Ventana Canyon - Canyon Course

Played here 3 times in 3 days. Mountain course twice canyon once. Both are excellent courses with fun challenging layouts. Mountain course is significantly more difficult - green complexes on both courses are in excellent shape.

The bad - desk check in staff was less than helpful and fairly rude. Communication was awful.

The worse - if you play here in the winter you will not start before 9am regardless of your tee time or weather. All 3days we played the low temp never reached below 41degrees and two days it was low of 50 degrees yet there was a “frost delay” everyday and first tee times were sent out in shotgun. No warning just get up everyday and find bogus delays.

The inexcusable - during frost delay the driving range is not setup or open. Huh? 50 degrees sunny and can’t hit balls while waiting for bogus frost delay. Frustrating

Awesome course but ,non members must park in the resort hotel lot, far away from the facility and where to go to check in is not easily found.....

Played in a foursome, condition perfect. Fast greens a little

Tricky to read but immaculate condition. Nice practice range and putting greens. Pave of play a little slow but very tolerable.

Have played this course many times and have never seen it in as good a condition as it is now. The fairways and greens are perfect.

Fantastic course. Challenging, but fair. The greens are top rated: fast and true and the course layout is breathtakingly beautiful. On several holes we had to stop and take pictures. What a pleasure.

Great course, very challenging with great views. Troublesome for the novice

Great course, excellent condition. Quick greens but perfect. Very enjoyable day

The greens on this corse were the Best I have ever played! Course condition was pristine. Very fair and playabe. Only negative is the drive between some of the holes, but a small price to pay to play this absolute stunner of a course. The waterfall behind the 18th green is spetacular!

I have played here many times - it has always been in terrific condition, and is a good challenge w/ tricky greens, without being so difficult that it is unenjoyable. Always a pleasure to play here. If you have never played here, treat yourself. Play with someone who knows the course, or get a map, because there is a lot of cart driving over long distances.

Excellent course condition. One of the best I’ve played.

Everything was perfect condition

Lay out spectacular

Only thing the hole indicator

Hard to find on some hole

Like 16 th hole

Great course. Everyone except the guys in the Proshop were super friendly , they were all business, pretty cut and dried. They should take a hands on course with the door guy, cart dudes and starter. Planning on coming back!

It was my first time playing this course and getting started was a little confusing. Practice facility was nice and the course was in great shape. The grounds crew was very courteous when you were getting ready to hit and the entire staff was very pleasant to work with. Great value on a great day!

Great scenic layout. Greens immaculate and difficult to read

Apparently there are 2 pro shops. Just dumb luck that the guard let me through the gate. From there everything was signed. There was a drop off for my clubs, parking near the front entrance, walked in through the grill restaurant and the members’ pro shop was there.

Hot deal green fee of $76. Greens were super fast. Fairways were lush. Cart path only. Long drives between some of the holes—best to take a map which they have there. Definitely a treat to play.

My wife and I played the course with 2 high handicap gentlemen. Very friendly group.....between my wife and I we have a total handicap of 10 or less . There was also a No cart on the fairway rule in place.

We teed off 20 min late as there was no one on the course.

On the 4th hole the sheriff ( I mean Marshall) said we were way behind in our

Position on the course, we politely explained that we teed off late and that

There was no one behind us!

This individual dogged us the entire round

And got in my face 4 times..... The other gentleman we played with.(a Duke Univ physician and the Superitendent of Scools in Tuscon)were aghast at The Bored Marshall's

behavior and dour attitude on the course!

A great course , but this attitude should not be tolerated, especially when we were effectively required to walk the entire course!

Hope this helps the next groups playing Ventana ......

Make sure to show up very early as the main golf hub is a mile drive in a golf cart from where you check in

The course is always in great shape, but the pace was slow because the over seeding caused cart path only. The last time I played I walked off as we were going at a 5 plus hour pace I like the canyon course better due to the layout but the views are spectacular at both..