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4.1
1144 Reviews (1144)
5 Stars
797
4 Stars
250
3 Stars
58
2 Stars
19
1 Stars
20
Conditions
4.9
Value
3.6
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.5
65.4%
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1054 out of 1144 reviews
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4.0
5 Reviews (5)
5 Stars
3
4 Stars
1
3 Stars
0
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0
1 Stars
1
Conditions
5.0
Value
3.4
Layout
4.6
Pace
3.4
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.2
60.0%
Recommend this course
3 out of 5 reviews
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5 Reviews (5)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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Conditions
5.0
Value
3.4
Layout
4.6
Pace
3.4
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.2
60.0%
Recommend this course
3 out of 5 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Style Desert
Par 72
Length 6836 yards
Slope 137
Rating 72.1

One of two Tom Fazio-designed golf courses at this Tucson resort, the Canyon Course at The Lodge at Ventana Canyon is classic desert golf, set against the backdrop of the Sonoran Desert enhanced by its surroundings of saguaros, deer, roadrunners, quail and birds. The 6,836-yard, par-72 layout rolls through the Esperro Canyon, incorporating a massive formation known as Whaleback Rock in its design. The golf course has several memorable holes, including a couple of difficult par 3s - the 13th and 16th - as well as the reachable par-5 finishing hole, which features a man-made waterfall.

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Course Details

Year Built 1984
Golf Season Year round
Architect Tom Fazio (1984) Andy Banfield

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS No
Pull-carts No
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes - "Ventana Canyon Golf Academy"
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed No
Dress code Collared shirt required, no denim

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

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Reviews

4.1
1144 Reviews (1144)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 37
19th Hole Scenic Views 26
Patio Dining 24
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 122
Bunkers 104
Undulating Greens 92
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 116
Advanced Golfers 93
A Weekend Splurge 82
This Course's Location is:
At a Resort 125
Worth the Drive 87
Convenient to the City 60

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Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Course was in good condition, bunkers actually had sand in them. Tee off was 12:10 and got to 89 degrees but had a nice breeze most of the day until about 12th hole then started to get windy. Loved the layout of the mountain course. Played from the Blue Tees.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 04/18/2018:
Thank you for the 4-star review of Ventana Canyon. Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 04/18/2018:
Thank you for the 5-star review of Ventana Canyon. Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Response from on 04/18/2018:
Thank you for star review of Ventana Canyon. Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Terrible Service

Great course!! Well maintained. Terrible customer service. Unfriendly pro shop. Cart person not around and not helpful. Starter was not available or busy!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 04/18/2018:
Thank you for the 4-star review of Ventana Canyon. Sorry to hear you had such a poor customer service experience. We hope your next one is much better.
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great course. Tough greens.

This is a beautiful, scenic course that is always in perfect condition. Only complaint is that the greens are undulating and very difficult. Not quite as diabolical as Dove Mountain but tough in their own right. My buddy, who is an 11 handicap, 3-putted multiple times and 4-putted twice as well. (He chipped in from 100 yards on 17 just to avoid putting. ) Other than that, it's a very fair though challenging course and is fun to play because it is so well-manicured. It was about a 4 1/2 hour round on a warm Sunday afternoon. Waited on some holes but overall not bad. Can't complain about an extra 15 minutes on such a beautiful course on a gorgeous day.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Response from on 04/10/2018:
Thank you for the 4-star review of Ventana Canyon. Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

nice courses, beware the "varied" prices!

Both courses here are quite nice courses however, beware the variety of prices you may pay! I stayed at the resort and was given a price around $150 +tax to play the first day, only to find that my playing partners payed $100 +tax to play (and they were staying at the resort as well)...the next day, I asked about the difference in price and was given some b.s. answer about how "like airline prices, our prices vary based on availability and demand" and "they must have booked their times after I did". I pointed out that my reservation confirmation indicated that they were already booked when I booked and so that blew that argument out of the water. I then indicated that, as a result, I would like the same rate that my playing partners from the previous day had and was told that they could only offer me the $119 rate +tax. Still about $40 better than the day before but then I found out that my playing partners for day two were paying the "member" rate of $75, so... So, to make a short story long, always ask what the member rate is for the course and try to negotiate up from there and certainly don't expect to get any resort breaks if you are staying at the resort!

