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4.6
265 Reviews (265)
5 Stars
134
4 Stars
101
3 Stars
17
2 Stars
7
1 Stars
6
Conditions
4.4
Value
4.3
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.6
Amenities
4.2
98.9%
Recommend this course
244 out of 265 reviews
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4.9
7 Reviews (7)
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6
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Conditions
4.9
Value
4.6
Layout
5.0
Pace
4.9
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.7
100.0%
Recommend this course
7 out of 7 reviews
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4.7
19 Reviews (19)
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Conditions
4.5
Value
4.3
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.6
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.8
100.0%
Recommend this course
19 out of 19 reviews
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Course Highlights
Granite Falls North consistently impresses with well-maintained tee boxes, fairways, and smooth-rolling greens that reward accurate ball-striking. Exceptionally friendly staff and a brisk pace of play make this course a top value in the Sun City Grand lineup.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Style Desert/Traditional
Par 72
Length 6720 yards
Slope 124
Rating 71.5

The North Course is one of two courses at Granite Falls Golf Club, the other naturally being the South Course. The North Course was built on a rolling, hilly terrain with stately trees and abundant shrubbery. Although the fairways are quite generous, they are undulating and surrounded by sand traps. There is also extensive mounding and bunkering, both grass and sand, to provide more challenge. Water hazards come into play on 10 holes. Many holes have beautiful mountain backdrops, creating a scenic environment for the game. The course has four sets of tees, making it accessible to all skill levels. Granite Falls Golf Club, in addition to the two golf courses, also features a grass driving range with target areas, two putting greens, and a short game area with a practice bunker.

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Course Details

Year Built 2000
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Greg Nash (2000) Billy Casper (2000)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No
Pull-carts No
Caddies Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

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4.6
265 Reviews (265)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 11
Brunch 6
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 19
Water Hazards 17
Undulating Greens 14
This course/club is great for:
Seniors 18
Locals 17
Playing Multiple Courses 16
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 19
In the 'Burbs 12
Convenient to the City 6

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Reviews 34
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing

This golf course was in perfect condition.

I had a great experience at Granite Falls North course. The tee boxes, fairways and greens were perfect.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Value

Did twilight hours and finished. Great value for this course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 39
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

Great shape

The north course is fun and tough. Make sure your putting is on or there may be some 3 putts.

Grab a extra beverage no cart girl.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 33
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 39
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great shape

Beautiful course. Nice fairways. Nice greens. Too bad its too expensive in jan. Feb. march.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

4.5 Stars

The course overall is one of the best kept in the West Valley. The greens are in terrific shape and consistent. The fairways and rough are quite lush for Phoenix area summer conditions. The fairways were not mowed and a bit shaggy for my taste. For $90 it is a decent value for the money but at this price point they should have gps on the carts and a beverage cart. Given how burnt out a lot of local courses are my kudos to their staff for keeping it nice and green. Beers for only $2.25 at the turn… excellent value.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

The greens where very fast, the golf ball would run off and not stand on green, overall the course was in great shape, enjoyed out first time playing the course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 29
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 294
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Arizona Advisor
Top 25 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Driving personal carts up to the green.

Overall the course is in good shape. The greens have been cut low and slice cut for aeration. This will heal in a few more days, but for today it did effect the putting. The greens were a bit fast and would not hold the line well. They will be fine in a few days, so no big deal. While playing I ran into a group in an orange nearly red cart who would drive up to the greens. They did not have a handicap flag on the cart, so they had no reason to do this. They also did not let me play through as a single when they played slow and terrible. Looked right at me and just went ahead anyway. If you know you are slow, there is no reason not to let someone who easily caught up to you to go through. Since they drove up to the greens I have to assume you do not have any golf etiquette anyway. It is very hot out and I did not want to wait on these people so I skipped a hole and went around them. There was no ranger on the course to report them to. (for driving up to the greens, not slow play) Guys like this need to be kicked off and not allowed back on. I don't care that you are a resident of the golf community. You are ruining the course for others.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

The course was well maintained, the everyone on the course held great pace. The greens where very fast and difficult, much of the grass around the greens where high.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 110
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 294
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Arizona Advisor
Top 25 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Great day

The fairways are nice and full, no bare or burnt spots. The fairways and aprons are a bit soft, but for summer that is great. These are not hard pan fairways. I hate playing on hard pan. The rough however, is a slightly thick. Your ball will stop dead if it touches it at all. The aprons are the same way. If you chip a shot up and it hits the apron it will stop or barely trickle on. The greens are firm as in I didn't leave a ball mark when hitting the green. Putting was oddly slow. I am not sure if that was because the greens were a bit fuzzy or if it is just that type of grass. I don't know. I do know that the greens are greatly improved from a couple years ago when they had some type of mold or fungus as much as grass. All that mold is gone now. I was playing along at a nice clip when I ran into a group of 3 on the 10th tee who let me play through. God bless you guys. You really helped me keep a great round going. Thanks. Much appreciated.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 110
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fairways needed to be cut down some, didn't get any roll. But overall nice course

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Great staff. It was 112 degrees but Marshall brought iced towels every few holes. Very nice.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 294
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Arizona Advisor
Verified Purchaser
Top 25 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Hot day

The course is in good shape for summer. The fairways were in good condition. They seemed a bit soft and the ball would not roll out much. The aprons around the green would stop the ball dead and leave a deep muddy ball mark. The putting surface was a bit firm. Seems the ball would roll to the sides or back. Putting was interesting. You had to hit the ball firmly as the ball would turn right as it got to the hole. Might be people stepping next to the hole or it was mounded when they made the hole. Biggest issue for me was the Boomers in front of me. Saw them in the pro shop bragging about how the group ahead of them was only 30 minutes ahead and that they would catch them because they played so fast. I was 45 minutes behind them and caught them on the 4th hole. They wouldn't let me through until the 14th hole when they stopped at the restroom. Even though no one was ahead of them and they looked at me at every hole, they would not allow me to play through. This is not the courses fault. just an observation of some of the people here.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
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