3.3
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.0
58.4%
Recommend this course
125 out of 214 reviews
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Course Highlights
Friendly staff and an interesting layout with strategic water challenges keep regulars returning multiple times per month. Well-maintained fairways and consistent course conditions deliver quality rounds in central Scottsdale.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 70
Length 6106 yards
Slope 124
Rating 68.8

Formerly known as Starfire Golf Club - The King Course.

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Course Details

Year Built 1988
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Arnold Palmer (1988) Ed Seay Robert Walker (1988)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS No
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Discover, AMEX Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Collared shirt required, no denim

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

3.4
3818 Reviews (3818)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 91
Patio Dining 80
Brunch 56
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 148
Bunkers 121
Narrow Fairways 63
This course/club is great for:
Locals 127
Seniors 100
Playing Multiple Courses 70
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 173
Near Local Attractions 45
In the 'Burbs 39

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Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
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4.0
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Course conditions

Recently played after fall aerating & as to be expected the greens were slow but in nice condition. Staff very courteous in moving up our tee times putting greens & range were closed in finishing Dallasaerating. Had a nice round and would play again earlier in season..

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 12/29/2024

Thank you for your well thought out feedback! We're so glad you enjoyed our friendly team! Our team definitely knows how to create an experience for our golfers.

We look forward to having you back soon!

-Travis Fish, Director of Golf

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Aware of over seeding however the overall condition was disappointing, and level of amenities was poor.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 12/29/2024

Thank you for playing Starfire and thank you for your feedback. We are very sorry to hear your experience was not up to par, but your feedback is what motivates us to get better.

-Travis Fish, Director of Golf

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Ridiculous

Tried to play a round with a friend visiting from out of town. We are in our 60’s, not some punk kids. Instead, had a marshal follow us around continually telling us we were playing too slow even though there was absolutely no one in front of or behind us and we were on pace for a four hour round anyway. Honestly, I am going to pursue legal avenues to get my money back for a really bad way to conduct business by Starfire. SHAME ON YOU FOR HAVING BAD EMPLOYEES. DO NOT PLAY THIS COURSE. THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER GREAT COURSES IN THIS AREA THAT DON’T HARASS YOU FOR NO REASON.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Starfire

Very good course with an excellent staff. Just reopened from overseeding so conditions were not perfect. Still a great day of golf.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 12/29/2024

Thank you for playing Starfire and thank you for taking time to leave a well thought out review.

We look forward to seeing you again real soon!

Travis Fish, Director of Golf

Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Outstanding

For October overseeding season in Arizona, this was fantastic. All were friendly and it was in great shape

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
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Commented on 12/29/2024

Thank you for playing Starfire and thank you for the 5 star review!

We look forward to having you back soon.

Travis Fish, Director of Golf

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
2.0
Previously Played

SturFyer: "The Home of "How many holes can we fit between these Townhomes?""

Incredible design where the number one hazard on the course is somebody's Traeger Grill or a Child's playset. Stur Fyer has developed a genome of crab grass so rare and exclusive, they seem to showcase it as the majority of the fairway.

The front desk guys treat this place like AuguSTARFIRE, they are doing you a favor by letting you play on the hallowed grounds, home of the 8-some bachelor party, of Stur Fyer.

This place exists to trick people from the Midwest into spending $320 on a round during WM Phoenix Open Week. Operation cheese curds and snowbirds

My favorite hole is on the closing stretch of the back nine, the one where you can bomb it over the houses and business along Shea. Gotten some insane kicks off that dudes roof. Good lies and angles out of their front yard, don't go too far right into 6 lanes of traffic.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 12/22/2024

Thank you for playing Starfire and thank you for your feedback. Yes, a lot has changed in the 73 years that the course has been around like major cross streets and home development. The designers probably never imagined anything like the development we have now. So sorry to hear it was not to your liking. There definitely are certain courses for certain horses as they say.

Travis Fish, Director of Golf

Played On
Reviews 41
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Walked

Starfire

The staff was very friendly and accommodating. The only disappointment was that they had the front 9 of the course was closed due to seeding. They had us play the executive course as the front 9 and then play the back nine of the Starfire course. We would have selected a different course to play if we had known that in advance.

That is not to say the executive course was not a fun little course but just not what we had anticipated to play.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 12/22/2024

Thank you for playing Starfire!

We appreciate you playing Starfire and your feedback. It is our intention to inform all guests of the rotation during our overseed process, by posting information on our website, notifications on the internet booking and detailed information relayed over the phone. I apologize that we did not get this message to you.

We will continue to work on customer service and communication training to eliminate these misses.

Travis Fish, Director of Golf

Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart

Slow play wrecked the round.

We were a twosome behind an extremely slow foursome. They were even playing a best ball and still it was painful. The course had a couple of martials that were friendly but did not do much to correct the pace of play. Another couple drove past us and did not finish their round clearly frustrated with the slow play as well.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 12/22/2024

Thank you for playing Starfire Golf Club.

We take speed of play seriously and make sure our course marshals and starters are continually working with our golfers on their pace. It looks as though we missed an opportunity, and we will continue to improve.

We hope to have you back for the Starfire experience again soon.

-Travis Fish, Director of Golf

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Doing a review of a course which just finished overseeding is not fair and it has to be taken into account. Path only conditions. Friendly people but no discount inspite of the overseeding conditions.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Easy
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Commented on 12/22/2024

Thank you for playing Starfire and thank you for your patience and understanding as we worked through overseeding. We hope you can come back out soon and experience our fantastic winter conditions.

Travis Fish, Director of Golf

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not worth it when forced to play the par 3

They were overseeding the front nine so we had to play the par 3 course for the first nine holes. Overall course conditions were below average, recognizing it was mid October. Should have been lower priced. .

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
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Commented on 12/22/2024

Thank you for playing Starfire and thank you for your feedback. We will use this information to help us continue to improve.

Travis Fish, Director of Golf

Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Detestable Thievery

We played a round at this course and 4 days later they ran a transaction and charged us a no- show fee. I called and talked to Travis the golf director and he refused to reverse the fee even after acknowledging that we did play and were there for our tee time.

This is not the kind of place that you want to play. There are too many other courses in Scottsdale which are run by honest, reputable professionals.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Terrible Conditions and Even Worse Employees

Absolute goat track with rude and disrespectful employees. Tee boxes are so hard you can’t get a tee in the ground, had to use the rocks that marked the tee box to hammer them into the ground. Starter made several distasteful comments, on multiple occasions, that upset my group. He was borderline bullying us. Pro shop employees weren’t much better. Avoid this place at all cost, absolute nightmare.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 12/22/2024

Thank you for playing Starfire and thank you for taking time to leave some feedback. While we pride ourselves in our employees' training in customer service it sounds like we missed some valuable opportunities.

We will continue to improve the service provided so an experience like this doesn't happen again,

Travis Fish, Director of Golf

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Disappointed in staff that Took care of you at the end of the round. They did not bring to my attention a bag I left in the little container behind the seats that had. A number of items in it worth about $40. When I got back to my timeshare, I realized it and phoned the desk and just suggested they deal with the individual.. I guess I really don’t expect that happened.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 12/22/2024

We are continually working to improve our golfers’ experience.

We pride ourselves in having some of the friendliest and most welcoming staff in town.

However, it sounds like we missed an opportunity with your group. We will continue to work with our team to ensure every golfer comes in contact with a welcoming friendly team member.

Travis Fish, Director of Golf

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