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 04/10/2018:
Sorry to hear about your experience with us. We hope that you still enjoyed your round with us here at Ventana Canyon.
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Response from on 04/03/2018:
Thank you for the 5-star review of Ventana Canyon. Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 04/03/2018:
Thank you for the 5-star review of Ventana Canyon. Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

The best course in Tucson

The two Ventana Canyon courses never disappoint. Always in perfect condition. Incredible greens which putt so true if you can figure out how to read the breaks and speed. We love these courses.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Response from on 04/03/2018:
Thank you for the 5-star review of Ventana Canyon. Glad to hear you were enjoy the greens here! Hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 37
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Beautiful course

This is an excellent course. That has great views and is in great shape. The course is very playable. Only negative was friedliness of staff

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Response from on 04/03/2018:
Thank you for the 5-star review of Ventana Canyon. Sorry to hear that the staff was unpleasant. We will address this internally.
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Response from on 03/28/2018:
Thank you for the 5-star review of Ventana Canyon. Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Best course in Tucson Area

We have always loved playing the two courses at Ventana Canyon. I think they are the best courses, condition wise, you can play without a membership to a country club - and maybe it is even better than the country clubs. It never disappoints!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 03/28/2018:
Thank you for the kind words and the 5-star review of Ventana Canyon. Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 03/28/2018:
Thank you for the 5-star review of Ventana Canyon. Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 1
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Pace Poor
Response from on 03/28/2018:
Sorry you did no enjoy your round at Ventana Canyon.
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Not for your average player

We had an afternoon tee time. When we got there we were told there was a half hour delay due to frost in the morning. funny thing was the low was 45 that day. We had to wait on every tee box, and got only 12 holes in before dark. The course is difficult due to the narrow fairways. There are some great views on the front nine. signage to get to the course is not very good, I got lost after the round.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 03/28/2018:
Sorry about the delay your faced and your overall experience. We hope your next round with us is much better.
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Response from on 03/19/2018:
Thank you for the 4-star review of Ventana Canyon. Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great course... local knowledge vaulable

Played with a couple friends... only second time playing so almost like first timers... layout is a bit unique ...you have to follow closely the markers for to stay on the course...and correct hole... tee colors seemed to vary and be a bit odd also... could have been lack of explanation...

Beautiful day...not hot, not cold...a bit of a wind, but not bad...my playing partners were not great... one was off his game...the other groused about how difficult the course is... he shot a 92 and said he normally shoots high 80s at his home course...so did fine... I would golf here again anytime.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Response from on 03/19/2018:
Thank you for the 5-star review of Ventana Canyon. Glad to hear you guys ended up having a great time with us. Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 17
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 03/16/2018:
Thank you for the 5-star review of Ventana Canyon. Please come back and visit us soon.
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course - pace s l o w.

The course is beautiful,in great shape and always fun. However, the pace of play was ridiculous and they sent no fewer than 3 singles out after us makongatters worse. We had to finish in the dark. The ing said he tried

To move things along but he did not.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Response from on 03/16/2018:
Thank you for the 4-star review of Ventana Canyon. Please come back and tee it up again soon!
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Awesome course!

This is a very nice course. While the fairways are open if you end up in the stuff you will have a hard time even finding your ball. The arrival was confusing as we were told to go the Loews entrance. There really was not any staff to take our bags and when we were done golfing we had to take our own bags to the car. Not sure if this was an anomaly.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Response from on 03/16/2018:
Thank you for the 5-star review of Ventana Canyon. Sorry to hear about the staff not taking your clubs to your car. Glad to hear you enjoyed your round with us.
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