Desert/Canyon at Phoenician, The

Overall excellent golf course for the money. The course was in great shape. The layout was challenging and visually striking. Would definitely play again.

Climate change is real and an extreme crisis that threatens the survival of humanity! Every business needs to do much more to become zero carbon and n the desert conserve water.

Had a hole in one on #17, my wife went to the golf shop to see if they had a trophy. The guys there went out of their way to get an engraved whiskey bottle ordered for me. Nice!! Good guys there. Great views, great day!

Great course. Definitely some challenging holes but great experience overall. Recommend.

The golf course is in excellent shape. Everyone was so friendly. Got a chance to warm up and actually played a decent round of golf. There are a few short par 4's so you need to make sure you keep the ball on the fairway. The grounds are immaculate in my opinion. The putting got to be a little tricky. I would get setup roll the ball straight and either come up short or veer off at the last minute.............That is golf. I had a great time today.

The course is kept in excellent condition, it’s very picturesque and the staff are very friendly. The practice facilities are great, although the driving range could have more stations (there was a ten minute wait to get one). Driving range, chip area and putting green availability made for a good warmup. We appreciated the free ice water that was provided at certain holes as well. It’s a great course for golfers of all abilities and worth it if you feel like splurging for a more expensive round of golf. We’ll definitely be back.

Good: the staff. Troon managed. They treat you well and welcome you. Very courteous bunch out there at The Phoe. The condition of the course was very good. The fairways are perfect. Well groomed and thick. The Tavern is a great spot to finish your round.

Not so good: there is pretty much no drinking water in the course. While it was a gorgeous 75 degrees for my round, this is Arizona. 6 months out of the year temps exceed 90 or 100 degrees. Get water out there. The greens are okay, but not great. Very hard to hold them, and some were still a little lumpy. I would expect this to improve as winter progresses. Pace of play on my round was not good. Really backed up on the back 9, it’s winter, snow birds and guests are in town, this is expected and really nothing you can do. Last, it’s just not worth rack rate 200$. They can pack it in here and people will pay, but there are better options in the area for the money.

Very. Ice conditions and nice holes Found only one drinking fountain on the course. Wouldn’t pay more than $80.

Course in great shape , staff was friendly, Cart path only but wasn’t bad

Loved the course, all of the staff was very friendly and accommodating. Great places to play while in town.

This is a great track with some challenging greens. Overall the course is in great shape and certainly the views from the back nine are great. I will certainly be back at some point to play it again.

They treat you well here, but the new layout is not worth the bang for the buck. Traps were lacking the proper amount of sand. A lot of weird bounces due to the terrian.

Beautiful course. Front nine was very pretty but back nine was breathtaking. Staff was very professional and friendly. Pace of play was great after ranger came out to inform the foursome in front of us to move it along. An absolutely wonderful day!

This course was the first stop on my AZ golf retreat. I never played the courses prior to the renovations, so I can’t compare, but the new 18-hole course (once 27) was a great warm up round for our crew (literally and figuratively, the AZ summer heat’s no joke).

The front 9 was relatively easy with more challenging holes (and better views-the only photos in this IG compilation) on the back. I would recommend this course, but don’t pay full rack rate!

This course is 6500 from the tips, and at a par 71, is actually more challenging than it sounds. Landing areas are tight and the par 3s are long. It was completely redesigned last year so the bermuda greens are quite slow and break far less than anticipated (that will improve with a season or two). The sand is perfection though and while we don't really want to be in the sand, when you have to make a sand shot, these are among the best I have played out of. It's a typical resort course: a little shorter, impeccably maintained, incredible service, high end carts and facilities. I wouldn't want to pay the $100-120 USD that they charge without discount to golf it, so at that price I wouldn't recommend it, but for $50...sure...it was enjoyable.

Course was excellent and very well maintained. Views were fabulous. Well worth the money.

I often stay at the Resort when I travel to the Phoenix area and lots of times my business dictates that I am there in the summer. Still, the course was always in remarkable shape considering the heat. I understand the course recently underwent a sculpting reducing the layout from 27 to 18:holes. Any golf course—even those in the desert sun—will take time to recover. I also was told that the area had a cool wet spring and the transition to summer grass had not yet been fully achieved.

With that said, I still must report my overall disappointment in the new layout. The front nine was just kind of blah. The ninth still shows some pizazz but for the most part, what made the course fun and memorable was just missing in action.

The back nine was somewhat better as the routing reminded me more why I always enjoyed playing The Phoenician. But overall, I fear the renovation cost the course the variety it offered before when it offered 27 interesting holes whereas the “new” 18 just seems not quite to measure up.

Hopefully, more seasoning is all that is required, but I suspect I will be playing more rounds off the resort than on when I return to the hotel in the future, as Scottsdale has many better offerings.