ASU Karsten Golf Course

I was part of a foursome held up behind a criminally-slow threesome for nine holes. By the time we made the turn we no longer had any desire to finish the round.

An interesting Pete Dye course that has unfortunately become a typical "cram them out there and don't supervise them" kind of public logjam on the weekends. I hope the course supervision reads this review and takes it to heart.

Greens were unpredictable and very grainy. No marshals to speed play along and no map on score card or cart to show a first time golfer where hole was or where to even direct his ball.

Fun and challenging course in great condition after a long summer. Issues we had which were not up to par are that we did not have a course/hole guide on cart so had no idea on layout or yardage. Cart coolers had a few ice cubes floating in mostly water, no tees, and we finally had to phone the pro shop to request drinks after not seeing any staff or beverage cart in eight holes. Finished round at 4:30 PM and no staff in sight to help with bags when we returned after finishing the 18th hole.

it took 4.5 hours to play 16 holes.

Staff did not care at all.

I would never play this dog track again

well designed and challenging. greens and many areas looked beaten up. greens, however, putted very well! power plant and power lines surrounding facility are an eye sore and should be taken down! the ethstetics of the golf course are more important than people having electricity!

such a well designed course....too bad the mangt and grounds crew seems to be letting the place go around the edges. rough is very uneven, the traps are in horrible shape, and the golf carts are some of the worst around. also, there is no distance finder on the carts and the course itself is very poorly marked for distances given that fact. the power plant noise in the background is deafening and combined with the airplanes overhead from sky harbor it is not a very relaxing atmospher....like playing in the middle of a city.

Course in good shape. Bag drop and pro shop staff mostly unfriendly. Stood in line in the pro shop for 15min to get checked in. This is not the first time it has been an issue. Good service from food and beverage staff.

Wanted to play a quick round on a Saturday afternoon, but pace of play was very slow. Although playing as a threesome, it still took us almost 5 hours to get around after starting at noon. Still a nice course and worth the money, but allow time to play. Hopefully this was the exception and not the rule.

Great value at Karsten in the heat. Played in under 4 hours.

The course is in excellent condition, especially for this time of the year. Great rates well worth a visit

Course was in poor conition. Many bad spots on greens. This is a contrived course squeezed into a small area. Rough was 4 inches deep in many places. Very hard to tell where fairways ended and rough started. Pace of play very slow and no marshall. Can not recommend this course.

Excellent course, excellent conditions for this time of year. Pace did slow after the 10th hole though there was a ranger on the course.

This course is in good shape the greens are really nice for this time of year! Cart girl was easy on the eyes too.

Beautiful course with only very minor issues. Great value for the price. Great location.

The condition of the course was not great, but not terrible. It was a bit hard, but that's expected in the middle of the AZ summer.

I was thoroughly unimpressed with the course staff as well as the pace of play. We finished our round in - wait for it - FIVE AND A HALF HOURS. We waited on the 10th tee for about 15-20 minutes, and the ranger was informed of the hold-up. The ranger did not do anything to increase the pace of play, even though it was painfully obvious the foursome in front of us were holding everyone up. It's really difficult to get into any kind of rhythm on the course when you're waiting on people ahead of you.

This is a VERY hilly course. You will be shooting on a downslope or upslope A LOT. Course is not very forgiving - missing the fairway means dealing with the hills (uneven lies, blind shots, etc) or worse. Length of course is not very long. We played the "Championship" yellow tees and length was about 6200-6300 yards. Shooting off blue ("Regular") tees would make the course <6000 yards. Don't let that fool you though. As I said, it's very hilly, and there are a number of bunkers in tricky spots around the green. I found the course to be quite challenging.

After the round I explained to the staff that it was the longest round I've ever played in my life, and that the ranger did not do anything to increase pace of play. I also asked if they just simply booked too many golfers on the same day. Needless to say, I won't be going back to Karsten because of this.

This was my first time playing the ASU course and it was great. The hills make it more challenging and the grass bunkers are as tough as the sand ones.

Groups were slow ahead but the staff can't do anything about that. Always have a good time here. Quit after 9 because of back up but staff gave a rain check!

Course in very good shape, greens putted very good, and hit clubs off the tee to stay in the fairway otherwise fighting a losing battle for your second shot.

My friends and I played a foursome - we had a good time despite the pace being slow.

Tee time at 4 was told to be by 7pm with three groups ahead of us barley even got all 18 in...