Ventana Canyon - Mountain Course

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..

Finding this course is a pain. The GPS address took me to two different wrong places, I walked around the clubhouse area before calling them to get the right directions. They need signage, BAD!

Great course, I'd go back, now that I can find it.

Once again Ventana lives up to its reputation. The course is perfect. They didn’t miss a spot with over seeding. The greens are Pure as can be. The director of golf Bob does an amazing job with staff and service. Don’t just play one, play both courses and get the best 18 in Tucson.

Day 2 after opening from over seeding. Superb conditions all around, spectacular views and wonderful golf holes. Great experience for the two of us.

Having read previous reviews I was a bit worried about the course. Apparently the golf course as nothing to do withe the community or the hotel and neither will allow them to put up any more signage. At least so i was told.

With this in mind when getting there

Go pst the guarded gate house up to the top and turn right go straight past the “Lowes” Hotel on the left on your right there’s a spa on your left at the front of the spa there’s the golf shop. Check in there, someone brought up a golf cart to transfer us to the range which is miles away. Its just different. Everyone was friendly the course was well maintained with lots of holes that would be signature holes on many courses. Really enjoyed my day could have been a nightmare finding my way round. But every I spoked to explained very well

You make plenty of time to practice a little and when you drive into the front gate they tell you the golf course doesn’t want you coming into the front entrance. They treat you like a second class citizen and send you above with bad directions. Then we had a difficult time finding the course and the clubhouse. It is located at an aging resort and you park by the spa and walk to a clubhouse with your clubs. You then walk forever in the general direction of the golf course with no signs to tell you where to go. If you are lucky you find someone who puts your clubs on a cart and then walk forever to the clubhouse and then try to play golf. It is obvious problem is the poor signage. Evidently there is some issue with the resort and the golf course management that has led to there not being signs directing golfers to the pro shop - the golfers suffer - sinage_fail – To top it off they are never going to fix this problem even though they have had numerus complaints. The fairways were scraped I guess to get ready for seeding. But no discount!

Once you find the proshop, you have to take a convoluted route down to the practice facility. From there you have to back track to the first tee, again without adequate signage ** plan extra time for this, get there 15 - 20 min earlier than you would **. Pace of play was - 5 hours.

If you can you would be better off finding another course to play.