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4.3
399 Reviews (399)
5 Stars
180
4 Stars
144
3 Stars
51
2 Stars
15
1 Stars
9
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.0
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.4
87.5%
Recommend this course
336 out of 399 reviews
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4.4
11 Reviews (11)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
3
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.3
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.5
StaffFriendliness
4.5
81.8%
Recommend this course
9 out of 11 reviews
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4.4
21 Reviews (21)
5 Stars
13
4 Stars
6
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.1
Layout
4.8
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.6
StaffFriendliness
4.8
85.7%
Recommend this course
18 out of 21 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Desert/Traditional
Par 72
Length 6913 yards
Slope 127
Rating 72.5

Kierland Golf Club boasts three unique nines that are played in three different 18-hole combinations. The Acacia/Mesquite Course begins with Kierland's signature nine. Acacia features gently sloping fairways, all of which are bordered by bunkers. The last four holes are the most memorable, particularly the finishing hole, which is the club's signature hole. It is a tricky par 5 with water all along the left side of the fairway to the bunker-protected green. Along the way there are also fairway bunkers that sit just past the water and strategic mounding on the other side. It is a true accomplishment just to make par. Acacia is a formidable challenge but many would argue that the Mesquite nine is more difficult. Its par-4 sixth hole might be the golf course's toughest.

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Course Details

Year Built 1996
Fairways TiffEagle Grass
Greens TiffEagle Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Scott Miller

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS No
Pull-carts No
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, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Collared shirt required, no denim

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities
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4.3
399 Reviews (399)
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Reviews 24
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Premium

Compared to other facilities in the area you'll pay a premium to play this course, but I find that the conditions are premium as well so it warrants it.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

great facility

Very enjoyable round. The price offered by Golf Now was great especially since I am a resident. I do not like when the rates go up as they do. You would think the courses would give the residents a break during the season since we play here all year round.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Over priced

Very nice course. Good conditions given the overseeding season. Vers good Pace. Just over priced.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Resort Golf

Got paired up with guys playing the tips. While they were fine with whatever box I played from, felt a little pressure of myself to play just one box up from them when my skill level would have indicated 2 boxes forward the better choice. Nevertheless, the course was playable enough for me even though I was a bit beyond my length capabilities while still providing a fine challenge for the 3 guys I was paired with who were very good golfers. Pleasant layout, challenging shots with reward for accuracy. I played it twice this week and enjoyed it both times. Ironically, I was 5 shots lower from the deeper tees...

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great overall golf experience

Kierland is a golf course at a resort, not just a resort golf course. The pro shop, practice facility, and course layout all match up in level excellence. This is the type of course you can mix in to a trip or play three days in a row and enjoy just as much. I will keep coming back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Golf Advisor
Previously Played
Used cart

Nothing but fun.

After all five stars, I've said all that I can say.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Okay course, great experience with Golf Board

Next time I play this course, I am for sure getting the Golf Board again, that was the only factor that drew me out to Kierland.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

awesome

The course was in great shape!! will be back. This was an awesome course, the views are great also

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 79
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

nice course

the course conditions were very good to excellent...the fairways were nicely cut and the greens were in very good shape...the course overall is pretty fun and does not beat you up...dont overpay for this course though and look for deals on golfnow....not worth what they get in the winter..

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Cart paths and hills

For older golfers there is too much hiking up and down. Paths are too far from greens in some cases.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Great bunkering

The course was in great condition. The greens were rolling true, fairways in excellent shape & the bunkers had just the right amount of sand. played all 27 holes
the ironwood / acacia was my favorite, the mesquite was nice as well.
I will definitely play here again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Average weather
Walked

Great course overall

Beautiful course... forgiving off the tees and gives you a great chance to score well from the mens tees. Course maintenance is I'm sure a huge challenge during the late summer in AZ but I lost strokes to pooled water in low areas and greens covered in sand. I'll play here again in the fall but for now there are better deals to be had in AZ.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Kierland 81515 review

I believe Ironwood / Acacia provides the best challenge

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 32
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

Met expectations

A last minute decision on a near record setting day of 111 degrees F, found the misters on the carts extremely necessary.
Played as a single and it wasn't until the 15th hole that I caught up with a single player.
Played the course in less than 3 hrs.
Found it a very good layout with plenty of challenges for a 12 handicapper.
I am looking forward to play the course again when it is a bit cooler.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

3 Solid 9's

Have played all 3 nines at Kierland several times. The practice facility and general aura of the course are very nice. Always in great shape and rarely slow, as the 3 nines are awesome for pace of play. Similar to the Phoenician in that. Greens roll nice and reads are straight forward. Driver is the club on nearly every par 4 and 5, given you can work it a little bit. Fairways slant inwards! The challenge is really on your irons if you want to score well. Short game areas aren't too challenging, excluding the deep bunkers, but pars are easy to come by. However birdies come with quality iron shots!

Might have to go to the resort restaurant and bar for your 19th hole.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

nice resort course

Course is in good shape greens were recently aerated
though and not quite back

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Golf

acacia was NOT lady friendly-Way too many deep bunkers for beginner players and ladies. Mesquite was a great coarse.

Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

no aerification notice

I was very disappointed to discover on our first green that they had just aerified the greens on the Acacia course. When we played our back nine on the Mequite course, although not as bad it appeared that aerification was done on that nine within the last week or two. I had invited an out of town guest so I was somewhat embarrassed bringing him to play these "sub par" conditions as I had bragged to him that we were going to play one of the best courses in the valley, it certainly wasn't on this day. There was no mention in the Golf Now listing of an aerification alert so I thought we would of had better conditions. Playing on days of 105+ degrees one looks for anything to make the day more positive and the conditions of the greens definately did not help and only added to an already less than stellar playing day.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

First round

We were not told when booking that the course had recently been aerated. Some of the greens were pretty bumpy because of it. Other than that and the hardness of the sand in some bunkers, the course seemed to be in decent shape.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course!

Got a great GolfNow rate ($25) for an afternoon in the summer. Took a half day off and played. Finished in about three hours, with a couple stops. The course was in really old shape. As a newbie, I particularly enjoyed the pretty open fairways on most courses. The challenge definitely seemed more in the approach to the green shots. Either way, had a great time and the scenery was beautiful. Will definitely try to come back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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