Starfire Golf Club - King: #9
View of the 9th hole from the King course at Starfire Golf Club
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3.6
3668 Reviews (3668)
5 Stars
1049
4 Stars
1529
3 Stars
645
2 Stars
261
1 Stars
184
Conditions
3.5
Value
3.6
Layout
3.9
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.7
72.1%
Recommend this course
2930 out of 3668 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.1
61 Reviews (61)
5 Stars
13
4 Stars
16
3 Stars
11
2 Stars
7
1 Stars
14
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.2
Layout
3.8
Pace
3.3
Amenities
3.2
StaffFriendliness
4.0
63.9%
Recommend this course
39 out of 61 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.3
281 Reviews (281)
5 Stars
56
4 Stars
101
3 Stars
50
2 Stars
33
1 Stars
41
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.4
Layout
3.8
Pace
3.3
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.1
64.4%
Recommend this course
181 out of 281 reviews
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Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 70
Length 6106 yards
Slope 124
Rating 68.8
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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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3.6
3668 Reviews (3668)

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Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

First time playing at this course and found it to be very enjoyable. Not particularly difficult but has some nice design features. Tee boxes were new and the course was in pretty good shape considering all the rain and heat. Staff was very hospitable and friendly. Good value overall!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 09/15/2023

Thank you for playing Starfire Golf Club.

We are so glad you enjoyed the Starfire experience!

Thank you for your feedback, we are always working to improve the experience.

We look forward to welcoming you out again soon!

- Travis Fish, Director of Golf

Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Short course even shorter due to tee boxes repair

This is a fun short course to play. Recent repairs to front nine tee boxes made it even shorter. Pace of play was very good and greens in good shape. Fairways have suffered a bit in the recent string of hot days.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 09/15/2023

Thank you for playing Starfire and thank you for your feedback and patience as we work to make Starfire even better!

We look forward to having you back out soon to experience the newly turfed and leveled tees.

Travis Fish, Director of Golf

Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Nice easy course with friendly staff

We played just before they opened the tee boxes on the front nine so the course was very short and I had to use my sand wedge on most approach shots to the greens. It looked to me that the tee boxes were ready to be used but I am not the grounds crew.. Back nine was nice and pace of play was very good. As usual the staff was very nice.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 09/15/2023

Thank you for the 5 star review! We are also happy to see you enjoyed our Starfire team, the friendliest team in the Scottsdale area. We all look forward to having you back again soon! Travis Fish, Director of Golf

Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 08/08/2023

Thank you for the 5 star review. We are so happy you enjoyed the Starfire experience. Our golf course is unique, fun and challenging and our staff help make us outstanding!

We look forward to welcoming you back out again soon!

-Travis Fish, Director of Golf

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Starfire

Very nice course. Pace of play was great. The front nine Marshall David was amazing

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/08/2023

Thank you for your well thought out feedback! We're so glad you enjoyed our friendly Starfire team! Our staff 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 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Rough grounds.

A lot of tree debris all over the course most likely from recent storm/wind although some appeared to be older. It didn't seem like the workers were too concerned about cleaning it up.

The greens were average at best. The pace of play was painfully slow with a group (bachelor party) of 6 & 4 a couple of holes in front of me. The cost was fair and as they say "you get what you pay for". If you keep your expectations low you won't: be disappointed with this course experience.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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Commented on 08/08/2023

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 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Needs attention

Turf of fairways and rough are in serious need of help. Poor soil conditions

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/08/2023

Thank you for playing Starfire and thank you for your comments. It has been a tough hot and dry few months making the summer transition even more difficult.

Your feedback is what motivates us to get better.

We look forward to having you back out after the summer is over.

Travis Fish, Director of Golf

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/08/2023

Thank you for the 5 star review! We are also happy to see you enjoyed our Starfire team. We will be sure to let our team know.

We all look forward to having you back again soon! Travis Fish, Director of Golf

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Hot summer golf

Front nine tee boxes were being rebuilt. So we played temporary tees. Way Forward almost like a short par 3 course. Back nine was fine. The fairways and rough was terrible too hot summer. The greens were surprisingly good for the summer. We're moving grass was in good shape on the greens. Would go back and play again some other time

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 08/03/2023

Thank you for playing Starfire Golf Club and thank you for your feedback.

Your comments are what motivate us to get better.

We look forward to having you back again this season!

Travis Fish, Director of Golf

Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Played On
Reviews 293
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 50 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

tee box repairs on King

Tee boxes have been repaired on the King Course. The boxes are still closed on the front 9. Yardage on front 9 is still significantly reduced with temp tees in effect. The back 9 tees are open and the holes play standard full yardage. I knew this before booking. Some fairways had significant bare spots. The greens are in very good condition considering the extreme summer heat. The round was worth with the hot deal price. All tee boxes are nice and level, front to back and side to side. Something I have seen for a long time at many courses.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 08/03/2023

Thank you for playing Starfire.

We are so happy you noticed the hard work our maintenance team has put in on leveling and resodding all of our King 18 tees

Thank you for your patience as we work toward having all 18 tees open by late August.

We look forward to having you back to experience the improvements!

-Travis Fish, Director of Golf

Played On
Reviews 197
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap Don't know
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/03/2023

Thank you for the 5 star review!

We are also happy to see you enjoyed our Starfire team, the friendliest team in the Scottsdale area.

We all look forward to having you back again soon!

Travis Fish, Director of Golf

Played On
Reviews 28
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Acceptable

Work being done on course at tee boxes but did not interfere with our play

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Default User Avatar
Commented on 08/03/2023

Thank you for playing Starfire and thank you for your feedback and patience as we work to make Starfire even better!

We look forward to having you back out soon to experience the newly turfed and leveled tees.

Travis Fish, Director of Golf

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course and tee boxes in poor condition

Tee boxes were poor with temporary tee boxes for all holes. Fairway was mostly dirt and muddy

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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Commented on 08/03/2023

Thank you for playing Starfire and thank you for your feedback.

We apologize your experience was not up to par, but your feedback is what motivates us to get better.

We hope you will give us another try this season when we are back on regular tees and the course is overseeded.

-Travis Fish, Director of Golf

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Great course for the price

Awesome course, easy to get to, live that they have staff enforcing pace of play.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/03/2023

Thank you for playing Starfire.

Thank you for the positive feedback and the 5 star review!

We look forward to welcoming you back for another round soon.

Travis Fish, Director of Golf

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 07/21/2023

Thank you for playing Starfire Golf Club! Also, thank you for taking time to fill out the review. We look forward to welcoming you back.

-Travis Fish, Director of Golf

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