Ventana Canyon - Mountain Course

Stay away! The drive from green to tee box is crazy! who ever played this course out needs to be... Conditions were good, but this is a $45 dollar course AT MOST.

I've played here before. Challenging holes, fast greens, deep bunkers, collars won't bail you out. Great day of golf until tried to leave.

The clubs to cart to play area system is a bit awkward here to say the least anyway, but today was a fiasco. When we get off course, cart attendant starts cleaning clubs, asks if we need clubs stored or??? Told him no, we are leaving. he said Ok, I'll meet you at cart stand. We go get in truck, pull to cart stand. nothing. 20 minutes later, nothing. So my wife leaves to go in pro shop (3:30 PM) to see what the deal is to find it closed up for the day. She then goes down to cart staging area, no one obvious there. Finally finds the guy, he said he put them in storage. Says he'll get them, doesn't offer to let her ride up with the clubs or take them herself, but tells her to walk back up to cart stand. She walks back, still 5 more minutes here he finally comes. No I'm sorry, no nothing. You'd have sworn he got tot eh truck before we did.

Great challenging course - just don't make my mistake and tip before you have your clubs in your vehicle.

My biggest complaint was the difficulty with finding the course and the clubhouse. It is located at an aging resort and you park by the spa and walk to a clubhouse that closes at 3:00 which was our tee time. You then walk forever in the general direction of the golf course and if you are lucky you find someone who puts you on a cart and then ride forever to the other clubhouse and then try to play golf. By the time you actually play golf 40 minutes has gone by and you miss your tee time and have to skip several holes. I would recommend playing any course instead of this one even if I was staying at that resort

We played the Mountain Course. The fairways and greens are in excellent shape. Pace of play was great, nothing bad to say, we will be back! Staff was very helpful and friendly. We have played all the courses in Tucson and this one is one of the best.

Excellent staff ,Lovely course ,great views , excellent course conditions ,

The course and facilities are top notch. The only area they fall short is their carts. No GPS. There are municipal courses with $50 greens fees that have GPS in their carts.

first time at this course. would not go back. Hard to find the club house for registration. No GPS on carts. Nice course but not worth the money.

The unique layout and the friendliness and helpfulness of the staff are what make this course really nice!

The course was fun, fair with great desert views. However as this course is also private you get a second rate feeling especially with the different off course entrance with long walks and cart rides to get to the practice area and first tee box.

Course was inExellent condition, good pace, great weather...the best condition for golfing

March 7 and a 30 minute frost delay. One mile cart ride to the practice range. Pay attention to the signs directing to the next tee--can be confusing The Canyon course will cross a four lane highway--beware and use caution!. Most unhappy with pace of play--five hours--adjust your dinner resv. The course has excellent fairways and greens, All of the holes are very interesting--great layout. Maybe the best views in all of Tucson. Be patient with the first few comments and you have a good experience.

Beautiful course and very well maintained. Fairways are wide and manicured. Greens are beautiful with lots of subtle slope and surprising changes in speed depending on the grain. Beware of the influence of the mountain on grain and ball speed!

This was our first trip to Tucson, and I would love to play this course again. The scenery was beautiful, and the course was very well maintained and in great shape. In addition, we had no slow play issues.

The afternoon became very chilly the last few holes, but overall, our round was awesome!

C. Farkas

Beautiful, challenging course. Must play if you haven't

Awesome layout, very challenging, spectacular views. The starter was friendly and apologized for the slow start as we waited on a twosome ahead of us receiving a playing lesson. Our group of 4 consisted of a 3, 5, 16, and 18 handicap players. The course Marshall was rude, condescending, and argumentative. He chastised us for slow play and said we should complete each 9 holes of play in 2 hours to 2 hours and 10 minutes. we had a slow start and waited on the twosome on several holes. The course layout is very difficult. There are multiple tee boxes that require a long vertical walk to and from the tee. The cart paths intertwine and crisscross each other in opposite directions adding time to the duration of play. Different groups find themselves crossing each other's paths to the tee boxes. The 3 and 5 handicap players in our group agreed they would have difficulty with the Marshall's pace of play expectations and that the 16 and 18 handicap players had no chance. We chose to play point of entry penalty drops on out of bounds tee shots rather than retee to speed our pace of play. I recommend Ventana Canyon as a must play if you are visiting Tucson. Plan to arrive earlier than you expect as the Pro Shop is a walk from the hotel parking area and poorly marked. The practice facility is a long cart ride from the pro shop. The first tee is another long cart ride from the practice facility. If you expect to warm-up, plan and additional 30 minutes over your normal routine arrival time. Hopefully the course management will address their pace of play expectations and train their Marshalls in customer service etiquette.

Awesome layout! Very challenging! Spectacular views! The starter apologized for a late start as we waited on a twosome who was receiving a playing lesson. Course Marshall for the day was rude, condescending, and argumentative. Our group consisted of a 3 handicap, 5 handicap, 16 handicap, and an 18 handicap. The layout difficulty, multiple tee box elevation climbs, narrow fairways, cart paths interwinding and direction changes contribute to longer than normal or expected pace of play and completion duration time. The Marshall verbally chastised us stating we should complete each 9 in 2 hours to 2 hours and 10 minutes. Our 3 and 5 handicap players stated they would have difficulty with that time frame and a 16 and 18 handicap player had no chance. To speed our play we chose to take penalty drops at point of entry on out-of-bounds tee shots rather than re-tee. Ventana Canyon is clearly a top visitor and tourist stop if you plan to play in Tucson. I recommend the course and plan to play both the Mountain and Canyon courses in the future. Hopefully the staff will review their pace of play expectations and also train their Marshalls in Customer Service etiquette.