Talking Stick Golf Club - O'odham Course

I was excited to play the course today and in spite of 106 degrees, the price was right. Upon arriving an hour before my tee time, I was informed that the times were being delayed by 30 minutes to allow the juniors more time...ok, no problem..I am on vacation. Finally, l got off number one and after finally finishing that hole in 25 minutes, the waited for three groups to tee off on number two, I decided that a 7 hour course was not in the offing for me....

In the management, they did find a way to refund the green fee, but the frustration was then trying to find another course with an available time near by.

Good wide fairways, large greens. Bunkers with sand. Challenging undulations on greens. Course in very good condition.

Love these courses, staff, maintenance, bar, etc.

But they undeniably have a pace of play problem.

Yesterday was just the latest example.

Teed off about 2:40, 14 min late

Reached the 4th tee at 3:40

1 hour, 3 holes.

That’s a 6 hour pace.

I quit after 6 holes at 4:30

6 holes in 1 hour 50 min

We were literally hitting a shot every 10 minutes not counting putts

Never saw a marshall. Or beverage cart.

I’d like to think they know they’ve got a problem but if so, they clearly don’t care enough to actually DO anything. This has been going on for a while now

The Talking Stick complex is one of my favorite golf facilities. My brother in law and I played the North and the course was in great shape. Best of all, the rate on GolfNow was $45, which is unbelievable for a course of the caliber of both courses. And the staff are very friendly and efficient.

Have played Talking Stick dozens of times over the past five years and have never failed to have a great round. It gets pretty slow in the winter, but now that the snowbirds are gone, it’s back to a good track. A special shout out to the drink cart lady - she saw us five or six times over the round and since it was a hundred degrees today, she was a welcome sight. Two excellent courses and great service!

Sorry to say the course conditions are a. 6/10 particularly fairway and cart paths. Electric carts are in mediocre shape making strange noise and a bit of lurching.. no big hurry back for me.

Municipal course conditions with municipal course pace of play. Brutal 5 hr round on Friday afternoon.

Played the Gold tees... a bit longer yardage than we usually do.

Relatively cool day at the end of April so it was a wonderful day for golf. Course conditions were excellent. We played the North course. Greens were a little hard; and therefore difficult to hold.

First time playing and I will definitely be returning often.

I played the North Course and I have no complaints. I liked the layout, there are a few holes where you have to place your ball for the next shot. I’m sure many golfers would like to “speak” with mr.Crenshaw about #12. Mostly nice wide fairways, some VERY contoured greens. Practice facilities are good, staff excellent.

I’ll be back!

Didn’t have our reservation from golf now, cold breakfast, warm beer and 5-10 minutes waiting at each hole. We stopped at 9 because there were 2 foursomes waiting before we even started 10.

Pace of play was great and staff was friendly and helpful. Course was well kept but rather plain in its layout.

Course was in good shape overall, lack of water in layout & dirt everywhere between fairways not good in windy conditions ! Dust flying everywhere entire time ,. The range was nice , employees were courteous , minus wind condition would have been enjoyable

Greens were faster than expected but course was great. Had a great time.

Challenging course from the blue tees for most golfers. Nice wide fairways. Greens are pretty hard and approach shots tend to run out quite a bit. Green speeds were not too fast, just right for the conditions. Good combination of holes (only a few par 5's) and an enjoyable course to play.