Kiva Dunes Golf Course

Pin placement is questionable on sustain holes

Tee boxes in bad shape

Staff was absolutely amazing. Made it very enjoyable cart girl amazing. Very friendly. Saw her multiple times on the course. Course conditions as of May 2, 2026 impeccable fast greens large greens difficult slopes, perfect condition raked bunkers

100 out of 10 would play again. I could go on and on about how great this course is.

So, background. I moved here from the golf mecca called Arizona, so this review is based on my 20 plus years playing a lot of golf there on a lot of courses. The good… staff , clubhouse was cool, cart girl Rebecca, sand was good, greens held and were quick. The not so good, no gps or ice / water btls on cart, for $165 those items should be a no brainer. Course layout was ok , no real views or cool “signature “ holes. I also think yardage markers and directional signage could be better esp without gps. Bottom line for me .. this resort course would be just a bit above average in the Phoenix area esp in that price range . I also think that Craft Farms is a better option . It was fun just not memorable .

Staff very helpful and friendly! Fairways were fast and greens great and hard to read!😁

4 different groups were on hole 8. The foursome behind us called it quits after a 9 hole- almost 3 hour round. We stuck with it. We were unappreciative of the Marshall remarks about pace of play. We have played the course several times and never had an issue.

Definitely the nicest course within a 50 mile radius.

Practice facilities were pretty good. Range is limited to 260 yards.

Practice putting green is small, but not very many people are out there.

Looks like they have a second putting Green, which was not open.

The course was in good condition, greens were fairly fast.

I am a high handicapper but the course was open, and felt fair and enjoyable from the white tees.

Pace of play (Monday mid day) was ok, not great, not bad.

I’d play here again.

Played on vacation. The course was in great shape and the greens were tricky but fantastic.

The golf course itself was really nice, and the pace of play was great. The staff were wonderful — friendly and helpful throughout.

That said, a couple of things could use improvement. The tee boxes were pretty rough and could use some attention. The course markings also left something to be desired — better signage would go a long way.

Overall, an enjoyable day on the course. The positives definitely outweigh the negatives, and the staff alone make it worth a visit.

This is always my husband's favorite course when we are here for the winter months. Keep up the good work!

Tee time i made through golf now was an hour earlier than what was sent to my calendar. That being said I missed my time as it came to me as 10:52 and the course at 9:52. I had to wait for an opportunity and the course was gracious enough to put me in as a 5th.

From greens, fairways, tee boxes and sand traps the entire course conditions were very poor for the prices charged (even for discounted prices). Lack of rangers keeping the pace of play going. A lot of ground under repair (GUR) areas and the course needs to repair ball marks on all greens each day (I do understand a half of a day of golfers played before me but there are just to many to say this problem happened in a half day). Same issue with sand traps, the course does not appear to rack every trap every day which is expected from a high priced resort course.

Kiva Dunes should either advertise clearly that they have poor off season conditions or lower the prices substantially until they invest into high level resort course manicuring, over seeding etc. that would allow higher price point. Hopefully the course gets a lot better in season??

Golfed Kivi Dunes in early March. Course layout and conditions were great. Greens very fast put true roll. Tough course with some interesting challenges. Staff is great

This has to be one of my favorite courses I’ve ever played. It has a similar vibe and feel to it as the ocean course at Kiawah with the openness and Oceanside sand dune. Pictures really don’t do it justice, it’s difficult to capture its feel in an image. Staff was incredibly friendly, food was great. Even with packed course pace of play was great, finished 18 in under 4 hours with many groups of 4 ahead of our 4some. Course offers good challenges and a unique layout. The only slight knock against it I would say is at a course of this level I would expect GPS carts. But they do give you yardage books with your scorecard which I enjoyed more than using GPS. It’s a long drive out but would recommend Kiva over anything else in the area.

Nice course, nice layout and good condition.

I’ve played many courses this nice and nicer for $60

First timer and fell for the hype….its not all that.