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Mesquite/Ironwood at Kierland Golf Club
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About
Unlike many other Scottsdale courses, Kierland Golf Club's three nines sprawl across rolling hills without a single cactus in sight. The nines are played in three different 18-hole combinations. The Mesquite/Ironwood Course is has player-friendly fairways that are generous and easy and the green are large but not particularly undulating or fast, which makes the golf course accessible to a range of different skill levels. The course isn't entirely forgiving though. The Mesquite nine may be the flattest of the three nines but it is also the toughest. The par-4 sixth is especially demanding. The challenges of Mesquite are balanced by the player-friendly nature of the Ironwood nine. There is some strategic mounding but overall the links design is very approachable. The golf course ends with its signature hole, a classic risk-reward opportunity with a lake to the right and sand traps to the left.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinder | 72 | 7017 yards | 73.1 | 127 |
| Copper | 72 | 6340 yards | 69.7 | 123 |
| Indigo | 72 | 5851 yards | 67.2 | 113 |
| Indigo (W) | 72 | 5851 yards | 72.0 | 122 |
| Turquoise | 72 | 5432 yards | 65.6 | 109 |
| Turquoise (W) | 72 | 5432 yards | 70.1 | 117 |
| Lava | 72 | 5017 yards | 63.7 | 105 |
| Lava (W) | 72 | 5017 yards | 68.1 | 114 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinder M: 73.1/127 | 395 | 410 | 333 | 187 | 521 | 468 | 547 | 190 | 427 | 3478 | 440 | 418 | 188 | 423 | 200 | 412 | 532 | 431 | 495 | 3539 | 7017 |
| Copper M: 69.7/123 | 353 | 375 | 293 | 154 | 498 | 423 | 497 | 158 | 410 | 3161 | 405 | 394 | 136 | 376 | 165 | 379 | 485 | 365 | 474 | 3179 | 6340 |
| Indigo M: 67.2/113 W: 72.3/126 | 319 | 349 | 274 | 132 | 470 | 369 | 470 | 142 | 383 | 2908 | 377 | 364 | 119 | 357 | 139 | 347 | 456 | 331 | 453 | 2943 | 5851 |
| Turquoise M: 65.6/109 W: 70.1/117 | 319 | 307 | 274 | 110 | 470 | 338 | 419 | 142 | 277 | 2656 | 352 | 303 | 105 | 357 | 139 | 347 | 432 | 288 | 453 | 2776 | 5432 |
| Lava M: 63.7/105 W: 67.7/112 | 299 | 307 | 211 | 110 | 405 | 338 | 419 | 99 | 277 | 2465 | 352 | 303 | 105 | 289 | 87 | 298 | 432 | 288 | 398 | 2552 | 5017 |
| Junior M: 57.0/91 | 150 | 176 | 141 | 85 | 268 | 176 | 288 | 99 | 135 | 1518 | 212 | 174 | 105 | 185 | 87 | 150 | 300 | 164 | 244 | 1621 | 3139 |
| Handicap | 12 | 10 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 3 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
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#18 Finish Photo submitted by pauls123 on 06/22/2022
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Great fairways. Photo submitted by u000004732273 on 06/14/2021
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Photo submitted by u432856256 on 10/18/2020
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Photo submitted by u432856256 on 10/18/2020
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Photo submitted by u432856256 on 10/18/2020
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Ellwee Photo submitted by JasonDeeganGA on 11/20/2019
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new bunkers Photo submitted by JasonDeeganGA on 11/20/2019
Slow - slow - slow
This resort caters to retiree, couples, guys who gamble. This all contributes to a 5:45 hour round. So don't book your flight home the same day. November is cart path only. the conditions are nice looking, the bunkers are playable. but don't think you get through in 4.5.
Kierland Mesquite/Acacia
Good course. Tough CPO, but just coming out of overseed. Good layout and facilities.
Kierland Acacia/Mesquite
Course was in decent shape following overseed. Cart path only was difficult on the Acacia course (lots of up and down), not bad on Mesquite. Fun to play.
resort
super slow...kids...high handicappmen and women..5 plus hrs
Condition of course not worth price
The price per round led me to believe they were fully recovered from over seeding but they were only a couple days out and were still cart path only on Mesquite. The greens were still bumpy and sandy which is of course to be expected right after an overseed, but the price was indicative of prime season ad prime conditions. Fun course but more of a resort tourist trap than a frequent course for locals.
Save your money!
Pros- Average pace of play, free range balls
Cons-
1. no putting practice area ( under construction)
2. Greens were recently aerated so we’re very bumpy.
3. Tight Course with holes slightly overlapping each other. All I heard all day is bad golfers yelling 4 ( almost got hit twice by errant balls) or balls hitting trees all around you. Not stress free that’s for sure.
4. $110 to play which is a rip off ( typical resort course though). I wouldn’t pay more than $50 play it.
5. Lots of terrible golfers in a course that requires you to at least get off the tee more than 100 yards.
Course was great!
The course was great. Clubhouse on on course folks were great. Starter was rude and dismissive
Great course
Played Mesquite and Acacia both were challenging but very forgiving. Both were alittle on the soggy side in fairway areas but I’ll take it for how hot it is on early morning round, everything was nice and green not really any dead areas. Greens were extremely bumpy on mesquite and hard on acacia both with challenging pin locations so it made for a challenging round. All in all it was a good round at a good price on a quality course would definitely play it again.
Greens are in tough shape, looks like many are diseased. Lots of soaked spots in the fairways. Pace of play was pretty slow too. Little expensive for what you get. There are better values out there.
Always Primo
The course is always in great shape, a good variety of holes so every level of player is going to be challenged at some point, the crew is all onboard with making it a good experience, so you just go and enjoy golf. It’s that simple.
Staff
Course was great, pace of play was good, had fun out there but staff was questionable.
No one was at bag drop
Club house staff didn't seem too thrilled that we were there.
Cart girl made us get our own ice. We asked her to fill up our ice chests and were willing to tip on the 3rd hole. She declined and told us to get it ourselves. She lost out on about $40 in tips because we did purchase food or drinks after that.
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