Acacia/Mesquite at Kierland Golf Club

Course is in great shape. Grass cut with walkways from tee box gives it a pro feel. Greens are fast, consistent, but very receptive to incoming shots. Loved the wide fairways. Carts have GPS and really cool built-in misters, great for hot summer play. Covered driving range, good chipping area, and a practice green large enough and flat enough so you can practice all the length and speed of semi-flat putts, not just steep short breakers. What's not to like including a convenient close-in North Scottsdale location, easy to get to. Did not rate food and bev. as I did not get anything to eat or drink but the people in the pub certainly looked like they were having a good time.

Lovely facilities and friendly staff make the club a pleasant place but on course, carts are too often very far from tees and greens. One hole, number 9 on Acacia is banked so steep right to left as to be difficult to walk and certainly unfriendly to carts which must remain uphill on the cart path. Similarly, hole 1 on Mesquite is so wide and slanted right to left that you take forever to walk from cart to ball if you hit to left side. Carts are also extremely close to homes on many holes.

However, facilities are great overall.

Excellent conditions. The course is more open and forgiving than some of the desert courses. Very well maintained. The greens are very good. The staff was very friendly. Expensive to play. Cost is the main disadvantage. The course is fun to play. Practice sand shots before playing here.

There was an experienced golfer and a new golfer in our group and both found the course to be enjoyable and challenging. Fairways were in excellent condition.

We purchased our Tee time from Golfnow at a significantly reduced rate so good value for dollar - Would not have been good value for dollar at the full rate given comparable courses in the area.

For a little shorter distance the course offered enough challenges with tight greens, course elevations etc. A little pricey but fun

The course is in excellent shape, very forgiving for any calibre of golfer but sufficiently challenging for the low handicap. Having to walk to your ball on 5 holes on front 9 I played down and up big hills is a pain but part of the experience. Overall good value but I only paid $105 on Golf Now...full rate would be high.

The course was in great shape, everyone treated us great. Would recommend the course to everyone.

Love this place. Play it often. Great fsirways and greens.

Course in great shape. Gr=ns were beautiful.
Paid $89 to play the course through golf now.com

Kierland is expensive, but it's worth it. Top notch facility: nice practice area, and putting green. The staff is welcoming, and the course conditions were pristine. The restaurant has good food too. I'll definitely come back again.

We were fortunate to book our tee time at a
Very good rate and at a time the when the course was almost empty. 3 hour round almost unheard of at Kirland

Perfectly enjoyable. Course was in near perfect shape.
The $205 greens fee was the only drawback. It wasnt worth that money.... but then, in my opinion, very few are

The staff could not have been more friendly. Wide fairways with very well protected greens - they do like their bunkers! The course is in excellent condition. Felt bad that there was no sand available for divot repair.. We'll play here again.

Nice wide fairways with excellent undulating greens, several greens protected with bunkers. Bunkers need a little better grade of sand, (a little rocky).

The course seems to be challenged in dealing with Canada Geese. They have taken over the 9th hole green on the Acacia course. The extent of goose droppings on the green is extensive. This was a situation that was not expected given the premium price that is paid to golf this course.

Course was in beautiful shape. Fairly easy course helps with the pace of play. No real challenge for advanced golfers but still an enjoyable round. Great course for beginners and intermediate. Tough to lose a ball all fairways slope in. Staff is fantastic, fairly typical resort golf

Keirland was the last of four courses played in six days in Scottsdale. The weather was the worst of the four, but the golf was the best. The course was in fantastic shape, the greens fast and rolled true. Played from the tips, and was just over 7000 yards, has plenty of tees for golfers of all calibers. Will definitely be back on my next visit.

The staff were friendly and professional. We were the last group off at 8 am as there was a company tourney in Pm (shotgun). Our wives are novice golfers and they enjoyed the experience from the lavender tees. Even though the course is next in line for over seeding it was in very good shape. Our rate was discounted about 70% of typical. Would not pay normal stated rate. That is why we use golfnow.com.

One of the best finishing holes I've played. Overall great course in great condition. I would recommend this as a selection if only playing a few courses.

Course condition was good but the greens were rough and putting was more difficult than it should have been.

Cart broke down on 16 at 6:15PM and pro shop was closed so no one would come bring another cart. Did not want to leave cart on course so we pushed cart up hills the last 3 holes.to clubhouse. Being a senior, I now have to miss playing golf due to a strained leg muscle. Incurred the expense of a doctor visit and medicine. Talked to pro shop the day after it happened and they said "yea, we close at 6:00PM". Tough luck I guess.

Not what you expect from a Resort, especially one that you have rented a Villa for two weeks!!!