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4.5
1221 Reviews (1221)
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
9
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.2
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.4
92.2%
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1139 out of 1221 reviews
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4.3
30 Reviews (30)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.3
Value
3.8
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.6
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.6
83.3%
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25 out of 30 reviews
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4.5
83 Reviews (83)
5 Stars
55
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.4
Value
4.2
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.6
89.2%
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About

Holes 18
Type Public/Resort
Style Desert
Par 71
Length 6846 yards
Slope 132
Rating 72.3

Faldo Championship Course at the Wildfire Golf Club measures as long as 6,846 yards, depending on which tees you're shooting from, and lies on 174 acres and features some differences from the average desert-themed golf courses. Faldo offers abundant fairways, big bentgrass greens and tee boxes, as well as the golf course's neighboring mountains, century-old saguaro cacti and 106 sand bunkers - which remind golfers of Aussie sand-belt golf courses, which gives it a magnificent locale for golfers.

Wildfire Golf Club is much-feted: When the Faldo Championship Course opened, the Arizona Republic selected hole No. 2 among the valley's 18 best. The golf course received recognition among the 2006 Travel & Leisure Golf's "World's Best Golf Resorts" for family getaways and in the 2006 Conde Nast Traveler rundown of the "Top 100 Golf Resorts in North America." These are in addition to the Gold Tee Award from Meetings & Conventions Magazine.

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Course Details

Year Built 2002
Fairways Winter Rye Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Nick Faldo (2002) Lee E. Schmidt (2002) Brian Curley (2002)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS Yes
Caddies Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Collared shirt and bermuda shorts required. No denim.

Available Facilities

Conference Facilities, Banquet Facilities, Spa

Available Sports

Tennis

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4.5
1221 Reviews (1221)
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5.0
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Conditions Excellent
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Pace Good
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3.0
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Nice layout greens and fairways very good.

Bunkers buy the greens were the worst I have ever

played in. I can't believe they were that bad

Conditions Average
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Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Conditions Excellent
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Previously Played

Difficult but fun course

Lots and lots of sand. Fairways and greens very well defended by sand. Plenty of room in fairways but errant shots likely to go in sand and potentially into desert scrub.lots of sand!

Greens very fast and subtle .

Staff very efficient and friendly. Expensive round $265.

Sucks you have to pay to park (if free the staff failed to communicate this...)

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Reviews 1
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3.0
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Disappointed for the price

I live in the area so I play golf at different courses. This is my first time to play here. The course is not in good enough condition for the price they are charging. I do feel it be worth that rate if the bunkers had sand , if the greens were in better shape, if there wasn’t dead grass around the greens. Everyone was friendly and it has the potential to be a great course.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Reviews 11
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I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Wildfire Faldo Course

Great day of golf on this course. The fairways & greens were in good shape. Great staff & course layout. I’ll definitely be playing this one again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 4
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Plays A few times a week
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3.0
First Time Playing

Bunkers

Great course and layout. My complaint is that they have so many concrete bunkers. This course is completely designed around bunkers, really cool to look at and play off but they don’t have any sand thy are hard as a rock and deep. For what the charge these bunkers should be maintained more frequently. Other than that it’s a great golf course and really well conditioned. If I was going back just due to the bunker conditions play th Palmer every time.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Course, Great Value

I have played this course several times and it’s a big layout, well conditioned and a great value. Some courses in the Scottsdale area that are not as nice as this one charge twice as much. This might not have the big fancy name but it’s a must play course when in the area.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 25
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Dependably Great

The course was in great condition and the Faldo course is a challenging track. I didn’t have even my C+ game so it was a tough day for scoring. Still, sunny and 80 degrees made it nearly perfect.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great time

Conditions were very good ( only comment sand traps were “hard” not very sandy)!

Course layout great , challenging and fun

Good pace

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing

It has potential, manage your own pace

What resort has no restaurant open at the course? Everything was on the cart, which is unacceptable for the price. The lady in the cart was amazing, she made our day very pleasant! Course was good, silly they wouldn't pair members and guests to keep pace of play. No marshall to keep pace, we played around a group 2 holes behind. Overall, there are way too many courses in the area with a nicer staff, more amenities, and better layout.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

The Land of Sand

181 bunkers. Phenomenal course in incredible shape. Really enjoyed the Faldo course design - challenging yet accessible. Pretty wide fairways, true greens, lots of bunkers with good sand. Excited to play it again

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Cartpath Only grind

Overall always great, challenging layout. When we played, they had just come off cart path only… Supposedly… But when we teed off, we had no idea we were going to be cart path only for the day. It made for an extremely tiring round of golf. But, pro shop staff and bag drop was great. Everything was lush, but the fairways were very very long, bunkers had no sand and were caked to hardpan, and the rough was so long that it was unplayable. And the tee boxes were long and in rough shape. Greens were very slow and not well cut. You expect a lot more out of this resort and today was not it. Was fairly disappointing for what should be a Premier track.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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